On this day in 1783, the Montgolfier brothers launched their balloon Aérostat Réveillon, carrying the firs ...
In 1976, a British Airways Hawker Trident collided with an Inex-Adria Douglas DC-9. At the time, it was the world’ ...
The 70 years of reign of Queen Elizabeth II have seen groundbreaking advances in aviation technology. ...
Seven months ago, the Antonov An-225 Mriya was destroyed. However, plans to rebuild the giant are already underway....
Turkish Airlines has extended the cancellation of flights to and from Belarus and Russia until at least 2023. &nbs...
Garuda Indonesia has requested that a New York court recognize a restructuring deal with creditors to halve its outstand...
At least two of Russia’s latest Sukhoi Su-34 attack jets were shot down in one day over Ukraine...
A Danish Air Force F-16 fighter has managed to capture aerial pictures of the leaks affecting the Nord Stream gas pipeli...
Eviation’s all-electric passenger plane Alice took off for its maiden test flight on September 27, 2022....
Airbus is not the only European aircraft manufacturer. So, what happened to the continent's most prominent plane mak...
As the US celebrates Women's Equality Day, AeroTime explores the notable history of women in aviation and looks at t ...
British Airtours Flight 28M caught fire before take-off, resulting in the loss of 55 lives. The accident was a catalyst ...
On this day in 1989, a Qantas 747 Jumbo jet flew non-stop between London and Australia for the first time. ...
Nasdaq Stockholm fines SAS after news of pilot strikes reached some journalists before the company published an official...
Air New Zealand is expecting a return to profit for the first half of the current financial year thanks to strong bookin...
37 years ago, JAL Flight 123, a Boeing 747 carrying 520 passengers, crashed into a mountain near Tokyo, the deadliest si ...
On this day in history, the first flight of the Comet, the world’s first jet airliner, took place, leadi ...
On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot departed Calais in his XI model aircraft in an attempt to be first ...
AeroTime meets Ric Browde, platinum record producer and president and CEO of Wings of Rescue, who spends his time flying ...
Emirates SkyCargo forms an airbridge between the UAE and Pakistan to provide humanitarian aid after the severe floods.&n ...
Emily Crombez, the first woman to fly a Bombardier CL-415 water bomber in North America, talks to AeroTime. ...
The AVIC AG600M, an upgraded version of China’s AG600 seaplane, completed its maiden flight taking off and landing ...
Australian investigators detail how a C-130 air tanker crashed, likely due to a stall, while on a mission to fight bushf ...
From 21 miles to 10,000: In his latest column for AeroTime, Alec Wignall takes a look at the history of long-haul aviati ...
Did you know that Europe's – and the world’s - longest operating airline was founded in the Netherlands? ...
What started as a single aircraft operation 38 years ago has grown into a global airline, Virgin Atlantic. ...
The mysterious Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crash in Australia and lack of clues proved to be a defining moment i...
The disappearance of Air France Flight 447 sent shockwaves around the world. The wreckage took two years to find, and an...
On this day in 1987, teenager Mathias Rust, an aviator from West Germany, breached Soviet air defenses and landed a Cess ...
Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris on this day 95 years ago, having completed the first solo non-stop flight across the A ...
On this day, 25 years ago, the Star Alliance was founded. But what began as five airlines, has today grown to include 26 ...
On this day, 18 years ago, Air France and KLM merged to create one of the world’s largest airline groups. ...
Did you know there was a day dedicated to the celebration of pilots? AeroTime takes a look at the history behind April 2 ...
On this day in 1926, Charles Lindbergh departed St. Louis on the first American Airlines flight. Today, AA is the larges ...
On this day 23 years ago, FedEx employee Auburn Calloway attempted to hijack a FedEx flight using hammers and a speargun ...
On this day, 104 years ago, the Royal Air Force was founded, creating the first independent air force in the world. ...
On this day 45 years ago, two Boeing 747 jets collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583 people in the deadliest av ...
Now almost extinct, air mail flights had a profound influence on the shaping of aviation in the United States. ...
On this day in 2008, Ann Baumgartner, World War II pilot and aviator, died. ...
Did you know that the low-cost carrier business model first emerged in North America? We take a look at the history of t ...
What’s the history behind the date of March 8 and why is it so important for women in aviation? ...
On March 8, 2014, the world learned of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Eight years on, the aircraft&r ...
While the Antonov An-225's status as the world’s largest aircraft is up for a debate, there is no doubt as to ...
Delta Air Lines was founded as Huff Daland Dusters with a small fleet of crop dusters. Now, 97 years later, the airline ...
United Airlines Flight 811 suffered an explosive decompression, claiming the lives of nine passengers. But what led to t ...
Today in history, China Airlines Flight 006 dived 30,000 feet following engine trouble. But what led to the accident? An ...
Gail Halvorsen, the “candy bomber” who dropped sweets to children during the Berlin Airlift, has died at the ...
In 1969, the Boeing 747 took to the skies for a test flight. Marveling spectators and journalists, it became one of the ...
The Munich Air Disaster claimed the lives of eight Manchester United footballers along with staff and journalists. But w ...
On this day in aviation history the Boeing 777X made its first flight....
On this day in history, the A330 wide-body aircraft commenced operations....
On January 15, 2009, a US Airways A320 landed on the Hudson River in New York City. 13 years later, Captain "Sully& ...
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed just 30 seconds after take-off from Washington D.C. What led to this tragic accident? And ...
On this day, British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the M1 motorway. But why did it happen, what went wrong and what did ...
Today marks the 93rd anniversary of one of the world’s oldest airlines, Poland’s flag carrier, LOT Polish Ai...
In the early 1950s, two women pilots, American Jacqueline Cochran and her French rival Jacqueline Auriol, competed to be...
On July 27, 1949, the world's first jet airliner, the de Havilland DH.106 Comet, performed its maiden flight. Howeve ...
In 1982, British Airways Flight 9 flew through a cloud of volcanic ash, which caused all four engines of the Boeing 747 ...
My wife and I had returned from a trip to upstate New York and on our way home we stopped at the New England Air Museu ...
As Belarus has drawn attention to the most basic principles of international aviation law, let's take a look at some ...
Since the commencement of scheduled commercial flights in the early 1910s, flight attendants have played a significant r ...
The famous An-225 Mriya was designed to be able to launch spacecraft into orbit from its back. Meet MAKS: a space plane ...
As the aviation industry is preparing to celebrate International Pilots' Day, we take a look back at some outstandin...
GSh-6-30, the Soviet counterpart to the American GAU-8, was immensely powerful... As long as it did not blow up the airc...
Exactly sixty years ago, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history by becoming the first human in space. ...
Air France operated two celebratory flights AF401 and AF229 to make a nod to a special event in France’s aviation ...
The EKIP is often attributed with incredible properties. How substantiated those claims are, and was the Russi ...
EKIP, the Russian flying saucer, was supposed to revolutionize the world of aviation. What is left of the project today?...
Evgeniya Shakhovskaya was the first female military pilot in the World – as well as a royalty, an e...
For women, the conquest of the skies was not limited only by the laws of physics, but also the laws of men. ...
Failing to find funding for their crazy project at home, the makers of the EKIP turned to the West. Will Americans buy t ...
This article was originally written and published by AeroTime News on March 2, 1969. On March 2, 1969, the dream of supe ...
A breakthrough idea, a case of suppressed technology, or just a baseless legend? This is the beginning of the story of t ...
Eleanor Wadsworth, who was one of the last women to have piloted fighters within the Royal Air Force during the Second W ...
Possibly, there is no other aircraft that has become such an icon of the aviation industry. There is good reason why the ...
Imagine the biggest passenger aircraft you can. Airbus A380, right? Now triple its size, add Aeroflot livery, and there ...
Turning fighter jets into airliners seems crazy. Yet, it was tried many times, with manufacturers striving to put passen ...
Most combat aircraft fall into one of several conventional categories: fighter, bomber, ground attack airplane. The M-25 ...
In light of airBaltic's 25th anniversary, we look back at the history of the airline, which is filled with ups and d ...
As we say farewell to one of the most iconic duos, British Airways and Boeing 747, we look back at the history of the ai ...
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A former Libyan secret service agent was indicted for participating in the bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Sc ...
On September 15, 1916, the French submarine Foucault was sunk by two Austrian seaplanes, becoming the first submarine in ...
The aviation pioneer Charlie "Chuck" Yeager died at the age of 97 on December 7, 2020. Yeager made history as ...
Here and there on the Internet one can find claims that there is a better way to design an aircraft: by using Burnelli l ...
The French oceanographic institute Ifremer discovered the wreckage of an SE.203 Aquilon fighter jet in the Mediterranean ...
The logic behind the design of larger and larger airplanes was solid. Hub-and-spoke model was proven and effective, with ...
There is a reason why wide-body airliners have an aura of prestige around them. Many of them offer comfort and luxury ri ...
On October 26, 1958, Pan Am Boeing 707 took off from Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) to Paris, France. ...
Despite best intentions, increased automation might not lead to safer skies as Qantas flight 72 demonstrated on this day ...
The Trump Shuttle promised to introduce never-seen glitz and glamor on the Northeast corridor between New York, Boston a ...
On September 30, 1968, the doors of the Everett assembly plant opened. A tractor towed out a glistening new jetliner, an ...
Can you imagine flying around the world in less than 12 hours? The remarkable project of the Lockheed Corporation made i ...
A lot has changed in aviation throughout the 20th century, including the jobs of flight attendants. But throughout the y ...
Howard Hughes, an eccentric billionaire with love for films and aviation, left a significant mark on the United States a ...
Wingless and tailless are usually the last words, which describe an aircraft. Even though people are used to seeing and ...
On June 27, 1980, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 passenger jet routing from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, crashed into the Tyrrhe ...
Ever since the 1960s, Boeing jets were the dedicated aircraft for the United States president, carrying the Air Force On ...
On July 3, 1988, Iran Air flight 655 from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, was shot down shortly ...
The risk of dying on a plane is one in 11,000,000, when dying in a car accident are about one in 5,000.While air travel ...
The aviation industry stands out by having an enormous and fascinating history. Aviation has numerous first times beginn ...
Concorde was a world-widely recognized icon capable of crossing the Atlantic at over twice the speed of sound and reachi ...
From the Winged Totem to Stratotype font, Boeing emblem went through different stages until eventually it got its&n ...
The golden age of flying is often associated with the famous Pan Am and the Concorde aircraft flights in the 1950s and 1 ...
On this day in 1955, the French commercial aerospace industry got its start, as the Sud Aviation Caravelle took off for ...
Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger aircraft developed by Tupolev Design Bureau in the 60s in the Soviet Union. Of ...
Today, on May 24, AeroTime Hub celebrates the genius of people who work behind the scenes of aviation. ...
In the 1970s the race was on to build the first and the best supersonic transport (SST). Aerospatiale, Boeing and Tupole ...
Admit it – we all tend to eat our ways through isolation times. While some of us can’t resist the never-endi...
There is one old-age question of everyone that encounters the fact that all Boeing aircraft start with the number 7. Rea...
The early 2000s were a very dark place for American aviation. 4 out of its largest 6 legacy carriers went bankrupt. This ...
When the Airbus A380 took off for the first time on April 27, 2005, the whole world was watching. Some were probably won ...
With 10,575 aircraft delivered, the Boeing 737 family was until recently the most popular airplane ever. It all started ...
On April 7, 1922, the first-ever mid-air collision of two airliners occurred between a de Havilland DH.18A and a Farman...
While the events in Tenerife on March 27, 1977, left the bloodiest mark in aviation's history, it also left a long-s...
On March 25, 1993, Barbara Hermer "established" a very unique and exclusive club: the club of female Concorde ...
Back in 2007, it seemed like the Airbus A380 was set to take over the world. With the manufacturer estimating very ambit ...
While the early-1990s oil price shock was not on the same scale as some other crises that have impacted aviation, i ...
What began as routine United Airlines flight to Colorado Springs, ended in a saga that explored the safety and the redun ...
On March 3, 1974, a Turkish Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10, which operated Flight 981 between Istanbul and Londo ...
On this exact day, 26 years ago, the first-ever commercial Airbus A330 flight departed from Paris to Marseille. We look ...
A story, including pictures, about a 74-year-old aircraft that is about to be rejuvenated by a team of volunteers and en...
The pride and joy of Soviet commercial aviation, the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner, took off on its commercial flig...
After saying Aloha for the first time in 1929, Hawaiian Airlines is proudly counting 90 years of operations as of 2019. ...
On this day in 1988, the largest commercial aircraft, the Antonov An-225 took off for the first time for a test flight. ...
Forty years ago, Air New Zealand chartered flight 901 to Antarctica that was supposed to show its passengers the beautie ...
The only aircraft not to follow the 7x7 naming formula, the Boeing 720 was a true oddball in the lineup. And on th...
Ever since the hijacking in 1971, D.B. Cooper was hailed as a criminal by the authorities. For others, the man became a...
Since Icarus, humanity has always jaloused birds for their ability to fly. On this day, 236 years ago, a major step was ...
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was like no other aircraft at the time – built from composites, the wide-body aircraft p ...
After a lot of resistance from the local authorities and communities, Concorde was finally able to set its wheels on the ...
The Boeing 717 could be dubbed as one of the most important aircraft in the history of aviation. Yet it has stayed in th ...
On August 21, 1963, the Miracle on the Neva happened - preceding the Miracle on the Hudson by 46 years, an Aeroflot Tupo ...
Airbus was competing with Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed’s TriStar only in short and mid-hauls until 1993. ...
We look back at one of the most interesting aircraft cases in aviation history, the Boeing 757. ...
Who were the first female astronomers? The first woman to teach her son to fly? What are Night Witches and why are they ...
New York Airways provided a dream service – avoiding traffic and traveling through New York much faster while ...
On June 3rd, 1973 at the world-famous Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 crashed mysteriously. The official reason is stil ...
To mark the 75th anniversary of the D-day landings, the replica of an iconic British aircraft was put on display on May ...
As Airbus celebrates its 50th anniversary, we argue that Airbus is the most influential manufacturer ever in the aviatio ...
The DC-10 carries one of the most interesting stories in the aviation industry. From passengers viewing the DC-10 as uns ...
A hundred and thirty years ago, on May 25, a man whose name would become one of the most recognizables in the aircraft i ...
As technology advances, so does aviation. In the past few years, aviation has made huge strides everywhere, especially a ...
Most of us are familiar with the Brothers Wright – the two men who changed the history of aviation forever and are ...
As we celebrate the birthday of one of the most widely recognized fighter pilots of all time, we look back at the life a ...
On April 27th, 2005, aviation was changed forever. The Airbus A380, which provided unprecedented passenger experience, m ...
On this day, 52 years ago, the most popular and most successful jet took to the skies for the first time. It was the Bo ...
British Airways has revealed the fourth – and the final design – in its “heritage” series. A Boe ...
On the 8th of March, we celebrate International Women's Day. However, to us, aviation enthusiasts its also an important ...
To commemorate the IWD, the International Women's Day, Skycop decided to look into the history of women in aviation. ...
British Airways is celebrating centenary with a series of heritage liveries. Since February 2019, BA is rolling out airc ...
On this day 83 years ago, one of the most iconic fighters ever took off from an airfield in the United Kingdom. The Supe ...
On February 9th, 1969 Boeing revealed the Queen of The Skies to the world. The Boeing 747 became a true icon. And it has ...
As technology changes the daily lives, so does the way of companies reaching us via their adverts. But back in the golde ...
Attempting to fly over the world, Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937. The mystery of her fate lived on and the speculati ...
German Air Shipping Company is often accounted as the first civil air company in the world. Having flown for the first t ...
Legend has it, that the famous slogan If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going was started around the time that the Boe ...
As the de Havilland Comet went through hard times and other manufacturers raced to present their own jet-powered aircraf ...
As we celebrate the Wright Brothers day on December 17th, we want to remember their legacy and present the top 5 most in ...
If you ever saw an aerobatic performance, we can bet you lost your mind at the tricks performed. Now imagine these trick ...
When we hear about supersonic transport, immediately in front of our eyes there is a Concorde soaring through the skies. ...
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is one of the biggest what if’s in aviation. The unique design features and technologi ...
The future looked bright. Successful tests proved that supersonic travel is a possibility in today‘s world and tha ...
With everything set in stone, it seemed like the first ever Super Sonic Transport aircraft was ready for take-off in a f ...
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