langs: 3 марта [ru] / march 3 [en] / 3. märz [de] / 3 mars [fr] / 3 marzo [it] / 3 de marzo [es]
days: february 29 / march 1 / march 2 / march 3 / march 4 / march 5 / march 6
Aerodrome / Aerodrome
#1 Advanced Landing Ground
Advanced Landing Grounds ( ALGs ) were temporary advance airfields constructed by the Allies during World War II during the liberation of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and thereafter in northwest Europe from 6 June 1944 to V-E Day , 7 May 1945. It has been suggested that th
- ... aison Squadron [3] A-25 Bolleville , France Located: 49°18′06″N 001°34′28″W Opened: 7 August 1944 – 3 march 1945 Runway: 3932x120, SMT & PBS (11/29) [1] Used as: Transport Airfield [3] A-26 Gorges , France L ...
#2 John C. Tune Airport
John C. Tune Airport ( ICAO : KJWN , FAA LID : JWN ) is a public airport located in the western portion of the city of Nashville in Davidson County , Tennessee , United States . It is owned by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority , [1] located approximately one mile (1.6 km) off of Briley Pa
- ... . The airport opened in July 1986. The current terminal was built in 1995 and renovated in 2015. On march 3, 2020 , the airport suffered significant tornado damage to its terminal and other buildings, includi ...
#3 Mondolfo Airfield
Mondolfo Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy , located about 6 km southeast of Marotta and 4 km east of Mondolfo in the Marche region. Mondolfo Airfield Mondolfo - Italy Coordinates 43°45′01.46″N 013°09′50.0″E Type Military airfield Site information Controlled by F
- ... 1945 during the Italian campaign Known USAAF units stationed at Mondolfo were: 31st Fighter Group , 3 march -15 July 1945 307th; 308th; 309th Fighter Squadrons, P-51D/K Mustang Primary mission was to escort B ...
#4 Seal Bay Seaplane Base
Seal Bay Seaplane Base ( IATA : SYB [1] ) is a seaplane base located in Seal Bay , in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska . Airport Seal Bay Seaplane Base IATA : SYB ICAO : none Summary Airport type Public Serves Seal Bay , Alaska Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m Coordinates 58°22′1
- ... documents ( Docket DOT-OST-2000-6945 ) from the U.S. Department of Transportation : Order 2005-3-4 ( march 3, 2005) : selecting Servant Air , Inc. to provide essential air service at Amook Bay, Kitoi Bay, Mose ...
#5 Naval Air Station Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola or NAS Pensacola ( IATA : NPA , ICAO : KNPA , FAA LID : NPA ) (formerly NAS/KNAS until changed circa 1970 to allow Nassau International Airport, now Lynden Pindling International Airport , to have IATA code NAS), "The Cradle of Naval Aviation", is a United States Navy bas
- ... the rebuilding of the base's rescue swimmer school, which was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. [31] On march 3, 2010 the commander of the base, Captain William Reavey Jr. , was relieved of command after a Navy i ...
#6 Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport
Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport ( IATA : PBM , ICAO : SMJP ) , also known as Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport , and locally referred to simply as JAP , is an airport located in the town of Zanderij and hub for airline carrier Surinam Airways , 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Param
- ... hopper . They performed many medical treatment work in the interior and the Sipaliwini Savanna . On 3 march 1960 American president Dwight D. Eisenhower landed at Zanderij on board Air Force One operated by ...
#7 Hunsdon Airfield
Hunsdon Airfield is an airfield near Hunsdon , Hertfordshire and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north of Harlow , Essex , England . As of 2021, it is used by a local microlight club. Airport in Near Ware, Hertfordshire Hunsdon Airfield RAF Hunsdon Air Ministry Map of RAF Hunsdon IATA : none ICAO : none Summar
- ... 3 May 1943 RAF West Malling . [9] Squadron Code:VY. No. 107 Squadron Bristol Blenheim IV 3 May 1939 3 march 1941 RAF Leuchars As an detachment from RAF Wattisham . [10] No. 285 Squadron Hawker Hurricane IIC ...
- ... 9 April 1944 17 April 1944 RAF Gravesend . [14] Squadron Code:SB. No. 501 Squadron Hawker Tempest V 3 march 1945 20 April 1945 Disbanded. [15] Squadron Code:SD. No. 605 Squadron Douglas Boston III July 1942 ...
- ... 3 RAF Castle Camps As an detachment from RAF Ford . [23] No. 611 Squadron North American Mustang IV 3 march 1945 7 May 1945 RAF Peterhead . [24] Squadron Code:FY. SEE ALSO List of former Royal Air Force stat ...
#8 RAF Nuthampstead
Royal Air Force Station Nuthampstead or more simply RAF Nuthampstead is a former Royal Air Force station in England. The airfield is located mostly in Hertfordshire between the villages of Nuthampstead and Anstey and the hamlet of Morrice Green in Hertfordshire and Langley, Lower Green and Clavering
- ... ns against aircraft plants during Big Week in February 1944. Lt. Col. Jack Jenkins led the group on 3 march 1944, when they became the first Allied fighters to reach Berlin on an escort mission. [1] On 16 Ap ...
#9 Midway International Airport
Chicago Midway International Airport ( IATA : MDW , ICAO : KMDW , FAA LID : MDW ) , typically referred to as Midway Airport , Chicago Midway , or simply Midway , is a major commercial airport on the Southwest side of Chicago , Illinois , located approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop busines
- ... ninsula Transport - Belly-landed 500 yards (460 m) away at northeast 63rd and Harlem. All survived. march 3, 1953 N6214C L-1049 Eastern Airlines On field Landed on (then designated) 31L, gear collapsed, skidd ...
#10 Foggia Airfield Complex
The Foggia Airfield Complex was a series of World War II military airfields located within a 40 km (25 mi) radius of Foggia , in the Province of Foggia , Italy . The airfields were used by the United States Army Air Force Fifteenth Air Force as part of the strategic bombardment campaign against
- ... aircraft), 8 December 1943 – 11 October 1944 31st Fighter Group , ( P-51 Mustang ), 2 April 1944 – 3 march 1945 SINELLO AIRFIELD Abandoned 42°10′25″N 014°39′45″E SPINAZZOLA AIRFIELD Early living conditions ...
#11 RAF Membury
Royal Air Force Membury or more simply RAF Membury is a former Royal Air Force station built in the civil parish of Lambourn in Berkshire, England. The airfield is located approximately 4.6 miles (7.4 km) north-northwest of Hungerford , at the Membury services stop of the M4 motorway ; about 60 mi
- ... 38 dropping supplies. The 436th Troop Carrier Group with its Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrains arrived on 3 march from RAF Bottesford . Operational squadrons of the group were: 79th Troop Carrier Squadron (S6) 80t ...
#12 Khabarovsk Tsentralny
Khabarovsk Tsentralny ( Russian : Хабаровск-Центральный , locally Khabarovsk Bolshoi or " Большой аэродром "), is the primary Russian military airfield in Khabarovsk . [1] It is located on the east side of the city, about 8 km southwest of Khabarovsk Novy Airport . [2] The aerodrome operator is th
- ... ort . The 1st Separate Air Squadron (Mixed) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) was formed on march 3, 1979, at Khabarovsk Tsentralny, consisting of 4 units of three Mi-8 helicopters and one Antonov An- ...
- ... AE (OBAZ) at the airfield Chita-1. It was the first aviation unit in the structure of the MVD. MVD, march 3 was declared the day the creation of aviation of internal troops. In 1980, the 2nd UAE was formed, a ...
#13 Albany International Airport
Albany International Airport ( IATA : ALB , ICAO : KALB , FAA LID : ALB ) is six miles (9 km) northwest of Albany , in Albany County, New York , United States. It is owned by the Albany County Airport Authority. [2] ALB covers 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land. [2] [4] Airport outside of Albany, New
- ... e descending for landing. All 28 occupants on board (25 passengers and 3 crew) were killed. [20] On march 3, 1972, Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 , a Fairchild Hiller FH-227 , crashed into a house in Albany , on ...
#14 Don Mueang International Airport
Don Mueang International Airport ( Thai : ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง , RTGS : Tha-akatsayan Donmuang , pronounced [tʰâː.ʔāː.kàːt̚.sā.jāːn.dɔ̄ːn.mɯ̄âŋ] ( listen ) , or colloquially as สนามบินดอนเมือง , pronounced [sā.nǎːm.bīn.dɔ̄ːn.mɯ̄a̯ŋ] ) ( IATA : DMK , ICAO : VTBD ) is one of two international airport
- ... raft history, a Boeing 747-400 overshot the runway causing significant damage but no casualties. On 3 march 2001 – Thai Airways International Flight 114 , a Boeing 737-400 (registered HS-TDC, named Narathiwa ...
#15 Atlangatepec Air Force Station
Atlangatepec Air Force Station ( ICAO : MMTA ) is a military airport located 1.8 NM north of Atlangatepec , Tlaxcala . Airport in Tlaxcala, Mexico Atlangatepec Air Force Station Estación Aérea Militar n.° 9 Atlangatepec IATA : none ICAO : MMTA Summary Airport type Military Owner SEDENA Operator Mexi
- ... desired success, for the year it registered more movements was 1994 with only 24 air operations. On march 3, 1997 the Tlaxcala State Government yielded the airport to SEDENA , making Base Aérea Militar n°19 T ...
#16 RAF Hockley Heath
RAF Hockley Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Solihull , Warwickshire , England , 7.7 miles (12.4 km) north-east of Redditch , Worcestershire. Former RAF station in Warwickshire, England RAF Hockley Heath A Boulton Paul Defiant similar to the ones that f
- ... ing. [4] 11 October 1942 Avro Tutor K3461 of No. 1 Flying Instructors School undershot landing. [5] 3 march 1944 General Aircraft Hotspur BT836 of No. 5 Glider Training School crashed while landing. [6] 22 M ...
#17 Miri Airport
Miri Airport [3] ( IATA : MYY , ICAO : WBGR ) is an airport located 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south east [2] of Miri , a city in the Malaysian state of Sarawak . The airport is the sixth-busiest airport in Malaysia, and the second-busiest in Sarawak. 2nd Largest Airport in Sarawak Miri Airport Lapangan Te
- ... 'B' was completed in 2014. The aprons underwent yet another expansion in 2015 and were completed on 3 march 2016. [10] The expansion allows 4 additional parking bays for code C aircraft (i.e. Boeing 737 or A ...
#18 Davis Station
The Davis Station , commonly called Davis , is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Davis is situated on the coast of Cooperation Sea in Princess Elizabeth Land , Ingrid Christensen Coast in the Australian Antarctic Terr
- ... xtensively photographed from the air. [3] The first ANARE landing in the Vestfold Hills was made on 3 march 1954 by Phillip Law , Peter Shaw, John Hansen, Arthur Gwynn and R. Thompson. They raised the Austra ...
#19 San Juan (Uganik) Seaplane Base
San Juan (Uganik) Seaplane Base ( IATA : UGI , FAA LID : WSJ [3] ) is a public use seaplane base located in San Juan ( Uganik ), in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska . [2] It is privately owned by the San Juan Fishing & Packing Co. [2] Airport San Juan (Uganik) Seaplane Base IATA
- ... documents ( Docket DOT-OST-2000-6945 ) from the U.S. Department of Transportation : Order 2005-3-4 ( march 3, 2005) : selecting Servant Air , Inc. to provide essential air service at Amook Bay, Kitoi Bay, Mose ...
#20 Luton Airport
London Luton Airport ( IATA : LTN , ICAO : EGGW ) is an international airport located in Luton , Bedfordshire , England, situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the town centre, [5] and 28 miles (45 km) north of Central London . [5] The airport is owned by London Luton Airport Ltd (LLAL), a company
- ... 5 lost height rapidly and hit the roof of a nearby factory. This resulted in a post-crash fire. [83] 3 march h 1974: A Douglas DC-7C/F (registration: EI-AWG) operating an Aer Turas Teo charter flight from Dubl ...
Aeroplane / Aeroplane
#1 Supermarine Walrus
The Supermarine Walrus (originally designated the Supermarine Seagull V ) was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and manufactured by Supermarine at Woolston, Southampton . British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft Walr
- ... ll V, A2-9, 1939 Three Walruses N.18 (L2301), N.19 (L2302) and N.20 (L2303) were to be delivered on 3 march 1939, and used by Irish Air Corps as maritime patrol aircraft during the Irish Emergency during the ...
- ... uring World War 2, [38] when it carried the Irish designation N.18 . During its delivery flight, on 3 march 1939, it suffered engine failure and later hull damage from ditching in the high seas. The aircraft ...
#2 Beriev Be-30
The Beriev Be-30 ( NATO reporting name " Cuff " [1] ) is a Russian regional airliner and utility transport aircraft designed by the Beriev Design Bureau . It was developed specifically for Aeroflot local service routes using short, grass airstrips . It was also designed to be used in the light trans
- ... Be-30 / Be-32 Aeroflot Beriev Be-32 Role Airliner Type of aircraft Manufacturer Beriev First flight 3 march 1967 Primary user Aeroflot Produced 1968-1976 Number built 8 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Be-32 cabin The ...
- ... ropellers . This feature was not implemented in the production version. The first prototype flew on 3 march 1967, fitted with Shvetsov ASh-21 piston engines , while the first production prototype flew on 18 ...
- ... ut ceased operations before any could be built or delivered. VARIANTS Be-30 Prototype first flew on 3 march 1967, powered by two 550 kW (740 hp) Shvetsov ASh-21 radial piston engines, driving three-blade con ...
#3 Yokosuka E5Y
The Yokosuka E5Y (long designation: Yokosuka Navy Type 90-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane ) was a single-engine Japanese seaplane used for reconnaissance. The E5Y was also built by Kawanishi as the E5K (long designation: Kawanishi Navy Type 90-3 Reconnaissance Seaplane ) Japanese reconnaissance floatplane
- ... nders and battleships of the IJN. The E5K saw action during the Shanghai Incident from 28 January – 3 march 1932. [4] The Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi carried a complement of 12 E5Y aircraft. VARIANTS Yoko ...
#4 List of displayed Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic , jet-powered , strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955. The B-52A first flew in 1954, and the B model entered service in 1955. A total of 744 B-52s were built with the last, a B-52H, delivered in October 196
- ... d Space Museum (former Lowry AFB ), Denver, Colorado . It is marked as "005 " , and was accepted on 3 march 1955. It was operated by the 6515th Maintenance Group (Air Research & Development Command) at Edwar ...
#5 Fairchild F-27
The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States . The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standard Fokker F27, while the FH-227 was an independently d
- ... h to land at Belém, crashed into Guajará Bay. Of the 40 passengers and crew, 3 survived. [4] [5] On march 3, 1972, Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 , a Fairchild Hiller FH-227 , crashed into a house in Albany, New ...
#6 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ( Russian : Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21 ; NATO reporting name : Fishbed ) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft , designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union . Its nicknames include: "balalaika", because its planform resembles the stringe
- ... y Fighter Weapons School , also known as " TOPGUN ", at Naval Air Station Miramar , California , on 3 march 1969. [42] The USAF quickly followed with its own version, called the Dissimilar Air Combat Trainin ...
#7 Curtiss XBTC
The Curtiss XBTC was a prototype single-seat, single-engined torpedo / dive bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy . Four aircraft were ordered, powered by two different engines, but the two aircraft to be fitted with the Wright R-3350 radial engine were cancelled in late 19
- ... p to 1,000 pounds. [5] The first prototype XBTC-2 with a "Model A" wing after its landing accident, 3 march 1945 Development and construction of the two prototypes was delayed by the low priority given to th ...
- ... 4.3 m) Aeroproducts AD7562 propellers sometime after a landing accident with the first prototype on 3 march . The aircraft was repaired and was later fitted with a "Model B" wing. They were delivered to the N ...
#8 List of Chengdu J-7 variants
The following is a list of variants and specifications for variants of the Chengdu J-7 , which differed considerably between models in its 48 years of its production run. Production of the J-7 ceased after delivering of 16 F-7BGIs to the Bangladesh Air Force in 2013.
- ... fferent subsystems of the aircraft. Development began at the end 1978 with negotiation beginning on march 3, 1979. After 10 rounds of negotiation that lasted 16 months, a deal was signed on June 30, 1980, whi ...
#9 Avro 500
The Avro Type E , Type 500 , and Type 502 made up a family of early British military aircraft, regarded by Alliott Verdon Roe as his firm's first truly successful design. It was a forerunner of the Avro 504 , one of the outstanding aircraft of the First World War . Avro 500 Role Military utility air
- ... 00 Role Military utility aircraft Type of aircraft Manufacturer Avro Designer A.V. Roe First flight 3 march 1912 Introduction 1912 Primary user United Kingdom Number built 18 DEVELOPMENT The Type E biplane w ...
- ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avro Duigan 1911 . AVRO 500 The aircraft was first flown on 3 march 1912 by Wilfred Parke , [5] and while top speed and rate of climb did not meet expectations, the ai ...
#10 Antonov An-225 Mriya
The Antonov An-225 Mriya ( Ukrainian : Антонов Ан-225 Мрія , lit. ' dream' or 'inspiration ' ; NATO reporting name : Cossack ) was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed in the 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union . It was originally developed as an enlargement of the Antono
- ... ence proved to show that the aircraft is inoperable due to the extreme damage it sustained. [70] On 3 march , a video circulated on social media, showing the aircraft burning inside the hangar alongside sever ...
#11 Lucky Lady II
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute. The plane later suffered an accident, and today only the fuselage is preserved. [ clarific
- ... n in 1995, with a total time airborne of 36 hours and 13 minutes REFERENCES[7] Waggoner, Walter H. ( march 3, 1949). "First in History; High Officials Greet the Plane as It Ends Hop at Fort Worth" . nytimes . ...
#12 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissa
- ... Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. [292] The first two F-35s were unveiled to the Australian public on 3 march 2017 at the Avalon Airshow . [293] By 2021, the Royal Australian Air Force had accepted 26 F-35As, ...
#13 Ilyushin Il-46
The Ilyushin Il-46 was a jet-engined bomber produced in the USSR during 1951-2, as the result of a directive to redesign the Il-42 project (half the drawings had already been completed). The revised specification was for an aircraft with twice the range and 1 1/2 times the bomb load, with a prototyp
- ... Role Bomber Type of aircraft National origin USSR Manufacturer Ilyushin Design Bureau First flight 3 march 1952 Number built 1 Developed from Ilyushin Il-42 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The airframe, constructed ...
#14 Zeppelin-Lindau Gs.I
The Zeppelin-Lindau Gs.I , often known post- WWI as the Dornier Gs.I after its designer Claude Dornier , was a civil flying boat developed immediate post-war from a military prototype. Its passenger cabin seated six. Only one was completed, and that was eventually scuttled to keep it out of Allied h
- ... es of flights it was returned to Lindau on 10 December 1919. It then gave a demonstration flight on 3 march 1920 in the Netherlands , where KLM had shown an interest. On their way to another demonstration, t ...
#15 Hybrid-Airplane Technology H-Aero
The Hybrid-Airplane Technology H-Aero (styled as H-AERO ) is a small German hybrid electric unmanned aerial vehicle [1] UAV by a Baden-Baden based start-up Hybrid-Airplane Technology GmbH . [2] Compared to some other UAVs it features vertical take-off and landing and extended flight endurance. Germa
- ... ent his concept in Houston . [8] At U.T.SEC - Unmanned Technologies & Security, Messe Nürnberg , 2–3 3 march 2017, the production-ready version of the H-Aero One was shown. The H-Aero One first flew publicly a ...
#16 Hawker Tornado
The Hawker Tornado was a British single-seat fighter aircraft design of World War II for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane . The planned production of Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to use, the Rolls-Royce Vulture , proved unreliable in service. A
- ... ling of 35,000 ft (10,700 m) were required. Two prototypes of both the Type N and R were ordered on 3 march 1938. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Both prototypes were very similar to the Hurricane in general appearanc ...
#17 Airbus A321
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body , commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners ; [lower-alpha 2] it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the baseline A320 and entered service in 1994
- ... ) A321-251N 1 March 2017 CFM LEAP-1A32 143.05 kN (32,160 lb f ) 140.96 kN (31,690 lb f ) A321-253N 3 march 2017 CFM LEAP-1A33 143.05 kN (32,160 lb f ) 140.96 kN (31,690 lb f ) A321-272N 23 May 2017 PW 1130G ...
#18 Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus . Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300 , its first airliner in the mid-1970s. Then the company began development on the A330 twinjet in parallel with the A340 quadjet and launched both designs with their first order
- ... oes not have the distinctive nose blister, or "bulge", of the factory delivered A330-200F. [153] On 3 march 2022, Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), an air freighter lessor, committed to acquiring 29 Airbu ...
#19 Fairey Gordon
The Fairey Gordon was a British light bomber (2-seat day bomber) and utility aircraft of the 1930s. Gordon Role Light bomber and general aircraft Type of aircraft Manufacturer Fairey Aviation First flight 3 March 1931 Primary users Royal Air Force Fleet Air Arm ( Royal Navy ) Number built 186 Deve
- ... n Role Light bomber and general aircraft Type of aircraft Manufacturer Fairey Aviation First flight 3 march 1931 Primary users Royal Air Force Fleet Air Arm ( Royal Navy ) Number built 186 Developed from Fai ...
- ... F, primarily by use of the new Armstrong Siddeley Panther engine. The prototype was first flown on 3 march 1931, and around 80 earlier IIIFs were converted to a similar standard, 178 new-built aircraft were ...
#20 Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is an American military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner . In February 2011, the tanker was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Bo
- ... C-46 pilots began in June 2021 and Japan received its first KC-46 in November 2021. [129] ISRAEL On 3 march 2020, the State Department approved the Foreign Military Sale to Israel of eight KC-46s and related ...
Aircraft carrier / Aircraft carrier
#1 List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy
The escort aircraft carrier , also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the USN or "Woolworth Carrier" by the RN, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy in the Second World War . They were typically half the length and one-third the displacement of the larger fl
- ... boilers; 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, 1 shaft 1 January 1943 31 January 1944 Returned to the USN 3 march 1946 HMS Thane 24 14,000 long tons (14,000 t) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 2 Westinghouse geared turbi ...
- ... lers; 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, 1 shaft 26 April 1943 31 December 1943 Returned to the USN on 3 march 1946 HMS Smiter 24 14,000 long tons (14,000 t) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 2 Westinghouse geared turb ...
#2 USS Corregidor
USS Corregidor (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVU-58) was the fourth of fifty Casablanca -class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II . Launched in May 1943, and commissioned the following August, she was originally named for Anguilla Bay, in Maurelle Island , in the Alexander Arch
- ... d aircraft and men, then resumed operations out of Pearl Harbor, with her division. From 22 January- 3 march 1944, she sailed in the Marshall Islands operation, providing air cover for the invasion of Kwajale ...
#3 Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose
Chitose ( 千歳 ) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served from 1938 to 1944, seeing service as a seaplane carrier and later as a light aircraft carrier during World War II . In her initial guise as a seaplane carrier, she first saw service during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938, an
- ... rawara , from which they continued to support the Java landings. [4] They departed Bawean Island on 3 march escorted by three patrol boats and headed for Kendari, which they reached on 6 March. [4] After rou ...
#4 Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov ( Russian : Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в , romanized : Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov or "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov", originally the name of the fifth Kirov -class battlecruiser ) is an aircraft carrier (
- ... Kuznetsov ( Russian : Адмирал Флота Советского Союза Кузнецов ) Namesake Nikolay Kuznetsov Ordered 3 march 1981 Builder Nikolayev South Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau Laid down 1 April 1982 [ ...
#5 HMAS Canberra (L02)
HMAS Canberra (L02) is the first ship of the Canberra -class landing helicopter dock in service with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and is the second largest in the Navy, succeeded by its sister ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) . Construction of the ship started in Spain in 2008, with the hull launched
- ... ria integrating C3 and sensors to the ship's superstructures. [18] Canberra commenced sea trials on 3 march 2014, sailing under power for the first time. [19] The trials program included a visit to Fleet Bas ...
#6 USS Bougainville (CVE-100)
USS Bougainville (CVE-100) was the forty-sixth of fifty Casablanca -class escort carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was named after the Bougainville campaign , a prolonged action against Japanese forces entrenched in the island of Bougainville off Papua New Guinea . T
- ... as a Type S4-S2-BB3 hull, MCE hull 1137 [1] Awarded 18 June 1942 Builder Kaiser Shipyards Laid down 3 march 1944 Launched 16 May 1944 Commissioned 18 June 1944 Decommissioned 30 November 1946 Stricken 1 May ...
- ... Casablanca -class carriers after naval or land engagements. [8] The escort carrier was laid down on 3 march 1944, MC hull 1137, the forty-sixth of a series of fifty Casablanca -class escort carriers. She was ...
#7 Canberra-class landing helicopter dock
The Canberra class is a ship class of two landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Planning to upgrade the navy's amphibious fleet began in 2000, based on Australian experiences leading the International Force for East Timor peacekeeping operation. With a new cl
- ... August, and arriving in Port Phillip on 17 October. [46] [47] [48] Canberra commenced sea trials on 3 march 2014. [49] Contractor-run sea trials concluded in early September, and Canberra was commissioned in ...
#8 USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex -class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy . Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard , she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown -class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)
- ... her way home. She made a stop at Pearl Harbor along the way and then moored at Alameda once more on 3 march . After a brief repair period at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Yorktown put to sea to serve as a pla ...
#9 HMAS Melbourne (R21)
HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic -class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier [note 1] to serve in the RAN. Melbourne was the only Commonwealth naval vessel to sink two friendly warships i
- ... the carrier entered a major refit, which continued until 3 August 1979. [32] During this refit, on 3 march , a boiler explosion caused minor damage to the carrier. [136] The remainder of the year involved pa ...
#10 USS Independence (CV-62)
The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy . She was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal class of conventionally powered supercarriers . She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet. Decommissioned F
- ... h Fleet in that troubled region, remaining in the eastern Mediterranean until her return to Norfolk 3 march 1961. On 4 August 1961, she departed again for the Mediterranean to join the US 6th fleet for anoth ...
#11 USS Wasp (LHD-1)
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a United States Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship , and the lead ship of her class . She is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name since 1775, with the last two ships named Wasp being aircraft carriers . She was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pasca
- ... vide supplies, damage assessment, and evacuation assistance in the wake of Hurricane Irma . [17] On 3 march 2018, Wasp departed Sasebo , Japan for a routine patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. A detachment of ...
#12 USS Nassau (CVE-16)
USS Nassau (CVE-16) (originally AVG-16 then ACV-16 ) was laid down 27 November 1941 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington , as M.C. Hull No. 234; launched 4 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Hasselman, Tongue Point, Oregon ; acquired by the Navy 1 May, towed to the P
- ... with Nassau conducting both anti-submarine and combat air patrols. Nassau returned to Pearl Harbor 3 march , disembarked VC-66, and took on aircraft, cargo, and passengers for ferry to the Marshall Islands. ...
#13 Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
The Queen Elizabeth class is a class of two aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy which are the central components of the UK Carrier Strike Group . [13] The lead ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth , was named on 4 July 2014, [14] in honour of Elizabeth I . [15] She was commissioned on 7 Dece
- ... ary 2020. Prince of Wales made her first visit to her affiliated city, Liverpool , from 28 February- 3 march 2020. During her stay in the city, the ship welcomed thousands of civilians aboard. This was the fi ...
#14 List of aircraft carrier operations during World War II
Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley , Richard Overy , and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not have been won without decisive victories at sea. [1] [2] [3] Naval battles to keep shipping lanes open for combatant's movement of troops, guns, ammunition, t
- ... ET BEEN COMPLETELY INCLUDED IN THE LIST BELOW] 1932 IJN Support for IJA Shanghai Incident (28 Jan – 3 march 1932) First IJN aerial combat IJN 3rd Fleet/1st Carrier Division (Nomura): IJN Hōshō (CVL) IJN Kaga ...
#15 USS Bataan (CVL-29)
USS Bataan (CVL-29/AVT-4) , originally planned as USS Buffalo (CL-99) and also classified as CV-29 , was an 11,000 ton Independence -class light aircraft carrier which was commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II on 17 November 1943. Serving in the Pacific Theatre for the entire wa
- ... three new 40-millimeter antiaircraft guns. [1] BATTLE OF OKINAWA Main article: Battle of Okinawa On 3 march 1945, Bataan departed Pearl Harbor for Ulithi , arriving at that atoll on 13 March. There she joine ...
#16 USS Salamaua
USS Salamaua (CVE-96) was a Casablanca -class escort carrier of the United States Navy . She was named after the invasion of Salamaua , a strategically important village in the New Guinea Theater during World War II , and one of the main targets of the Salamaua–Lae campaign . She served with distinc
- ... or San Francisco. [7] Arriving on 26 February, she was put in a queue for repairs. Repairs began on 3 march , and on 21 April, she moved west again. She arrived back at Pearl Harbor on 27 April, and received ...
#17 USS Peleliu
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is a Tarawa -class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy , named for the Battle of Peleliu of World War II . Entering service in 1980, she has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, performed an evacuation of U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay following the er
- ... to participate in Operation Continue Hope and Operation Quick Draw . She arrived on station around 3 march 1994 and spent the next three months supporting operations in the area. VIP visits included Chairma ...
#18 USS Cape Esperance
USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) was a Casablanca -class escort carrier of the United States Navy . She was named after the Battle of Cape Esperance , an inconclusive naval engagement in support of the Guadalcanal campaign . Built for service during World War II , the ship was launched in March 1944, and
- ... MCE hull 1125 [1] Awarded 18 June 1942 Builder Kaiser Shipyards Laid down 11 December 1943 Launched 3 march 1944 Commissioned 9 April 1944 Decommissioned 22 August 1946 Identification Hull symbol : CVE-88 Re ...
- ... d inconclusive naval battle fought in support of the Guadalcanal campaign . [8] She was launched on 3 march 1944; sponsored by Mrs. W. M. McDade; transferred to the United States Navy and commissioned on 9 A ...
#19 USS Nimitz
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy , and the lead ship of her class . One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68, "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered ", but she was later redesignated as CVN-68, "aircraf
- ... Advanced combat direction system was installed. Nimitz ' s eleventh operational deployment began on 3 march 2003. [18] The group relieved USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf in mid-April 2003, launching ...
#20 USS Roi
USS Roi (CVE-103) was a Casablanca -class escort carrier of the United States Navy . She was named after the Battle of Roi , in which the United States captured the island of Roi-Namur . Built for service during World War II , the ship was launched in June 1944, commissioned in July, and acted as a
- ... Casablanca -class carriers after naval or land engagements. [5] The escort carrier was laid down on 3 march 1944, MC hull 1140, the forty-ninth of a series of fifty Casablanca -class escort carriers. She the ...
Airline / Airline
#1 Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela
Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela C.A. is a state-owned airline of Venezuela based in Torre Polar Oeste in Caracas , Venezuela . [2] It operates domestic services and international services in the Caribbean . Its main base is Simón Bolívar International Airport . [3] The airline ceased operations on Sept
- ... , Isla Margarita due to rains caused by Tropical Storm Alma killing all 49 people on board. [19] On march 3, 1978, a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 (registered YV-45C) crahsed into the sea close to Punta Mulatos afte ...
#2 Germania (airline)
Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH , trading as Germania ( German pronunciation: ['gɛrmani:a ] ), was [2] [3] a privately owned German airline with its headquarters in Berlin . [4] It began by focusing on charter operations, then moved towards becoming a scheduled carrier, although some charter flights w
- ... rch 2011. Germania planned to use the hangar together once the airport becomes operational. [17] On 3 march 2014, Germania had its traffic rights for flights to Iraq revoked after an intervention by Iraqi Ai ...
#3 Aeroflot
PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines ( Russian : ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии" , PAO Aeroflot — Rossiyskiye avialinii ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( English: / ˈ ɛər oʊ ˌ f l ɒ t / or / ˌ ɛər oʊ ˈ f l ɒ t / ( listen ) ; Russian : Аэрофлот , transl. "air fleet" , pronounced [ɐɛrɐˈfɫot]
- ... airspace to Russian airlines, effectively suspending Aeroflot's operations in the country. [81] On 3 march 2022, Sabre , the supplier of Aeroflot's Reservation System as well as one of the suppliers of GDS ...
#4 Kenmore Air
Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc. , doing business as Kenmore Air , is an American airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Kenmore Air Harbor in Kenmore, Washington , United States, north of Seattle . [3] [4] It operates scheduled and charter seaplane and landplane service to destinations throughout
- ... Boeing Field in Seattle, with a free shuttle between Boeing Field and Sea-Tac. The service started march 3, 2014, but was discontinued on May 4, 2015, due to low passenger numbers. [16] Kenmore Air Express p ...
#5 Cham Wings Airlines
Cham Wings Airlines ( Arabic : أجنحة الشام للطيران , previously known as Sham Wing Airlines) is a private Syrian airline with its head office in Damascus , Syria . [1] [2] The company slogan is Fly Beyond The Limits. Syrian private airline Cham Wings Airlines IATA ICAO Callsign 6Q SAW SHAMWING Found
- ... ed one MD aircraft and commenced its first flight from Damascus to Baghdad International Airport on march 3, 2008. In 2008, a newcomer entered the market under the name Syrian Pearl Airlines of ownership: Cha ...
#6 Libyan Arab Air Cargo
Libyan Air Cargo is an inactive cargo airline based in Tripoli , Libya . It is the cargo division of Libyan Airlines , operating all-cargo services. Its main base is Tripoli International Airport . [1] It serves destinations throughout Africa , Europe , and Asia . Libyan Air Cargo IATA ICAO Callsign
- ... 5] The aircraft was threatened by fighting at Sviatoshyn Airfield in the Battle of Kyiv , but as of 3 march 2022 [update] was undamaged. [6] One Ilyushin Il-76 5A-DNY PREVIOUSLY OPERATED One Boeing 707 -320C ...
#7 AirAsia India
AirAsia India is an airline in India headquartered in Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka . The airline is a joint venture with Tata Sons holding 83.67% stake in the airline and AirAsia Investment Limited (Malaysia) holding 16.33% stake. [5] [6] AirAsia India commenced operations on 12 June 2014 with B
- ... on for its operations in India, it struck deals with online and offline travel agents. [16] [17] On 3 march 2013, the FIPB officially permitted AirAsia to rent or lease aircraft and to carry cargo on its sch ...
#8 Maersk Air
Maersk Air A/S was a Danish airline which operated between 1969 and 2005. Owned by the A. P. Møller–Mærsk Group , it operated a mix of scheduled and chartered passenger and cargo services. Headquartered at Dragør , its main operating bases were Copenhagen Airport , Billund Airport and Esbjerg Airpor
- ... f Billund were added in 1997. [45] Flemming Knudsen took the position as CEO on 12 January 1998. On 3 march the first 737-700 was delivered, [51] with Maersk Air being the European launch customer. [52] With ...
#9 Avianca Brasil
Avianca Brasil S.A. ( Portuguese : Avianca Brasil ), officially Oceanair Linhas Aéreas S/A , was [3] a Brazilian airline based in Congonhas Airport in São Paulo , Brazil. [4] [5] According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), which cancelled its operation, prior to cessation of op
- ... , however it was later preserved as a Pan Am -themed restaurant at Brasília in August 2020. [32] On march 3, 2019, an Airbus A320-200 (registered PR-OCW) suffered a minor runway excursion on landing in heavy ...
#10 Varig Logística
Varig Logística S.A. , operating as VarigLog , was a cargo airline , based in Jardim Aeroporto, Campo Belo , São Paulo, Brazil. [1] Varig Log IATA ICAO Callsign LC VLO VELOG Founded 25 August 2000 Commenced operations September 2000 Ceased operations 27 September 2012 Hubs São Paulo/Guarulhos Intern
- ... both large and small suppliers which led to the request to be placed under bankruptcy protection on 3 march 2009. The Brazilian former investors accuse MatlinPatterson of mismanagement with the intention of ...
#11 Star Alliance
Star Alliance is the world's largest global airline alliance . [2] Founded on 14 May 1997, its CEO is Jeffrey Goh [4] [6] and its headquarters is located in Frankfurt am Main , Germany . [3] As of April 2018 [update] , Star Alliance is the largest of the three global alliances by passenger count w
- ... s Group division and a Oneworld member, on 20 April 2012. [49] Continental Airlines 27 October 2009 3 march 2012 Continental Connection Continental Express Continental Micronesia Merged with United Airlines ...
- ... 12 Continental Connection Continental Express Continental Micronesia Merged with United Airlines on 3 march 2012. [81] Mexicana 1 July 2000 31 March 2004 Aerocaribe Left the alliance in 2004 after deciding n ...
#12 Air Zaïre
Air Zaïre was the national airline of Zaire . Its head office was located on the grounds of N'djili Airport in Kinshasa . [1] Former national airline of Zaire Air Zaïre IATA ICAO Callsign QC AZR Founded 6 June 1961 ( 1961-06-06 ) Commenced operations 29 June 1961 ( 1961-06-29 ) Ceased op
- ... 74, and on 9 January 1975 a Fokker 27 was involved at Boende , killing one person on the ground. On 3 march 1976, a Fokker 27 was written off in an accident in Angola. The three Boeing 737-200s which were or ...
#13 Direct Air
Southern Sky Air Tours, d/b/a Direct Air was an airline business based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina , United States. [2] [3] Direct Air started in 2007 and leased aircraft with charter airlines . Its main base was Myrtle Beach International Airport . Direct Air's flights were operated by Sky King
- ... failed to pay the carrier all the money it was owed for operating flights that departed on or after march 3, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation . Xtra also had received late payments from Dire ...
- ... Transportation . Xtra also had received late payments from Direct Air for several flights prior to march 3, that should have prompted Xtra to look and see whether Direct Air was following the federal rules, ...
#14 Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)
Frontier Airlines was an American airline formed by a merger of Arizona Airways , Challenger Airlines , and Monarch Airlines on June 1, 1950. Headquartered at the now-closed Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado , the airline ceased operations on August 24, 1986. [1] [2] A new airline was founded ei
- ... to operate the Frontier jet fleet with the aircraft being repainted in Continental's livery. [3] On march 3, 2012, Continental merged into United Airlines. Frontier's last timetable was dated September 3, 198 ...
#15 History of Braathens SAFE (1946–1993)
Braathens South American & Far East Airtransport A/S or Braathens SAFE was founded by ship-owner Ludvig G. Braathen in 1946. It started as a charter airline based at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in Norway , flying to destinations in the Far East and in South America. At first the airline used Douglas DC
- ... s SAFE to fly to Bodø and Tromsø as an extension of the West Coast route from 1 April 1967. [28] On 3 march 1967, parliament decided to build four short take-off and landing airports along the Helgeland coas ...
- ... January. Braathens SAFE was the launch customer of the F-28, and the first plane landed in Oslo on 3 march . Five F-28s were delivered in the course of a year, in addition to one aircraft that was leased per ...
#16 Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert
Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (LARA; "King Albert Airline") was a short-lived civilian airline in the Belgian Congo colony. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs a
- ... Ngombe on July 1, 1920. The second leg, 610 kilometres (380 mi) from Gombe to Lisala was opened on march 3, 1921. On July 1, 1921, exactly one year after the initial flight, the entire route from Kinshasa to ...
#17 Invicta International Airlines
Invicta International Airlines Ltd was a charter airline based at Manston Airport in the United Kingdom. It operated non-scheduled passenger and freight services between 1965 and 1982. UK charter airline Invicta International Airlines IATA ICAO Callsign IM "India Mike" or "Invicta" Founded 1964 Comm
- ... ional Airlines , G-ASPM on 18 February and G-ASPN on 20 February. [2] Crew training took place from 3 march and the first revenue earning flight took place on 20 March when one of the Vikings flew a charter ...
#18 Copa Airlines Colombia
Copa Airlines Colombia is a commercial passenger airline founded and registered under the corporate name of AeroRepública S.A. in November 1992, and is the second airline in Colombia for international passengers carried after Avianca and the third in total traffic. It covers national and internation
- ... out the OnePass frequent flyer program on 31 December 2011, and adopted the MileagePlus program on 3 march 2012. [5] In March 2015, Copa Airlines announced that it would phase out the MileagePlus program in ...
#19 Continental Express
Continental Express was the operating brand name used by a number of independently owned regional airlines providing commuter airliner and regional jet feeder service under agreement with Continental Airlines . In 2012 at the time of the merger between Continental and United Airlines, two carriers w
- ... see The Silent Battle . Continental Express Founded 1986 ; 36 years ago ( 1986 ) Ceased operations march 3, 2012 ; 10 years ago ( 2012-03-03 ) (merged into United Express ) Hubs Cleveland Houston–Intercontin ...
#20 Thai Airways International
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited , trading as THAI ( SET : THAI , Thai : บริษัท การบินไทย จำกัด (มหาชน) ) is the flag carrier airline of Thailand . [9] [10] [11] Formed in 1961, the airline has its corporate headquarters in Vibhavadi Rangsit Road , Chatuchak District , Bangkok , [
- ... Surat Thani airport during its third landing attempt in heavy rain; 101 of 146 on board died. [111] 3 march 2001: Flight 114 , a Boeing 737-400 (HS-TDC, Narathiwat ), bound for Chiang Mai from Bangkok, was d ...
Airship / Airship
#1 Zeppelin LZ 64
The Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 64 , given the tactical number L 22 , was a Q-class / L20-class World War I zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy . LZ 64 (L 22) Zeppelin LZ 64 (L 22) damaged in Toska Role X-class reconnaissance-bomber rigid airship Type of aircraft National origin German Empire
- ... National origin German Empire Manufacturer Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Designer Ludwig Dürr First flight 3 march 1916 Retired Destroyed by RNAS Curtis H12 flying boat flown by Flight Commander Robert Leckie (late ...
#2 List of Zeppelins
This is a complete list of Zeppelins constructed by the German Zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. Other rigid airships that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins but not built by Zeppelin are not included. For other uses of "Zeppelin", see Zeppelin (disambiguation) . This article needs a
- ... rk , Mardick and Harwich , dropping 3,240 kg (7,140 lb) bombs. Decommissioned in 1917. LZ 64 Q L 22 3 march 1916 Thirty reconnaissance missions; 8 attacks on Britain, dropping 9,215 kg (20,316 lb) of bombs; ...
Air Forces / Air Forces
#1 No. 119 Helicopter Unit, IAF
No. 119 Helicopter Unit (Stallions) is a Helicopter Unit and is equipped with Mil Mi-17 and based at Jamnagar Air Force Station . [1] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) No. 119 Helicopter Unit Active 3 March 1972 - Present Country Repub
- ... which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) No. 119 Helicopter Unit Active 3 march 1972 - Present Country Republic of India Branch Indian Air Force Garrison/HQ Jamnagar AFS Nickname( ...
- ... friend in time of need Aircraft flown Attack Mil Mi-17 Military unit HISTORY The unit was raised on 3 march 1972 at Guwahati and has been operating the Mi-8 helicopters, the workhorse for the IAF. The unit w ...
#2 No. 605 Squadron RAF
No. 605 Squadron was formed as an Auxiliary Air Force Squadron. Initially formed as a bomber unit, it was one of the most successful participants of the Battle of Britain . It also had the distinction of being active during the Second World War at two fronts at a time, when the squadron was split up
- ... AF Hal Far , Malta Dets. at RAF Luqa and RAF Ta Qali , 605 personnel joining No. 185 Squadron on 18 march 3 February 1942 10 February 1942 Batavia , Java , Netherlands East Indies 10 February 1942 14 February ...
#3 No. 189 Squadron RAF
No. 189 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( February 2012 )
- ... k for 189 sqdn. DATE AIRCRAFT TYPE & NUMBER CREW DUTY TIME UP TIME DOWN DETAILS OF SORTIE OR FLIGHT 3 march 1945 LANC.1 ME.374 F/O WALTON.J.H.(AUS.417607) SGT HILLS.G.S. SGT HUDGELL.P.H. F/S ROBERTS.G.W. F/S ...
#4 1st Ferrying Group
The 1st Ferrying Group was a unit of the Army Air Forces during World War II . It was the first transport group to deploy overseas and the first to fly transport missions over the Hump . It was redesignated the 1st Transport Group , then disbanded in December 1943, when the India-China Wing, Air Tra
- ... lift Training Group , but has not been active. [1] LINEAGE Constituted as the 1st Ferrying Group on 3 march 1942 Activated 7 March 1942 Redesignated 1st Transport Group c. 24 March 1943 Disbanded on 1 Decemb ...
- ... nated 431st Military Airlift Training Group (not active) [1] ASSIGNMENTS Air Force Combat Command , 3 march 1942 Tenth Air Force, c. 17 May 1942 India-China Wing, Air Transport Command, July 1942 – 1 Decembe ...
#5 Jagdstaffel 31
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 31 was a World War I "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte , the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I . As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 35 verified aerial victories, including five wins over
- ... 3rd Armee Sector. It was mobilized into action on 7 February 1917. Its first victory was scored on 3 march 1917 by Staffelführer Albert. On 11 September 1917, it left the Western Front for service in Italy. ...
#6 86th Airlift Wing
The 86th Airlift Wing (86 AW) is a United States Air Force wing, currently assigned to the Third Air Force , United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa . The 86th AW is stationed at Ramstein Air Base , Germany. United States Air Force wing "86th Fighter Wing" redirects here. For the 86th
- ... uadron flew missions with just 4 aircraft, but even as these missions began help was on the way. On 3 march , the 757th Airlift Reserve Squadron, 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown, Ohio, and the 165th Airlift Sq ...
#7 No. 33 Squadron RAAF
No. 33 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) strategic transport and air-to-air refuelling squadron. It operates Airbus KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transports from RAAF Base Amberley , Queensland. The squadron was formed in February 1942 for service during World War II, operating Short Empi
- ... Empire was destroyed at its mooring during a Japanese air attack on Broome , Western Australia, on 3 march ; another Empire was impressed from Qantas to replace the lost aircraft. [12] Two months later the c ...
#8 No. 23 Group RAF
No. 23 Group RAF was a group of the Royal Air Force , first established in 1918, and finally disbanded in 1975. Former Royal Air Force flying training group No. 23 Group RAF Active 1918 1926–1975 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Role Flying training Part of RAF Training Command , RAF
- ... ton CBE, DSO 6 February 1970 - Air Vice Marshal Harold Bird-Wilson , CBE, DSO, DFC & bar, AFC & bar 3 march 1973 - Air Vice Marshal John Gingell CBE (listed in post as AOC 23 Group until 6 June 1975) [8]
#9 No. 174 Squadron RAF
No. 174 (Mauritius) Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a fighter-bomber unit in World War II . Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force No. 174 (Mauritius) Squadron RAF Active 3 March 1942 – 8 April 1945 26 August 1945 – 6 September 1945 9 September 1945 – 31 March 1946 Count
- ... rld War II . Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force No. 174 (Mauritius) Squadron RAF Active 3 march 1942 – 8 April 1945 26 August 1945 – 6 September 1945 9 September 1945 – 31 March 1946 Country Unit ...
#10 No. 205 Group RAF
No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group was a long-range, heavy bomber group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) established on 23 October 1941 by boosting No. 257 Wing to Group status. [1]
- ... Wing No. 178 Squadron , B-24 Liberator VI No. 462 Squadron , Halifax II renamed No. 614 Squadron on 3 march 1944. Used some B-24s after August 1944. No. 160 Squadron , Liberator No. 242 Wing No. 147 Squadron ...
#11 120 Squadron (Israel)
120 Squadron is a squadron of the Israeli Air Force , also known as the Desert Giants (formerly International Squadron). 120 Squadron 707 refueling F-15s The squadron was originally formed in 1962 flying Douglas C-47 Dakotas . It now flies Boeing 707 and IAI 1124N Westwind SeaScan aircraft from Neva
- ... he squadron will receive Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft. [2] Six months earlier, on 3 march 2020, The State Department had approved the Foreign Military Sale to Israel of eight KC-46s and rel ...
#12 148th Aero Squadron
The 148th Aero Squadron was a unit of the United States Army Air Service that fought on the Western Front during World War I . 148th Aero Squadron 148th Aero Squadron preparing for a daylight raid on German trenches and cities, Petite Synthe , France, 6 August 1918 Active 11 November 1917 – 24 March
- ... en from the detachment worked frantically to load trucks and move out to safer territory. [6] On 29 march 3 Sqn reformed at Valheureux, where a new airdrome had just been built. Work was commenced at once to ...
#13 156th Wing
The 156th Wing (156 WG) is a unit of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard , stationed at Muñiz Air National Guard Base , in Carolina, Puerto Rico . If activated to federal service with the United States Air Force , the wing is operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command ( AMC ). Unit of the Puert
- ... er Wing from its F-16A and F-16B ADF fighter mission to an airlift mission with C-130E aircraft. On 3 march 1998 the last F-16A departed from the 156th Fighter Wing and on 11 September 1998 a ceremony was he ...
#14 No. 1 Group RAF
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command . Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast-jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters
- ... e Bas 23 December 1968 Air Vice-Marshal Ruthven Wade 8 February 1971 Air Vice-Marshal Peter Horsley 3 march 1973 Air Vice-Marshal David Evans 29 November 1975 Air Vice-Marshal P J Lagesen 5 July 1978 Air Vic ...
#15 List of Royal Flying Corps squadrons
A list of Royal Flying Corps squadrons with date and location of foundation. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2016 ) The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the aviation arm of the British Army . Squadrons were the main form of flying unit from its foundation on 13 Apri
- ... 10 February 1918 Andover [141] To the RAF on 1 April 1918, based at Ford Junction No. 149 Squadron 3 march 1918 Yapton [142] To the RAF on 1 April 1918, based at Ford Junction RESERVE/TRAINING SQUADRONS Ori ...
#16 No. 139 Squadron RAF
No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was fighter unit in World War I and a bomber unit from World War II until the 1960s. Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron RAF Active 3 July 1918 – 7 Mar 1919 3 Sept 1936 – 31 Dec 1959 1 Jan 1962 –
- ... with the Blenheim V before quickly switching to the de Havilland Mosquito at Horsham St. Faith . On 3 march , it carried out a daring air raid on the molybdenum processing plant at Knaben in Norway. It is bel ...
#17 No. 175 Squadron RAF
No. 175 Squadron RAF was a part of 121 Wing; 83 Group; 2nd Tactical Airforce; RAF in support of World War II Normandy landings, and supported the allied advance through France Holland and Belgium on into Germany. The squadron was active from under canvas on temporary landing grounds in a matter of d
- ... b EK139 N "Dirty Dora" being armed with 500 lb (227 kg) concrete practice bombs in late 1943 Active 3 march 1942 – 29 September 1945 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Motto(s) Stop at nothing [1] ...
#18 355th Wing
The 355th Wing ( 355 WG ) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command 's Fifteenth Air Force . It is stationed at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson , Arizona , where it operates the A-10 Thunderbolt II . The wing's mission is to provide close air support (CAS), air inte
- ... 8 July 1962 – 8 November 1965 (detached 24 January – 21 February 1964, 2 May-c. 20 September 1964, 3 march – 12 June 1965); 27 November 1965 – 10 December 1970; 1 July 1971 – 30 April 1982 (detached 12 Janu ...
#19 146th Airlift Wing
The 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard , stationed at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station , Oxnard, California. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . Unit of the California Air National
- ... "Flight to Oblivion" (Season 2 Episode 18) was shot around Van Nuys ANGB. The episode was aired on 3 march 1978. In the episode the base was named San Remo AFB. The base was also used for Galactica 1980's " ...
#20 Escadrille 73
Escadrille 73 of the French Air Force originated at Corcieux on 23 May 1915 as Detachment N 49 during the World War I. Escadrille N 73 - SPA 73 Spad aircraft Country France Branch French Air Service Type Reconnaissance/Fighter Engagements World War I Military unit
- ... ary 1918 Capitaine Pierre Cahuzac: ca 9 February 1918 - ca 2 March 1918 Lieutenant Maurice Noguès : 3 march 1918 - April 1918 Lieutenant Robert Gerdes: April 1918 - ca 9 July 1918 Lieutenant Pierre Jaille: 1 ...
Design / Design
#1 STANAG 3350
STANAG 3350 (Analogue Video Standard for Aircraft System Applications) is a NATO analog video Standardization Agreement for military aircraft avionics. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline . ( October 2021 ) STANAG 3350 First published 3 March 1989 (
- ... ay not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline . ( October 2021 ) STANAG 3350 First published 3 march 1989 ( 1989-03-03 ) Latest version Revision 5 6 March 2018 ( 2018-03-06 ) Organization NATO Domain ...
#2 Wright brothers
The Wright brothers , Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), [lower-alpha 1] were American aviation pioneers generally credited [3] [4] [5] with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane . They
- ... e finally agreed to see her, apparently at Lorin's insistence, just before she died of pneumonia on march 3, 1929. Orville Wright served in the NACA for 28 years. In 1930, he received the first Daniel Guggenh ...
Designer / Designer
#1 Nikolai Tikhomirov (chemical engineer)
Nikolai Ivanovich Tikhomirov ( Russian : Николай Иванович Тихомиров ; birthname - Nikolai Viktorovich Slyotov; November 1859 - 28 April 1930) was a Russian Soviet chemical engineer, inventor, founder of the Gas Dynamics Laboratory , specialist in rocket technology and one of the inventors of the Kat
- ... wder in powerful and stable combustion. In 1925 Tikhomirov's laboratory moved to Leningrad . [1] On 3 march 1928, the first launch of a rocket on smokeless powder was carried out at one of the training groun ...
#2 Burt Rutan
Elbert Leander " Burt " Rutan ( / ˈ r uː t ən / ; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the record-breaking Voyager , which in 1986 was
- ... t in 2000. [46] GlobalFlyer Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer arriving at Kennedy Space Center in 2006 On march 3, 2005, the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer , an aircraft similar to the Voyager design but built by Scal ...
#3 Gerhard Reisig
Gerhard Herbert Richard Reisig (March 3, 1910 - March 9, 2005) [1] was a German-American engineer and rocket scientist. He worked at the Peenemünde Army Research Center during World War II and later, through Operation Paperclip , at the Marshall Space Flight Center . German-American engineer and roc
- Gerhard Herbert Richard Reisig ( march 3, 1910 - March 9, 2005) [1] was a German-American engineer and rocket scientist. He worked at the Pee ...
- ... can engineer and rocket scientist Gerhard Reisig Born Gerhard Herbert Richard Reisig ( 1910-03-03 ) march 3, 1910 Leipzig , Germany Died March 9, 2005 (2005-03-09) (aged 95) Moorhead, Minnesota , U.S. Alma ma ...
- ... g) (1963) [1] Spouse(s) Gisela Haenichen [2] Children 2 [2] BIOGRAPHY Reisig was born in Leipzig on march 3, 1910. As a child, he attended school at the Nikolaischule . [2] Reisig attended university at the T ...
#4 Sun Jiadong
Sun Jiadong ( Chinese : 孙家栋 ; born 8 April 1929) is a Chinese aerospace engineer who is an expert in carrier rocket and satellite technology. He has long served as a leader of Chinese satellite projects, and is currently the chief designer for the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program . Sun is a member
- ... April 24, 1970, the first Chinese space satellite, Dong Fang Hong I , was successfully launched. On march 3, 1971 the satellite "Shi Jian I" was launched. In 1975, China's first returning satellite was succes ...
#5 Geoffrey Salmond
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond , KCB , KCMG , DSO (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933) was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War . Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle East, Great Britain and In
- ... command of the RFC in the Middle East . [4] The Distinguished Service Order was conferred on him on 3 march 1917: [18] for conspicuous ability and devotion to duty when personally directing the work of the R ...
#6 Lothar Sieber
Lothar Sieber (7 April 1922 – 1 March 1945) was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter". [1] German test pilot This article needs additional citations for verification . ( November 2018 ) Lothar Sieber Born 7 April 1922 Dres
- ... have not been properly latched before launch. Sieber's remains were buried with military honors on 3 march 1945. SEE ALSO Early human rocket flight efforts Messerschmitt Me 163
#7 Mikhail Tikhonravov
Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov (July 29, 1900 – March 3, 1974) was a Soviet engineer who was a pioneer of spacecraft design and rocketry. Mikhail Tikhonravov in 1925 Mikhail Tikhonravov was born in Vladimir, Russia . He attended the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy from 1922 to 1925, where he was expose
- Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov (July 29, 1900 – march 3, 1974) was a Soviet engineer who was a pioneer of spacecraft design and rocketry. Mikhail Tikhonravo ...
#8 John Young (astronaut)
John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut , naval officer and aviator , test pilot , and aeronautical engineer . He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. He is the only astronaut to fly on four different c
- ... measles, by Swigert as the command module pilot two days prior to the launch. [10] : 88 [11] On march 3, 1971, Young was assigned as the commander of Apollo 16 , along with Duke and Mattingly. [12] Their ...
#9 Karl Striedieck
Karl H. Striedieck II (born April 7, 1937 in Ann Arbor, Michigan ) is a world record setting glider pilot, a member of the U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame , and an active Holocaust denier . He was an early pioneer of ridge soaring in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the 1960s, ultimately setting nine
- ... er died when his sand cave collapsed. [1] WORLD GLIDING RECORDS Out-and-return distance: 767.02 km, 3 march 1968, Eaglesville, Pennsylvania, Schleicher Ka 8 B Out-and-return distance: 916.30 km, 7 November 1 ...
#10 James McDivitt
James Alton McDivitt (born June 10, 1929) is an American former test pilot , United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer , and NASA astronaut who flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs . He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War . In 1959, after gradua
- ... y offered. [33] Apollo 9, McDivitt's ten-day Earth orbital Lunar module test mission, lifted off on march 3, 1969. Because there were two spacecraft, two names were required. McDivitt's crew called their luna ...
#11 List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1911
The Aéro-Club de France issued Aviators Certificates from 1909. [1] These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale . French aviators' licences were issued from 1 January 1910, but by this time many aviation pioneers, e.g. Louis Blériot and the Wright brothers
- ... 1911 d. in accident in 1918. [13] 398 Goux, Jules 3 February 1911 399 Grailly, Jacques de (Lieut. ) 3 march 1911 d. in accident 2 September 1911 at Mont de Rigny/Nangis (France). [14] [15] 400 Pommier, Marin ...
- ... 1911 d. in accident 2 September 1911 at Mont de Rigny/Nangis (France). [14] [15] 400 Pommier, Marin 3 march 1911 401 Chanovsky 3 March 1911 402 Wyss, Paul 3 March 1911 Switzerland 403 Boutmy, Etienne de 3 Ma ...
- ... mber 1911 at Mont de Rigny/Nangis (France). [14] [15] 400 Pommier, Marin 3 March 1911 401 Chanovsky 3 march 1911 402 Wyss, Paul 3 March 1911 Switzerland 403 Boutmy, Etienne de 3 March 1911 404 Woodward, G.E. ...
- ... angis (France). [14] [15] 400 Pommier, Marin 3 March 1911 401 Chanovsky 3 March 1911 402 Wyss, Paul 3 march 1911 Switzerland 403 Boutmy, Etienne de 3 March 1911 404 Woodward, G.E.T. 3 March 1911 UK 405 Meuni ...
- ... arch 1911 401 Chanovsky 3 March 1911 402 Wyss, Paul 3 March 1911 Switzerland 403 Boutmy, Etienne de 3 march 1911 404 Woodward, G.E.T. 3 March 1911 UK 405 Meunier, Pierre 3 March 1911 406 Carabelli, Charles-L ...
- ... 11 402 Wyss, Paul 3 March 1911 Switzerland 403 Boutmy, Etienne de 3 March 1911 404 Woodward, G.E.T. 3 march 1911 UK 405 Meunier, Pierre 3 March 1911 406 Carabelli, Charles-Louis 3 March 1911 407 Braun, Rober ...
- ... erland 403 Boutmy, Etienne de 3 March 1911 404 Woodward, G.E.T. 3 March 1911 UK 405 Meunier, Pierre 3 march 1911 406 Carabelli, Charles-Louis 3 March 1911 407 Braun, Robert 3 March 1911 408 Trétarre, Roger 3 ...
- ... 404 Woodward, G.E.T. 3 March 1911 UK 405 Meunier, Pierre 3 March 1911 406 Carabelli, Charles-Louis 3 march 1911 407 Braun, Robert 3 March 1911 408 Trétarre, Roger 3 March 1911 KIA 4 September 1914. [16] 409 ...
- ... 911 UK 405 Meunier, Pierre 3 March 1911 406 Carabelli, Charles-Louis 3 March 1911 407 Braun, Robert 3 march 1911 408 Trétarre, Roger 3 March 1911 KIA 4 September 1914. [16] 409 Schneider, Jacques 3 March 191 ...
- ... h 1911 406 Carabelli, Charles-Louis 3 March 1911 407 Braun, Robert 3 March 1911 408 Trétarre, Roger 3 march 1911 KIA 4 September 1914. [16] 409 Schneider, Jacques 3 March 1911 410 Francezon, Ernest 3 March 1 ...
- ... ert 3 March 1911 408 Trétarre, Roger 3 March 1911 KIA 4 September 1914. [16] 409 Schneider, Jacques 3 march 1911 410 Francezon, Ernest 3 March 1911 411 Foye, Fernand 3 March 1911 412 Laparre de Saint-Sernin ...
- ... r 3 March 1911 KIA 4 September 1914. [16] 409 Schneider, Jacques 3 March 1911 410 Francezon, Ernest 3 march 1911 411 Foye, Fernand 3 March 1911 412 Laparre de Saint-Sernin 3 March 1911 413 Malard, Armand 3 M ...
- ... 1914. [16] 409 Schneider, Jacques 3 March 1911 410 Francezon, Ernest 3 March 1911 411 Foye, Fernand 3 march 1911 412 Laparre de Saint-Sernin 3 March 1911 413 Malard, Armand 3 March 1911 414 Legrand, Aristide ...
- ... 1911 410 Francezon, Ernest 3 March 1911 411 Foye, Fernand 3 March 1911 412 Laparre de Saint-Sernin 3 march 1911 413 Malard, Armand 3 March 1911 414 Legrand, Aristide 3 March 1911 415 Casse, Gilbert (Colonel ...
- ... rch 1911 411 Foye, Fernand 3 March 1911 412 Laparre de Saint-Sernin 3 March 1911 413 Malard, Armand 3 march 1911 414 Legrand, Aristide 3 March 1911 415 Casse, Gilbert (Colonel) 3 March 1911 416 Poin, André 3 ...
- ... 1911 412 Laparre de Saint-Sernin 3 March 1911 413 Malard, Armand 3 March 1911 414 Legrand, Aristide 3 march 1911 415 Casse, Gilbert (Colonel) 3 March 1911 416 Poin, André 3 March 1911 417 Lafargue, Max de 3 ...
- ... 911 413 Malard, Armand 3 March 1911 414 Legrand, Aristide 3 March 1911 415 Casse, Gilbert (Colonel) 3 march 1911 416 Poin, André 3 March 1911 417 Lafargue, Max de 3 March 1911 418 Fourny, Alexandre 3 March 1 ...
- ... h 1911 414 Legrand, Aristide 3 March 1911 415 Casse, Gilbert (Colonel) 3 March 1911 416 Poin, André 3 march 1911 417 Lafargue, Max de 3 March 1911 418 Fourny, Alexandre 3 March 1911 d. 28 November 1957. 419 ...
- ... ch 1911 415 Casse, Gilbert (Colonel) 3 March 1911 416 Poin, André 3 March 1911 417 Lafargue, Max de 3 march 1911 418 Fourny, Alexandre 3 March 1911 d. 28 November 1957. 419 Landron, Pierre 3 March 1911 d. in ...
- ... ) 3 March 1911 416 Poin, André 3 March 1911 417 Lafargue, Max de 3 March 1911 418 Fourny, Alexandre 3 march 1911 d. 28 November 1957. 419 Landron, Pierre 3 March 1911 d. in accident 18 June 1911 at Epieds/Ch ...
- ... ue, Max de 3 March 1911 418 Fourny, Alexandre 3 March 1911 d. 28 November 1957. 419 Landron, Pierre 3 march 1911 d. in accident 18 June 1911 at Epieds/Chateau-Thierry (France). [17] [18] 420 Mathieu, René 3 ...
- ... ch 1911 d. in accident 18 June 1911 at Epieds/Chateau-Thierry (France). [17] [18] 420 Mathieu, René 3 march 1911 421 l'Houmeau, Frédéric 3 March 1911 422 Parent, Hippolyte 3 March 1911 423 Dubreuil, Gaston 3 ...
- ... t Epieds/Chateau-Thierry (France). [17] [18] 420 Mathieu, René 3 March 1911 421 l'Houmeau, Frédéric 3 march 1911 422 Parent, Hippolyte 3 March 1911 423 Dubreuil, Gaston 3 March 1911 d. 10 December 1957. 424 ...
- ... [17] [18] 420 Mathieu, René 3 March 1911 421 l'Houmeau, Frédéric 3 March 1911 422 Parent, Hippolyte 3 march 1911 423 Dubreuil, Gaston 3 March 1911 d. 10 December 1957. 424 Garnier, Gustave 3 March 1911 425 B ...
- ... h 1911 421 l'Houmeau, Frédéric 3 March 1911 422 Parent, Hippolyte 3 March 1911 423 Dubreuil, Gaston 3 march 1911 d. 10 December 1957. 424 Garnier, Gustave 3 March 1911 425 Balancie, Henri 3 March 1911 426 Ch ...
- ... Hippolyte 3 March 1911 423 Dubreuil, Gaston 3 March 1911 d. 10 December 1957. 424 Garnier, Gustave 3 march 1911 425 Balancie, Henri 3 March 1911 426 Chemine, Ernest 3 March 1911 d. 9 February 1937. 427 Cami ...
- ... uil, Gaston 3 March 1911 d. 10 December 1957. 424 Garnier, Gustave 3 March 1911 425 Balancie, Henri 3 march 1911 426 Chemine, Ernest 3 March 1911 d. 9 February 1937. 427 Camine, Victor (Captain) 3 March 1911 ...
- ... cember 1957. 424 Garnier, Gustave 3 March 1911 425 Balancie, Henri 3 March 1911 426 Chemine, Ernest 3 march 1911 d. 9 February 1937. 427 Camine, Victor (Captain) 3 March 1911 d. in accident 2 September 1911, ...
- ... enri 3 March 1911 426 Chemine, Ernest 3 March 1911 d. 9 February 1937. 427 Camine, Victor (Captain) 3 march 1911 d. in accident 2 September 1911, Mont de Rigny/Nangis (France). [19] 428 Peralda, Joseph 3 Mar ...
- ... March 1911 d. in accident 2 September 1911, Mont de Rigny/Nangis (France). [19] 428 Peralda, Joseph 3 march 1911 429 Fileux, Albert 3 March 1911 430 Olivier, Henri 3 March 1911 431 Sadi Lecointe, Joseph 3 Ma ...
- ... ember 1911, Mont de Rigny/Nangis (France). [19] 428 Peralda, Joseph 3 March 1911 429 Fileux, Albert 3 march 1911 430 Olivier, Henri 3 March 1911 431 Sadi Lecointe, Joseph 3 March 1911 d. June 1944. 432 Castr ...
- ... (France). [19] 428 Peralda, Joseph 3 March 1911 429 Fileux, Albert 3 March 1911 430 Olivier, Henri 3 march 1911 431 Sadi Lecointe, Joseph 3 March 1911 d. June 1944. 432 Castries, Jacques de 3 March 1911 433 ...
- ... arch 1911 429 Fileux, Albert 3 March 1911 430 Olivier, Henri 3 March 1911 431 Sadi Lecointe, Joseph 3 march 1911 d. June 1944. 432 Castries, Jacques de 3 March 1911 433 Bon, Paul 3 March 1911 434 Caudron, Ga ...
- ... r, Henri 3 March 1911 431 Sadi Lecointe, Joseph 3 March 1911 d. June 1944. 432 Castries, Jacques de 3 march 1911 433 Bon, Paul 3 March 1911 434 Caudron, Gaston 3 March 1911 d. in accident 10 December 1915 at ...
- ... adi Lecointe, Joseph 3 March 1911 d. June 1944. 432 Castries, Jacques de 3 March 1911 433 Bon, Paul 3 march 1911 434 Caudron, Gaston 3 March 1911 d. in accident 10 December 1915 at Lyon-Bron. [20] 435 Derome ...
- ... d. June 1944. 432 Castries, Jacques de 3 March 1911 433 Bon, Paul 3 March 1911 434 Caudron, Gaston 3 march 1911 d. in accident 10 December 1915 at Lyon-Bron. [20] 435 Derome, Alphonse Marie 3 March 1911 436 ...
- ... , Gaston 3 March 1911 d. in accident 10 December 1915 at Lyon-Bron. [20] 435 Derome, Alphonse Marie 3 march 1911 436 Brulé, Léon 3 March 1911 437 Copin, Georges 3 March 1911 438 Rey, Léon 3 March 1911 439 La ...
- ... ccident 10 December 1915 at Lyon-Bron. [20] 435 Derome, Alphonse Marie 3 March 1911 436 Brulé, Léon 3 march 1911 437 Copin, Georges 3 March 1911 438 Rey, Léon 3 March 1911 439 Laigros, Spartacus 3 March 1911 ...
- ... -Bron. [20] 435 Derome, Alphonse Marie 3 March 1911 436 Brulé, Léon 3 March 1911 437 Copin, Georges 3 march 1911 438 Rey, Léon 3 March 1911 439 Laigros, Spartacus 3 March 1911 440 Ovington, Earle Lewis 3 Mar ...
- ... honse Marie 3 March 1911 436 Brulé, Léon 3 March 1911 437 Copin, Georges 3 March 1911 438 Rey, Léon 3 march 1911 439 Laigros, Spartacus 3 March 1911 440 Ovington, Earle Lewis 3 March 1911 USA First US Air Ma ...
- ... Léon 3 March 1911 437 Copin, Georges 3 March 1911 438 Rey, Léon 3 March 1911 439 Laigros, Spartacus 3 march 1911 440 Ovington, Earle Lewis 3 March 1911 USA First US Air Mail pilot. d. in 1936. 441 Houpert, A ...
- ... March 1911 438 Rey, Léon 3 March 1911 439 Laigros, Spartacus 3 March 1911 440 Ovington, Earle Lewis 3 march 1911 USA First US Air Mail pilot. d. in 1936. 441 Houpert, André 23 March 1911 442 Cummings, Joseph ...
#12 Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell ( / ˈ ɡ r eɪ . ə m / , born Alexander Bell ; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone . He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1
- Alexander Graham Bell ( / ˈ ɡ r eɪ . ə m / , born Alexander Bell ; march 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] inventor, scientist and engineer who is credit ...
- ... -American scientist and inventor (1847–1922) Alexander Graham Bell Bell c. 1917 Born Alexander Bell march 3, 1847 Edinburgh , Scotland Died August 2, 1922 (1922-08-02) (aged 75) Beinn Bhreagh , Nova Scotia , ...
- ... emerging science of heredity . [12] EARLY LIFE Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh , Scotland, on march 3, 1847. [13] The family home was at South Charlotte Street, and has a stone inscription marking it as ...
- ... his caveat, and because he did not contest Bell's priority, the examiner approved Bell's patent on march 3, 1876. Gray had reinvented the variable resistance telephone, but Bell was the first to write down t ...
#13 Luis Farell
Luis Farell Cubillas (September 27, 1902 – July 17, 1977) was a Mexican Air Force combat pilot during the Revolution of the 1920s. He fought against Adolfo de la Huerta , the Yaqui rebels, General Arnulfo R. Gomez, against the Cristeros and accomplished several bombing and strafing missions against
- ... GONZALO ESCOBAR While Farell was flight-testing a new Mexican aircraft called Baja California-1 on march 3 of 1929 a serious military coup took place, led by General José Gonzalo Escobar and heeded by variou ...
#14 Steve Fossett
James Stephen Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry
- ... e first solo nonstop unrefueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world between February 28 and march 3, 2005. He took off from Salina, Kansas , where he was assisted by faculty members and students from ...
#15 William E. Boeing
William Edward Boeing ( / ˈ b oʊ ɪ ŋ / ; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer who founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which a year later was renamed to The Boeing Company , now the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value and among the largest
- ... concentrated on commercial aircraft to service airmail contracts. INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL ATTEMPT On march 3, 1919, Willam Boeing partnered with Eddie Hubbard made the first delivery of international airmail t ...
#16 Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ( / ˈ ʃ w ɔːr t s k ɒ f / ; August 22, 1934 – December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general . While serving as the commander of United States Central Command , he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War . United States Army general (1934–2012) "Norman Schwarzk
- ... he ground offensive, finally appeared before journalists on February 27 to explain his strategy. On march 3, he arrived in Kuwait City to survey the aftermath of the Iraqi occupation and negotiate a ceasefire ...
#17 Grigore Sturdza
Grigore Mihail Sturdza , first name also Grigorie or Grigori , last name also Sturza , Stourdza , Sturd̦a , and Stourza (also known as Muklis Pasha , George Mukhlis , and Beizadea Vițel ; May 11, 1821 – January 26, 1901), was a Moldavian , later Romanian soldier, politician, and adventurer. He was t
- ... etired police captain, Gheorghe "Păpușică" Florescu, to run a private information service. [265] On march 3, 1880, Sturdza attempted a show of force, speaking in the Senate against the validation of Alecu D. ...
#18 Howard Head
Howard Head (July 31, 1914 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania – March 3, 1991) was an aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of the first commercially successful aluminum laminate skis [1] and the oversized tennis racket . Head founded the ski (and later tennis racquet) making firm Hea
- Howard Head (July 31, 1914 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania – march 3, 1991) was an aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of the first commercially suc ...
#19 Hugh DeHaven
Hugh DeHaven (3 March 1895 – 13 February 1980) was an American pilot, engineer and passive safety pioneer. [1] DeHaven survived a plane crash while training as a Royal Canadian Flying Corps pilot during the First World War , [2] and became interested in improving human survivability in vehicle crash
- Hugh DeHaven ( 3 march 1895 – 13 February 1980) was an American pilot, engineer and passive safety pioneer. [1] DeHaven su ...
#20 Man Mohan Singh (pilot)
Man Mohan Singh (1905/06 – 3 March 1942), also spelled Manmohan Singh , was an early Indian aircraft pilot who, in 1930, was the first Indian to fly solo from Croydon Airport , England, to Karachi , India. Man Mohan Singh Nickname(s) "Chacha Man Mohan Singh" Born 1905/6 Rawalpindi , British India Di
- Man Mohan Singh (1905/06 – 3 march 1942), also spelled Manmohan Singh , was an early Indian aircraft pilot who, in 1930, was the first ...
- ... a. Man Mohan Singh Nickname(s) "Chacha Man Mohan Singh" Born 1905/6 Rawalpindi , British India Died 3 march 1942 Broome , Western Australia Allegiance British Indian Air Force Battles/wars Battle of the Atla ...
- ... en to Broome , Western Australia, where he contributed to the rescue of Dutch civilians. [2] [4] On 3 march 1942, after the flying boats reached Broome, a Japanese air attack by nine Japanese Mitsubishi Zero ...
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#1 1969 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1969: Years in aviation : 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years : 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 19
- ... nst North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam ' s A Shau Valley . It will continue until May 8. [34] march 3 – The United States Navy establishes its Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar , Calif ...
#2 List of Iranian aviation accidents and incidents
This is a list of major aviation accidents and incidents that took place in Iran, or involved aircraft traveling to and from Iran. Date Airline Aircraft Location Casualties December 25, 1952 Iran Air Douglas DC-3 Tehran , Iran 27 fatalities January 21, 1980 Iran Air Boeing 727-86 Alborz Mountains 12
- ... January 9, 2011 Iran Air Flight 277 Boeing 727-286Adv Orumieh (OMH), Iran 78 fatalities; 26 injured march 3, 2014 IR-CAO (Iran Civil Aviation Organization) Dassault Falcon 20 Kish , Iran 4 fatalities May 10, ...
#3 List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1955–1959)
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances. This tran
- ... ilt, are 1st Lts. Wilford H. Taylor and Norman Dean Petersen. [143] [148] 3 March " TACOMA , Wash., march 3 ( AP ) – A huge, crippled refueling aerial tanker was nursed in to a safe landing by its pilot today ...
- ... nes were dead and it was losing altitude rapidly. Then the radio went dead. Later Saturday morning [ 3 march ] search planes found only two bits of wreckage – a flame-scarred oxygen bottle and a shattered piec ...
- ... block D-70-NO Scorpions built, are 1st Lts. Wilford H. Taylor and Norman Dean Petersen. [143] [148] 3 march " TACOMA , Wash., March 3 ( AP ) – A huge, crippled refueling aerial tanker was nursed in to a safe ...
#4 Operation Ganga
Operation Ganga was an evacuation operation by the Government of India to evacuate the Indian citizens amidst the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , who had crossed over to neighboring countries. This involved transport assistance from the neighboring countries of Romania, Hungary, Poland, Moldova,
- ... Indian citizens in other countries in distress, is activated. [43] [44] [45] A survival advisory on 3 march , put together by Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses , targeted those still ...
- ... istance. [25] The deadline given was "by 6 pm local time (9.30 pm IST)". [25] A defence advisory on 3 march suggested multiple survival guidelines to those still left. [26] All Indians were evacuated by Piso ...
#5 List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1962
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 A that occurred in 1962, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2 . Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of wa
- ... (HK-502) crashed at Municipio de Marulanda, Colombia due to pilot error, killing both pilots. MARCH march 3: Aeronorte DC-3 registered PP-YQN crashed at Nanuque, Brazil. [1] March 6: South African Airways Fli ...
#6 List of accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-18
Accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-18 Data from: Aviation Safety Network Il-18 [1]
- ... -speed stall during hard maneuvering, breaking up at 2,000 m (6,600 ft) , killing all 79 occupants. 3 march Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 (an Il-18, LZ-BEM) lost control and crashed near Skhodnya, Mos ...
#7 List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1946
This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1946 , including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2 . Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are cover
- ... ved, but the aircraft was written off. The aircraft was operating a Minsk-Moscow cargo service. [7] march 3 American Airlines Flight 6-103 (a DC-3-227B, registration NC21799) struck Thing Mountain after the p ...
#8 Thai Airways International Flight 114
Thai Airways International Flight 114 , a Thai Airways International Boeing 737-400 bound for Chiang Mai from Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok , was destroyed by an explosion of the center fuel tank resulting from ignition of the flammable fuel/air mixture in the tank while the aircraft was parked prio
- ... mable fuel/air mixture in the tank while the aircraft was parked prior to boarding on the ground on 3 march 2001. The source of the ignition energy for the explosion could not be determined with certainty, b ...
- ... . [1] 2001 aviation accident Thai Airways International Flight 114 Wreckage of HS-TDC Accident Date 3 march 2001 ( 2001-03-03 ) Summary Fuel tank explosion Site Don Mueang Airport , Bangkok , Thailand Aircra ...
#9 Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
This is a partial list of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing-designed B-17 Flying Fortress . Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances. A few documented drone attrition cases are also included. Main article: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Air
- ... ther medical supplies in areas of Chile devastated by an earthquake. General Order Number 10, dated 3 march 1943, announces that the advanced flying school being constructed near Seymour, Indiana is to be na ...
#10 Pan Am Flight 214
Pan Am Flight 214 was a scheduled flight of Pan American World Airways from Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico , to Friendship Airport in Baltimore and Philadelphia International Airport . On December 8, 1963, the Boeing 707-121 serving the flight crashed near Elkton, Maryland
- ... aircraft in an attempt to reduce the risk of hazardous fuel-air mixtures that could ignite. [25] On march 3, 1965, the CAB released its final accident report. [27] The investigators concluded that a lightning ...
#11 Boeing 737 rudder issues
During the 1990s, a series of issues affecting the rudder of Boeing 737 passenger aircraft resulted in multiple incidents. In two separate accidents, pilots lost control of their aircraft due to a sudden and unexpected rudder movement, and the resulting crashes killed everyone on board, 157 people i
- ... annifin . [2] : 20 FIRST ACCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION Main article: United Airlines Flight 585 On march 3, 1991, United Airlines Flight 585 , a Boeing 737-200, crashed while attempting to land in Colorado S ...
#12 List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (A–C)
This list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline summarizes airline accidents and all kinds of minor incidents by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2012 ) JetBlue Flight 2
- ... A near Smolyan 4 November 1972 Ilyushin Il-14P Bourgas–Sofia ATC error, CFIT Flight 307 near Moscow 3 march 1973 Ilyushin Il-18V Sofia–Moscow Icing LZ-ANA near Sofia Airport 22 November 1975 Antonov An-24B S ...
- ... king Flight 600 Denver 3 August 1971 Boeing 747 Montreal–London Bomb threat G-ASCO Schiphol Airport 3 march 1974 Vickers VC10 Mumbai–Bahrain–Beirut–London Hijacking British South American Airways (BSAA) Flig ...
- ... Vancouver–Anchorage–Tokyo Unexplained disappearance CF-CUN Empress of Hawaii Karachi Int'l Airport 3 march 1953 de Havilland Comet 1A London–Rome–Beirut–Karachi–Yangon–Jakarta–Darwin–Sydney Pilot error, sta ...
#13 1991 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1991: Aviation-related events from 1991 Years in aviation : 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years : 1988 198
- ... ft have shot down 40 Iraqi aircraft while losing none of their own in air-to-air combat. [28] MARCH march 3 At ceasefire talks with Iraqi representatives at Safwan , Iraq , American General Norman Schwarzkopf ...
#14 Middle East Airlines Flight 438
Middle East Airlines Flight 438 was an international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 720 from Beirut , Lebanon , to Muscat , Oman , with a stopover in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . On 1 January 1976 the aircraft operating the flight was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 81 people on board.
- ... lines on 10 October the same year. In July 1971, American Airlines sold the aircraft for repair. On 3 march 1972, the aircraft was sold to Middle East Airlines where it was re-registered as OD-AFT. The aircr ...
#15 1974 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1974: Years in aviation : 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years : 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 19
- ... a naval aviator , becoming the first female aviator in the United States Armed Forces . [13] MARCH march 3 The Turkish Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara , operating as Flight 981 , crashes into the ...
#16 List of air rage incidents
This is a list of air rage incidents in commercial air travel that have been covered in the media. Air rage occurs when air travelers or airline personnel act violently, abusively or disruptively towards others in the course of their travel. When these incidents have occurred in flight, they have of
- ... 2007 A British Airways flight from London to Phoenix, Arizona , diverted to Winnipeg , Manitoba, on march 3 to allow Canadian authorities to arrest passenger David McAuliffe, 38, of Castleisland , Ireland. [1 ...
- ... to have been drinking on the flight. [ citation needed ] Shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur on march 3, a 20-year-old Bangladeshi university student disrobed and began watching pornography on his laptop. ...
#17 List of mid-air collisions and incidents in the United Kingdom
A number of mid-air collisions and incidents have taken place in the United Kingdom. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( July 2013 )
- ... folk. On 28 November 1954 two Royal Air Force de Havilland Venoms collided near Hamble. [6] 1955 On 3 march 1955 a Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor collided with a Royal Navy de Havilland Sea Vampire near Pain ...
#18 American Airlines Flight 910
American Airlines Flight 910 , a four-engine Douglas DC-6 propliner , collided in mid-air with a single engine Temco Swift on final approach to Dallas Love Field on June 28, 1952, over Dallas, Texas . The DC-6 was carrying 55 passengers and 5 crew members from San Francisco, California . The DC-6 la
- ... ION The accident was investigated by the Civil Aeronautics Board , which issued its final report on march 3, 1953. [2] The CAB primarily attributed the crash to the failure of the Swift's pilot to exercise pr ...
#19 List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–1954)
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances. This tran
- ... ashes into the sea near Seven Mile Beach , New South Wales . Both Small and Sharp are killed. [157] 3 march A Royal Air Force Vickers Valetta VW153 crashed on take-off from RAF Butterworth , Malaya. [158] 21 ...
#20 List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War
This list of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War includes incidents with Coalition and civilian aircraft during the Iraq War . According to media reports, 129 helicopters and 24 fixed-wing aircraft were lost in Iraq between the 2003 invasion and February 2009. Of these incidents, 4
- ... ] 17 April – AH-64D Apache 03-5370 from 4th Squadron, 3d ACR makes hard landing near Baghdad. [113] 3 march – A Westland Lynx mk.8 (Royal Navy) crashes during Gulf exercise. The three crew members survived. ...
Glider / Glider
#1 Grob G 109
The Grob G109 is a light aircraft developed by Grob Aircraft AG of Mindelheim Mattsies in Germany. It first flew (G109 prototype and then production G109A form) in 1980. The G109B followed in 1984. It is a two-seat self-launching motor glider in which the pilot and passenger or student sit side by s
- ... is date was brought forward and the Vigilant was retired from service on 5 May 2018. [5] On Tuesday 3 march 2020, the UK disabled flying Charity Aerobility announced that it had acquired the RAF Vigilant T1 ...
#2 CVT2 Veltro
The CVT2 Veltro ( English: Greyhound ) was an Italian competition glider built in the mid-1950s. Its advanced design incorporated a laminar flow wing, T-tail , retracting undercarriage and a reclining seat to reduce parasitic drag . CVT2 Veltro Role High performance sailplane National origin Italy M
- ... 4 or 1956 World Gliding Championships but did compete in the Italian Nationals of 1957 and 1958. On 3 march 1956 Alberto Morelli flew it to an altitude of 7,500 m (24,610 ft) using wave lift over mountains a ...
Helicopter / Helicopter
#1 Mil Mi-17
The Mil Mi-17 ( NATO reporting name : Hip ) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production as of 2021 [update] at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude . It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. The helicopter is mostly used as
- ... P12.5 billion to be signed during the official visit to Russia by President Rodrigo Duterte . From march 3 to 7, 2020, a delegation composed of Philippine military and defense officials, and officials of the ...
- ... 17 of the Macedonian Armed Forces crashed , killing all three crew members and eight passengers. On 3 march 2008, an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 (Mi-8AMT) crashed near Baiji while ferrying troops from Tal Afar to ...
#2 Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone
The Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone is a twin-engine, multi-role shipboard helicopter developed by the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation for the Canadian Armed Forces . [3] [4] A military variant of the Sikorsky S-92 , the CH-148 is designed for shipboard operations and replaced the venerable CH-124 Sea King ,
- ... coast in the spring of 2014. [38] By March 2011 the six interim CH-148s had not been delivered. On 3 march 2011, the federal government announced that it would impose a fine of up to CA$8 million on Sikorsk ...
#3 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft . Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army 's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the pro
- ... Black Hawk collided into terrain near Oakey Army Aviation Centre . Killing two occupants. [191] On 3 march 1994, a UH-60 helicopter of the 15th Fighter Wing, Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) exploded abo ...
#4 Airbus Helicopters H160
The Airbus Helicopters H160 (formerly X4 ) is a medium utility helicopter being developed by Airbus Helicopters . Formally launched at Heli-Expo in Orlando, Florida on 3 March 2015, it is intended to replace the AS365 and EC155 models in the firm's lineup. In June 2015, the first test flight took pl
- ... opter being developed by Airbus Helicopters . Formally launched at Heli-Expo in Orlando, Florida on 3 march 2015, it is intended to replace the AS365 and EC155 models in the firm's lineup. In June 2015, the ...
- ... d highly advanced control systems, were toned down or eliminated as too risky or costly. [3] [4] On 3 march 2015, the X4 was formally unveiled under the H160 designation. It has been marketed as a successor ...
#5 Bell HSL
The Bell HSL ( Model 61 ) was an American 1950s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter built by the Bell Helicopter company, the only tandem rotor type designed by Bell. HSL (Bell Model 61) Role Tandem-rotor ASW helicopter Type of aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Bell Helicopter
- ... helicopter Type of aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Bell Helicopter First flight 3 march 1953 Introduction 1957 Retired 1960 Primary user United States Navy Number built 53 including one s ...
- ... including one static test article DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The prototype Bell Model 61 first flew on 3 march 1953; it had been designed to meet a United States Navy requirement for an anti-submarine warfare h ...
#6 Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft ( FARA ) program was initiated by the United States Army in 2018 to develop a successor to the Bell OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter as part of the Future Vertical Lift program. The OH-58 was retired in 2014; three prior programs for a successor were cancelled p
- ... It offers stealth features. [14] [15] [16] More details of the Boeing FARA design were revealed on 3 march 2020; it is a three-rotor compound helicopter with tandem seating. [17] KAREM Karem Aircraft announ ...
#7 AgustaWestland AW101
The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter in military and civil use. First flown in 1987, it was developed by a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the United Kingdom and Agusta in Italy in response to national requirements for a modern naval utility helicopter. Several operator
- ... pan to support the MCH-101 and CH-101 fleets. [145] The first MCH-101 was delivered to the JMSDF on 3 march 2006. [141] The MCH-101 will replace the MH-53E (S-80-M-1) in the AMCM role. The CH-101 will operat ...
Manufacturer / Manufacturer
#1 Ikarbus
Ikarbus a.d. ( Ikarbus - Fabrika autobusa i specijalnih vozila a.d. ) is a Serbian bus manufacturer based in Zemun . Bus manufacturer and former aircraft manufacturer This article is about the Serbian company formerly known as Ikarus. For the Hungarian company, see Ikarus Bus . Ikarbus Official logo
- ... s well as the locally designed Ikarus ŠM , Ikarus IO , SIM-VIII , Ikarus IK-2 and Ikarus Orkan . On 3 march 1924, the first school type airplane "Brandenburg" was manufactured. [4] In 1927, the Yugoslavian A ...
#2 General Electric
General Electric Company ( GE ) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston . American multinational conglomerate "GE" redirects here. For other uses, see GE (disambiguation) . Not to be confused with the former British Ge
- ... l with the Boston Celtics to have its corporate logo put on the NBA team's jersey. [235] CHARITY On march 3, 2022, GE published an international memo pledging to donate $4.5 million to Ukraine amid Russian in ...
#3 Hewlett & Blondeau
Hewlett & Blondeau was a manufacturer of aeroplanes and other equipment based in Leagrave , Luton , England which produced more than 800 aeroplanes and employed up to 700 people. Hewlett & Blondeau Limited Industry Aerospace, Engineering Founded circa 1910 Defunct 1920 Fate bankrupt Headquarters Lut
- ... in 1943. She is commemorated by a street name, Hewlett Road, in Leagrave . Gustav Blondeau died on 3 march 1965 at 176 Old Bedford Road Luton. AIRCRAFT Aircraft built by Hewlett & Blondeau include: AD Scout ...
#4 Robert F. Yonash
Robert F. Yonash (February 7, 1919 – April 19, 1997) was an American engineer in the early days of the aircraft industry . He was a member of the start-up management team for the Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company ( TEMCO ), which eventually became the "T" in the conglomerate Ling-Temco-Vough
- ... k,” but was marked “we would re-employ.” [2] LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION From October 26, 1936 to march 3, 1939, Yonash worked for Lockheed at its Burbank , California plant between his two stints for Vulte ...
#5 Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace , arms, defense , information security , and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland , in the Washingt
- ... ble energy by 2025 [106] in order to improve national security . [107] CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS On march 3, 2012, the U.S. Justice Department said that Lockheed Martin had agreed to settle allegations that t ...
#6 Renault
Groupe Renault ( UK : / ˈ r ɛ n oʊ / REN -oh , US : / r ə ˈ n ɔː l t , r ə ˈ n oʊ / rə- NAWLT , rə- NOH , [7] [8] French: [ɡʁup ʁəno] , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A. ) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. [9] The company produces
- ... es. As Renault was manufacturing the Renault UE tank for the Allies, he produced trucks instead. On 3 march 1942, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) launched 235 low-level bombers at the Île Seguin, Billancou ...
Museum / Museum
#1 National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution , also called the Air and Space Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C. , US. It was established in 1946 as the National Air Museum and opened its main building on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2018, the museum saw
- ... until its closure in 2020 with the other Smithsonian museums because of the COVID-19 pandemic . On march 3, 2022, the museum temporarily reopened as it continued to operate through the month until March 28, ...
#2 Delta Flight Museum
The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Atlanta, Georgia , United States , near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport . The museum is housed in two 1940s-era Delta Air Lines aircraft hangars at Delta's headquarters, designated a Histo
- ... er replaced with a Boeing 777-200LR named The Delta Spirit ). The aircraft arrived at the museum on march 3, 2006, after a farewell tour around the United States. Additional exhibit items in Hangar 2 include ...
Weapon / Weapon
#1 Hisar (missile family)
The Hisar (Turkish: "fortress") is a family of short, medium and long-range surface-to-air missile systems being developed by Roketsan and Aselsan since 2007. [9] The missiles are developed by Roketsan, while most sensors and electronics are developed by Aselsan. The missile family consists of the s
- ... that Hisar--A+ and Hisar-O+ are in mass production by Rocketsan and Aselsan. [30] OPERATIONAL HISTO 3 march March 2020, Turkey said the system would be deployed in Syria's Idlib province as part of Operation ...
#2 Pumpkin bomb
Pumpkin bombs were conventional aerial bombs developed by the Manhattan Project and used by the United States Army Air Forces against Japan during World War II . It was a close replication of the Fat Man plutonium bomb with the same ballistic and handling characteristics, but it used non-nuclear con
- ... Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia , where a scale model of the Fat Man plutonium bomb was developed. On 3 march 1944, testing moved to Muroc Army Air Field , California. The initial tests demonstrated that the F ...
#3 AIM-120 AMRAAM
The AIM-120 [lower-alpha 1] Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile , or AMRAAM (pronounced AM -ram ), is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It is 7 inches (18 cm) in diameter, and employs active transmit-receive radar guid
- ... u-24s belonging to the Syrian Air Force using two AIM-120C-7s. [17] [18] [ failed verification ] On 3 march 2020, a Syrian Air Force L-39 was shot down by Turkish Air Force F-16s flying inside the Turkish ai ...
#4 Advanced Light Torpedo Shyena
The Advanced Light Torpedo (TAL) Shyena ( Sanskrit : श्येन, "Falcon or Hawk" [3] ) is the first indigenous advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo of India , developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Ind
- ... riod of the torpedo was quite long, starting in the 1990s, and was inducted into the Indian Navy on 3 march 2012, when the Defence Minister A.K. Antony handed over the first consignment of TAL to the Navy in ...
#5 Akash (missile)
Akash ( IAST : Ākāśa , lit. ' Sky ' ) is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). Surveillance and Fire control radar, tactical control and command center and missi
- ... tronics , who will act as the system integrator, at a cost of ₹ 4,279 crore ($925 million). [52] On 3 march 2012, the missile was officially inducted into Indian Air force at function at Hyderabad . [53] IAF ...
#6 Barrel bombs in Palestine and Israel
Barrel bombs were used in Palestine and Israel during 1947–48. They were first used by militant Zionist groups in Palestine against the British. They were later used by Jews against Arabs, and also by Arabs against Jewish targets. The barrel bombs had multiple designs, including oil barrels rolled o
- ... the Arab National Society building in Haifa, killing four Arabs and wounding three others. [23] On march 3, 1948, members of the Stern Gang used a stolen army truck to deliver a 400-pound barrel bomb, pushed ...