langs: 8 сентября [ru] / september 8 [en] / 8. september [de] / 8 septembre [fr] / 8 settembre [it] / 8 de septiembre [es]
days: september 5 / september 6 / september 7 / september 8 / september 9 / september 10 / september 11
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
- ... CON/PSP (02/20) Runway 2: 4400x200, CON (12/30) [1] Used by: [5] 366th Fighter Group , 24 August – 8 september 1944 397th Bombardment Group , 11 September – 6 October 1944 441st Troop Carrier Group , 3 November ...
- ... 4 Closed: 20 November 1944 Runway : 5000x120, PHS (10/28) [1] Used by: [5] 367th Fighter Group , 4–8 8 september 1944 442d Troop Carrier Group , 5 October – 7 November 1944 A-45 Lonrai (Lonray) , France Located: 4 ...
- ... 6″N 003°00′10″E Now: Coulommiers-Voisins Airport ( ICAO : LFPK ) Captured: 1 September 1944 Opened: 8 september 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945 Runway 1: 6565x264, CON (09/28) Runway 2: 6000x264, ASP (04/22) [1] Used ...
- ... ay 1945 Runway : 3600x150, SOD (07/25) [1] Used by: [5] [ page needed ] 441st Troop Carrier Group , 8 september – 2 October 1944 A-64 Saint-Dizier/Robinson , France Located: 48°38′09.54″N 004°53′58.72″E Now: Sai ...
- ... CON (05/23) Runway 2: 5963x164, CON (10/29) [1] Used by: [5] [ page needed ] 367th Fighter Group , 8 september – 28 October 1944 (P-38) 387th Bombardment Group , 30 October 1944 – 29 April 1945 (B-26) A-72 Pero ...
- ... 6) A-73 Roye/Amy , France Located: 49°39′32″N 002°49′16″E (abandoned) Captured: 6 September Opened: 8 september 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945 Runway 1: 5600x164, CON (05/23) Runway 2: 5965x164, CON (10/28) [1] Used ...
#2 Santa Fe Regional Airport
Santa Fe Regional Airport [2] ( IATA : SAF , ICAO : KSAF , FAA LID : SAF ) is a public use airport in Santa Fe , in Santa Fe County , New Mexico, United States, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the city center. [1] The airport serves the greater Santa Fe and Los Alamos areas. This article uses bare U
- ... agle and both operating Canadair CRJ-200 and CRJ-700 regional jets. Service to Los Angeles ended on september 8, 2015 and new westbound service to Phoenix began on December 15, 2016 with one daily flight. With th ...
#3 Mountain Home Air Force Base
Mountain Home Air Force Base ( IATA : MUO , ICAO : KMUO , FAA LID : MUO ) is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in the western United States . Located in southwestern Idaho in Elmore County , the base is twelve miles (20 km) southwest of Mountain Home , which is forty miles (65 km) so
- ... 1943 470th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 1 May 1943 – 1 January 1944 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8 september –17 October 1943 490th Bombardment Group , Heavy, 4 December 1943 – 20 April 1944 494th Bombardment ...
#4 RAF Upottery
RAF Upottery (also known as Smeatharpe) is a former World War II airfield in East Devon , England . The airfield is located near the village of Upottery , approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of the town of Honiton . RAF Upottery USAAF Station AAF-462 Located Near Honiton , Devon , Engla
- ... . After the air echelon returned to England on 25 August the group resumed its cargo missions until 8 september when the group deployed to Juvincourt Airfield , France, also known as Advanced Landing Ground (ALG ...
#5 John Wayne Airport
John Wayne Airport ( IATA : SNA [4] , ICAO : KSNA , FAA LID : SNA ) [5] is a commercial and general aviation airport that serves Orange County, California , and the Greater Los Angeles area. The airport is located in an unincorporated area of Orange County, and it is owned and operated by the county
- ... nada since October 2, 2021. [23] [33] It was set to start flights in June 2020, and then delayed to september 8, 2020, and then to May 2021, which would have marked its return to service to Orange County after 10 ...
#6 Logan International Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport [4] ( IATA : BOS , ICAO : KBOS , FAA LID : BOS ) , also known as Boston Logan International Airport [5] [6] and commonly as Boston Logan , Logan Airport or simply Logan , is an international airport that is located mostly in East Boston and partial
- ... rity Serves Greater Boston Location East Boston and Winthrop , Massachusetts , United States Opened september 8, 1923 (99 years ago) ( 1923-09-08 ) Hub for Cape Air Delta Air Lines Focus city for JetBlue Elevatio ...
- ... to all or the majority of their primary and secondary hubs. HISTORY ORIGINS Logan Airport opened on september 8, 1923, and at that time it was mainly used by the Massachusetts Air National Guard and the United St ...
#7 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport ( IATA : BKL , ICAO : KBKL , FAA LID : BKL ) is a public airport on the shore of Lake Erie , in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland , Ohio , United States. [1] It's classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleveland Hopkins
- ... eathly Advertising are currently tenants. [20] Outdoor event space is available for rent. INCIDENTS september 8, 1981, the commander of the Thunderbirds, Lt. Col. David Smith, was taking off from Burke Lakefront ...
#8 Hollywood Burbank Airport
Hollywood Burbank Airport , legally and formerly marketed as Bob Hope Airport after entertainer Bob Hope [5] [6] ( IATA : BUR , ICAO : KBUR , FAA LID : BUR ) , is a public airport 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of downtown Burbank , in Los Angeles County, California , United States. [7] The airport se
- ... e airport. Though damaged, the fuselage remained intact and there were only very minor injuries. On september 8, 1955, Currey Air Transport Flight 24, a Douglas DC-3 bound for Oakland , crashed on the airport pro ...
#9 Harvard State Airport
Harvard State Airport ( FAA LID : 08K ) (Harvard State Airfield) is two miles northeast of Harvard , in Clay County , Nebraska . It has no airline flights. Airport in near Harvard, Nebraska Harvard State Airport Harvard Army Airfield 1999 USGS Photo IATA : none ICAO : none FAA LID : 08K Summary Airp
- ... 721st, 722nd, and 723rd Bombardment Squadrons Inactivated 15 October 1945 467th Bombardment Group ( 8 september – December 1945) Retrained with ( B-29 Superfortress ) 788th, 789th, 790th and 791st Bombardment Sq ...
#10 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
- ... o. 530 Squadron Douglas Boston II (Turbinlite) Douglas Boston III (Turbinlite) Hawker Hurricane IIC 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 Disbanded This squadron only used Hunsdon during its timespan. [16] BRIEF STAY ...
#11 Hamburg Airport
Hamburg Airport ( IATA : HAM , ICAO : EDDH ) , known in German as Flughafen Hamburg , is a major international airport in Hamburg , the second-largest city in Germany . Since November 2016 the airport has been christened after the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt . It is located 8.5 km (5.3
- ... eling Barcelona , Paris–Orly [37] Wizz Air Banja Luka , [38] Bucharest , Belgrade , Chișinău (resume 8 september er 2022), [39] Gdańsk , Sarajevo , [40] Skopje , Sofia (begins 13 December 2022), [41] Tirana , Varn ...
#12 Villeneuve-Vertus Airfield
Villeneuve-Vertus Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Vertus in the Champagne-Ardenne department of northern France . Villeneuve-Vertus Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-63 Champagne-Ardenne Region, France Villeneuve-Vertus Airfield Vi
- ... irfield were the 441st Troop Carrier Group , which based C-47 Skytrain transports at the field from 8 september until 2 October 1944. [2] After the Americans moved east with the advancing Allied Armies, the airf ...
#13 Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Tunis–Carthage Airport ( French: Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage , Arabic : مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي , IATA : TUN , ICAO : DTTA ) is the international airport of Tunis , the capital of Tunisia . [5] It serves as the home base for Tunisair , Tunisair Express , Nouvelair Tunisia , and Tunisavia . The airport
- ... nnaissance Group , 13 June – 8 December 1943, Lockheed F-4/F-5 Lightning 5th Reconnaissance Group , 8 september – 8 December 1943, Lockheed F-4/F-5 Lightning Once the combat units moved to Italy, Air Transport C ...
#14 Motobu Airfield
Motobu Airfield is a World War II airfield on the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa , near the East China Sea coast. The airfield was deactivated after 1945. Motobu Airfield Motobu, Okinawa , Japan Aerial view of Motobu airfield, Okinawa Coordinates 26°41′009.15″N 127°53′23.90″E Type Military airfield Sit
- ... ed Motobu Airfield for air operations. Headquarters, 3d Bombardment Group , A-20 Havoc , August 6 – september 8, 1945 8th Bombardment Squadron , August 7 – October 26, 1945 13th Bombardment Squadron , August 7 – ...
- ... 1945 13th Bombardment Squadron , August 7 – October 10, 1945 89th Bombardment Squadron , August 6 – september 8, 1945 90th Bombardment Squadron , August 6 – September 8, 1945 Headquarters, 380th Bombardment Group ...
- ... 945 89th Bombardment Squadron , August 6 – September 8, 1945 90th Bombardment Squadron , August 6 – september 8, 1945 Headquarters, 380th Bombardment Group , B-24 Liberator , August 9 – November 28, 1945 528th Bo ...
#15 RAF Tilshead
RAF Tilshead is a former Royal Air Force station west of Tilshead , Wiltshire, England and 9 miles (14 km) east of Warminster . RAF Tilshead Tilshead , Wiltshire in England RAF Tilshead Shown within Wiltshire Coordinates 51°13′40″N 001°58′13″W Type Royal Air Force station Site information Owner
- ... on RAF flew the Westland Lysander as a detachment for RAF Weston Zoyland between 15 August 1940 and 8 september 1941, conducting reconnaissance protecting the country from the planned invasion and looking for en ...
#16 Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)
Henderson Field is a former military airfield on Guadalcanal , Solomon Islands during World War II . Originally built by the Japanese Empire , the conflict over its possession was one of the great battles of the Pacific War . Today it is Honiara International Airport . WWII military airfield in Guad
- ... ikinami , Yūdachi , Ariake , Uranami intended to intercept convoy, bombard the airfield instead [5] 8 september light cruiser Sendai , 8 destroyers bombardment of nearby Tulagi [6] 12 September light cruiser Sen ...
#17 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
- ... e the men of the 3rd Photographic and the 67th Observation Groups , who arrived at Membury on 7 and 8 september 1942. The 3rd consisted of the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 23d squadrons, however the group's a ...
#18 Nelson Airport (New Zealand)
Nelson Airport ( Māori : Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Whakatū ) ( IATA : NSN , ICAO : NZNS ) is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of central Nelson, New Zealand , in the suburb of Annesbrook . Approximately 1.2 million passengers and visitors use the airport terminal annually. [6] Passenger numbers f
- ... s to upgrade the terminal to meet current building standards. [13] The Nelson Airport management on 8 september 2015 have decided to rebuild the terminal instead of renovating the existing complex as this will b ...
#19 Baise Bama Airport
Baise (Bose) Bama Airport ( IATA : AEB , ICAO : ZGBS ) , formerly Baise (Bose) Youjiang Airport , is a dual-use military and civilian airport serving Baise (or Bose) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region , China. The airport is located in Tianyang County , 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the city center.
- ... vestment of 57 million yuan, and it was reopened as Baise Youjiang Airport in December 2006. [1] On 8 september 2013 it was renamed to Bama Airport. [2] "Bose Airport" redirects here. For the airport in Kolkata, ...
#20 Dalhart Army Air Base
Dalhart Army Air Base is a former World War II military airfield complex near the city of Dalhart, Texas . It operated three training sites for the United States Army Air Forces from 1943 until 1945. For the civilian airport established in 1946, see Dalhart Municipal Airport . Airport Dalhart Army A
- ... er 1944) 383d Bombardment Group (28 August 1944 – 14 January 1945) 449th Bombardment Group (24 July- 8 september 1945) 502d Bombardment Group (5 June-26 September 1944) References for unit assignments: [3] [4] AU ...
Aeroplane / Aeroplane
#1 BFW M.21
The BFW M.21 was a single-engined biplane trainer designed by Willy Messerschmitt for the German Ministry of Transport. It was one of only two biplanes Messerschmitt designed, neither reaching production. M.21 Role Two-seat biplane trainer Type of aircraft National origin Germany Manufacturer Bayeri
- ... he understanding the company produced only his designs. [1] During these negotiations, completed on 8 september 1927, the Ministry of Transport put pressure on Messerschmitt to produce military aircraft. This le ...
#2 Cessna Citation family
The Citation is a family of business jets by Cessna that started in 1972 with the entry into service of the first model. [1] In the fifty years following the 1969 first flight, more than 7,500 Citations were delivered, forming the largest business jet fleet. [2] Deliveries reached 8,000 by 2022, whi
- ... A convention, the Model 510 first flew on April 23, 2005. It received its FAA type certification on september 8, 2006, and was first delivered on November 22. Production ended in 2017 after 479 aircraft were buil ...
#3 SEPECAT Jaguar
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet attack aircraft originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Air Force in the close air support and nuclear strike role. It is still in service with the Indian Air Force . Attack aircraft, French/British, 1973-present Jaguar A French Air For
- ... aircraft National origin France/United Kingdom Manufacturer SEPECAT ( Breguet / BAC ) First flight 8 september 1968 Introduction 1973 Retired 2005 (France) / 2007 (UK) / 2014 (Oman) Status In service with India ...
- ... r ground-attack in a high-threat environment. [21] PROTOTYPES The first of eight prototypes flew on 8 september 1968, a two-seat design fitted with the first production model Adour engine. [22] [23] This aircraf ...
- ... vel "dashes". [37] RAF Jaguar GR3 during mid-air refueling. When the first prototype Jaguar flew on 8 september 1968, it was also the first flight for the engine. [22] In its initial development the Adour engine ...
#4 Hawker Hector
The Hawker Hector was a British biplane army co-operation and liaison aircraft of the late 1930s; it served with the Royal Air Force and saw brief combat in the Battle of France in May 1940. Some Hectors were later sold to Ireland . It was named after the Trojan prince Hector . Hector Role Army co-o
- ... [7] Parts of Hector K8096 remain on Red Pike in the English Lake District. The aircraft crashed on 8 september 1941, killing its pilot. [8] SEE ALSO Related development Hawker Hart Hawker Audax Aircraft of comp ...
#5 Fokker D.XXI
The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force ( Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger , ML-KNIL). [1] 1936 Dutch fighter aircraft D.XXI Role Fight
- ... d its first flight, after which it participated in test flights prior to deliver to Soesterberg. On 8 september 1939, the final aircraft of the first batch of 36 was delivered. [4] Even as the domestic demand fo ...
#6 Macchi C.200 Saetta
The Macchi C.200 Saetta (Italian: "Lightning"), or MC.200, was a fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Aeronautica Macchi in Italy . Various versions were flown by the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) who used the type throughout the Second World War . 1937 Italian fighter aircraft fam
- ... the time Italy entered the Second World War on 10 June 1940, until the signing of the armistice of 8 september 1943 , the C. 200 flew more operational sorties than any other Italian aircraft. The Saetta saw ope ...
#7 Hawker Siddeley P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 and the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 are the British experimental and development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier , the first vertical and/or short take-off and landing ( V/STOL ) jet fighter-bomber. British experimental V/STOL aircraft P.1127 / Kestrel Hawker XV-
- ... types proceeded to close the gap between vertical take off and flight, a feat which was achieved on 8 september 1961. [8] [22] During September, the feat was repeated multiple times by both prototypes, transitio ...
#8 Turbinlite
The Helmore / GEC Turbinlite was a 2,700 million candela (2.7 Gcd) searchlight fitted in the nose of a number of British Douglas Havoc night fighters during the early part of the Second World War and around the time of The Blitz . The Havoc was guided to enemy aircraft by ground radar and its ow
- ... to new squadrons Unit Operational No. 1451 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 530 Squadron RAF 22 May 1941 to 8 september 1942 8 September 1942 to 25 January 1943 No. 1452 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 531 Squadron RAF 7 July ...
- ... Unit Operational No. 1451 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 530 Squadron RAF 22 May 1941 to 8 September 1942 8 september 1942 to 25 January 1943 No. 1452 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 531 Squadron RAF 7 July 1941 to 8 Septemb ...
- ... September 1942 to 25 January 1943 No. 1452 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 531 Squadron RAF 7 July 1941 to 8 september 1942 No. 1453 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 532 Squadron RAF 10 July 1941 to 8 September 1942 No. 1454 ( ...
- ... 7 July 1941 to 8 September 1942 No. 1453 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 532 Squadron RAF 10 July 1941 to 8 september 1942 No. 1454 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 533 Squadron RAF 27 June 1941 to 8 September 1942 No. 1455 ( ...
- ... 10 July 1941 to 8 September 1942 No. 1454 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 533 Squadron RAF 27 June 1941 to 8 september 1942 No. 1455 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 534 Squadron RAF 7 July 1941 to 2 September 1942 No. 1456 (F ...
- ... er 1941 to 2 September 1942 No. 1457 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 536 Squadron RAF 15 September 1941 to 8 september 1942 No. 1458 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 537 Squadron RAF 6 December 1941 to 8 September 1942 No. 145 ...
- ... mber 1941 to 8 September 1942 No. 1458 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 537 Squadron RAF 6 December 1941 to 8 september 1942 No. 1459 (Fighter) Flight RAF No. 538 Squadron RAF 20 September 1941 to 2 September 1942 No. 1 ...
#9 Savoia-Marchetti SM.82
The Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Marsupiale [2] was an Italian bomber and transport aircraft of World War II . It was a cantilever , mid-wing monoplane trimotor with a retractable, tailwheel undercarriage . There were 875 [3] (plus one prototype) built, the first entering service in 1940. Although able to
- ... t on producing SM.82 for Luftwaffe, delivering 299 planes. Other Marsupiali were captured after the 8 september armistice. These aircraft had better capabilities as transports than the Junkers Ju 52 , the standa ...
- ... c units. Records were either not kept or were destroyed. AFTER THE ARMISTICE After the Armistice of 8 september 1943, only 29 planes were operated by the ICAF in Southern Italy. The air force of the Italian Soci ...
#10 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
- ... extended by 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) over the 238 t version. [122] It was certified by the EASA on 8 september 2015. [139] As of December 2020, 661 of the −200 had been ordered, 645 of which had been delivered, ...
#11 Sweet Dreams (aircraft)
The GP-5 Sweet Dreams was a Super Sport Class racing airplane designed by George Pereira, owner of Osprey Aircraft . It was originally built by Gary Childs, who sold it to another builder, who in turn sold it to George Backovich. Backovich enlisted the help of designer Pereira to complete it in 2007
- ... George Pereira, Gary Childs and George Backovich Registration N501GP First flight 2007 Last flight 8 september 2014 Fate Crashed, killing pilot Lee Behel , due to structural failure of a wing The aircraft was s ...
- ... combination. Eventually the GP-5 competed in the 2012 Sport-Gold class at Reno finishing fourth. On 8 september 2014, during a qualifying heat at the 2014 Reno Air Races, pilot Lee Behel was killed when Sweet Dr ...
#12 Antonov An-26
The Antonov An-26 ( NATO reporting name : Curl ) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft , designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986. [2] Soviet military transport aircraft An-26 An-26 of the Serbian Air Force Role Transport aircraft Type of aircraft Na
- ... Angola An-26 was shot down by UNITA rebels near Chana, killing 42 of the 48 people on board. [115] 8 september 1989: a Cuban Air and Air Defense Force An-26 (MSN 3805) crashed into the sea near Playa de Baracoa ...
#13 English Electric Lightning
The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It remains the only UK-designed-and-built fighter capable of Mach 2 . The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric , which wa
- ... aerobatic . [99] OPERATIONAL HISTORY ROYAL AIR FORCE A Royal Air Force Lightning F.1A at Yeovilton, 8 september 1973 The first aircraft to enter service with the RAF, three pre-production P.1Bs, arrived at RAF C ...
#14 Dornier Do 317
The Dornier Do 317 was a prototype German medium bomber of World War II . Do 317 Role Medium bomber Type of aircraft Manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke First flight 8 September 1943 Primary user Luftwaffe Number built 6 Developed from Dornier Do 217
- ... War II . Do 317 Role Medium bomber Type of aircraft Manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke First flight 8 september 1943 Primary user Luftwaffe Number built 6 Developed from Dornier Do 217 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT In ...
- ... Do 317A were ordered, and the first of these, the Do 317 V1 , commenced its flight test program on 8 september 1943. The Do 317 V1 was very similar in appearance to the Do 217K and M models, with a visually ref ...
#15 Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes . The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on July 30, 1982. The original 767-200 entered service on S
- ... September 26, 1981, and it was certified on July 30, 1982. The original 767-200 entered service on september 8, 1982 with United Airlines , and the extended-range 767-200ER in 1984. It was stretched into the 767 ...
- ... anufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes First flight September 26, 1981 ( 1981-09-26 ) Introduction september 8, 1982, with United Airlines Status In service Primary users Delta Air Lines FedEx Express UPS Airlin ...
- ... Lines on October 25, 1982. [9] ENTRY INTO SERVICE The 767-200 was introduced by United Airlines on september 8, 1982. The 767 entered service with United Airlines on September 8, 1982. [37] The aircraft's first ...
- ... introduced by United Airlines on September 8, 1982. The 767 entered service with United Airlines on september 8, 1982. [37] The aircraft's first commercial flight used a JT9D-powered 767-200 on the Chicago-to-Den ...
#16 Republic-Ford JB-2
The Republic-Ford JB-2 , also known as the Thunderbug , KGW and LTV-N-2 Loon , was a United States copy of the German V-1 flying bomb . Developed in 1944, and planned to be used in the United States invasion of Japan ( Operation Downfall ), the JB-2 was never used in combat. It was the most successf
- ... the JB-2 "should be placed in combat, needed or not, as an insurance measure for AAF claims. [5] By 8 september , the first of thirteen complete JB-2s, reverse engineered from the material received at Wright Fiel ...
#17 PWS-24
The PWS-24 was a Polish single-engine passenger aircraft for 4 passengers, built in PWS factory, used from 1933 to 1936 by LOT Polish Airlines . In spite of its limited capacity, it was the only series-built airliner of domestic design ever used by the LOT. [1] 1930s Polish passenger aircraft PWS-24
- ... 1940 and later used by the LARES line to aerial photography. [3] It was broken up after an accident 8 september 1940. [3] OPERATORS Poland LOT Polish Airlines Polish Air Force Maritime and Colonial League Romani ...
#18 Hawker Hart
The Hawker Hart is a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft that saw service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed during the 1920s by Sydney Camm and manufactured by Hawker Aircraft . The Hart was a prominent British aircraft in the inter-war period, but was obsolete and already
- ... being delivered to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at RAF Martlesham Heath on 8 september . It demonstrated good performance and handling, reaching 176 mph (283 km/h) in level flight and 282 ...
#19 De Havilland Mosquito
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged , multirole combat aircraft , introduced during the Second World War . Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie". [5] Lord Beaverbrook , Minister of Aircra
- ... ied production and reduced construction time. [10] AIR MINISTRY BOMBER REQUIREMENTS AND CONCEPTS On 8 september 1936, the British Air Ministry issued Specification P.13/36, which called for a twin-engined, mediu ...
- ... rder and became the B Mk IV Series 1 . W4052 was to be the prototype and flew for the first time on 8 september 1941. [154] The bomber prototype led to the B Mk IV , of which 273 were built: apart from the 10 Se ...
#20 Maule M-4
The Maule M-4 is an American four-seat cabin monoplane designed by Belford Maule and built by the Maule Aircraft Company . American light aircraft Maule M-4 Maule M-4-210C Rocket Role Four-seat cabin monoplane Type of aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Maule Aircraft Company Designe
- ... any to develop and build the aircraft in Napoleon, Michigan as the Maule M-4. The first M-4 flew on september 8, 1960. The M-4 is a steel-tube and fabric high-wing braced-monoplane with a cantilever tailplane wit ...
- ... with two rows of side-by-side seating for a pilot and three passengers. The prototype first flew on september 8, 1961 and production started in 1963. [ citation needed ] Other variants were introduced including t ...
Aircraft carrier / Aircraft carrier
#1 Italian aircraft carrier Aquila
Aquila ( Italian for " Eagle ") was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the trans-Atlantic passenger liner SS Roma . During World War II , Work on Aquila began in late 1941 at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8
- ... hipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8 september 1943, however, all work was halted and the vessel remained unfinished. Aquila was eventually scrapp ...
- ... was nearing completion and had passed her first static test when Italy surrendered to the Allies on 8 september 1943 . Germany then seized the ship and placed it under guard. Aquila was later damaged on 16 June ...
#2 HMS Campania (1914)
HMS Campania was a seaplane tender and aircraft carrier , converted from an elderly ocean liner by the Royal Navy early in the First World War . After her conversion was completed in mid-1915 the ship spent her time conducting trials and exercises with the Grand Fleet . These revealed the need for a
- ... ame Campania Builder Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering , Govan , Glasgow Laid down 1892 Launched 8 september 1892 Acquired 27 November 1914 Commissioned 17 April 1915 Fate Sank in the Firth of Forth , 5 Novem ...
#3 HMS Battler (D18)
HMS Battler (D18) was an American-built escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War . Attacker-class escort carrier For other ships with the same name, see USS Altamaha and HMS Battler . HMS Battler (D18) History United States Name Mormacmail Altamaha Namesake Moore-Mc
- ... estroyers Ślązak and Krakowiak . Battler arrived at Malta , 5 September, and sailed for Salerno, on 8 september . The carriers were to provide air cover during the landings, with up to 20 aircraft in flight at a ...
#4 USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex -class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II . Completed in late 1943, the ship was assigned to the Fast Carrier Task Force (variously designated as Task Force 38 or 58) in the Pacific Ocean , the navy's primary offensive f
- ... rocess by taking three of his task groups, including Hornet ' s TG 38.1, to attack the Palaus on 6–8 8 september before moving further west to attack Mindanao on 9–10 September, the southernmost large island of th ...
- ... to retrieve the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia , 24 July 1969 " Hornet returned to Long Beach on 8 september , but headed back to the Far East on 27 March 1967. She reached Japan exactly a month later and depa ...
#5 Atlantic Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II
World War II was the first war where naval aviation took a major part in the hostilities. Aircraft carriers were used from the start of the war in Europe looking for German merchant raiders and escorting convoys. Offensive operations began with the Norwegian campaign where British carriers supported
- ... Italy. The Armistice of Cassibile between Italy and the Allies was signed on 3 September 1943. From 8 september Operation Achse by Germany disarmed the Italian military ALLIED INVASION OF SALERNO/OPERATION AVALA ...
#6 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz -class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy . She is the second Navy ship to have been named after the former President Abraham Lincoln . Her home port is NAS North Island , San Diego, California; she is a member of the United States Pacific Fle
- ... st 2006, the carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington , and on 8 september 2006, the carrier entered Dry Dock No. 6 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Mainten ...
- ... se combat effectiveness. [64] On 12 May 2017, Abraham Lincoln was redelivered to the fleet. [65] On 8 september 2017 Abraham Lincoln was deployed with USS Iwo Jima and USS New York to provide aid to Florida foll ...
#7 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
- ... 46] On 18 August, Melbourne sailed for Fremantle to participate in Exercise Sandgroper 80. [146] On 8 september , Melbourne , accompanied by Perth , Derwent , Stalwart , Supply , and Otama deployed to the Indian ...
#8 USS Mission Bay
USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) was a Casablanca -class escort carrier of the United States Navy . She was named after Mission Bay , located northwest of San Diego . Launched in May 1943, and commissioned in September, she served as a transport carrier, ferrying aircraft to bases in Europe, Africa, and Asi
- ... ssion Bay is visible at the far side of the peninsula, along with several other escort carriers. On 8 september , she departed, bound for the South Atlantic. After refueling at Dakar , French West Africa on 20 Se ...
#9 USS Thetis Bay
USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) was the thirty-sixth of fifty Casablanca -class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was launched in March 1944, commissioned in April, and served as a transport carrier in the Pacific, as well as a replenishment carrier supporting the Al
- ... nished at Guam, before heading out once again, resupplying the frontline carriers from 14 August to 8 september . As she began her replenishment mission, news broke of the Japanese surrender , and her replenishme ...
#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
- ... nging north to New York and south to Naval Station Mayport , Florida, Independence departed Norfolk 8 september 1964 for NATO Teamwork exercises in the Norwegian Sea and off the coast of France, then to Gibralta ...
- ... d the tradition of steaming the Mediterranean while being shadowed by Soviet aircraft and ships. On 8 september 1974, sailors were introduced to the new concept of terrorism when a bomb exploded in the cargo com ...
#11 USS Kitkun Bay
USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) was the seventeenth of fifty Casablanca -class escort carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was launched in November 1943, and transferred to the Navy and commissioned in December. She served in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , the Battle
- ... ral Ralph A. Ofstie took over command of Carrier Division 26, and broke his flag on Kitkun Bay . On 8 september , she escorted the landing craft participating in the landings on Peleliu and Angaur of the Palau Is ...
#12 Timeline for aircraft carrier service
Aircraft carriers have their origins during the days of World War I . The earliest experiments consisted of fitting temporary "flying off" platforms to the gun turrets of the warships of several nations, notably the United States and the United Kingdom. The first ship to be modified with a permanent
- ... ne – HMS Queen Elizabeth begins sea trials. [151] 24 August – USS Enterprise first steel cut. [152] 8 september – HMS Prince of Wales (R09) Christened 7 December – HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) commissioned 21 Decem ...
#13 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
- ... (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Force 12 USN Task Group 12.5: USS Monteray (CVL-26) USN Raid on Yap (6–8 8 september 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USS Enterprise (CV-6) USN Raid on Ulithi (6–8 S ...
- ... r 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USS Enterprise (CV-6) USN Raid on Ulithi (6–8 8 september 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USS Enterprise (CV-6) USN Raid on Palau Islands ...
- ... USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USS Enterprise (CV-6) USN Raid on Palau Islands (6–8 8 september 1944) USN Task Force 38/3rd Fleet? (Halsey/McCain?): USN Task Groups 38.2 and 38.4? USS Enterprise ( ...
#14 USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43) , a Midway -class aircraft carrier , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea . She earned the affectionate nickname " Ageless Warrior " through her long career. Initially classified as an aircraft carrier with hull classi
- ... [ citation needed ] The scrapping continued off and on for several years until finally completed on 8 september 2000. [27] One of her anchors is now on display in the Battle of Coral Sea Memorial, Townsville , A ...
#15 USS Ronald Reagan
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz -class , nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy . The ninth ship of her class, [5] she is named in honor of Ronald W. Reagan , President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was built at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport
- ... y and proud of the fact that the United States is our ally." [40] The ship returned to San Diego on 8 september 2011. [41] In January 2011, the Navy announced that the aircraft carrier would be transferred to th ...
- ... ly. [64] She then made a port visit to Brisbane [65] before returning to Japan on 9 August. [66] On 8 september she departed Yokosuka again to conduct patrols off Korea after the North Korean missile launch over ...
#16 Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk
Minsk is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) [2] that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev -class vessel to be built. 1978 Kiev-class aircraft carrier Minsk in 1983 History Russia Name Minsk Namesake City of Minsk B
- ... oviet cosmonaut Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko survived an aircraft ejection on the Minsk in 1979. On september 8, 1980, he was killed in the crash of a Yakovlev Yak-38 VTOL fighter on the Minsk . [5] The carrier w ...
#17 HMS Prince of Wales (R09)
HMS Prince of Wales (R09) is the second Queen Elizabeth -class aircraft carrier . Unlike most large aircraft carriers, Prince of Wales is not fitted with catapults and arrestor wires , and is instead designed to operate STOVL aircraft; the ship is currently planned to carry up to 48 F-35B Lightning
- ... craft Carrier Alliance Launched 21 December 2017 Sponsored by Camilla, the Queen Consort Christened 8 september 2017 Commissioned 10 December 2019 [2] Homeport HMNB Portsmouth Identification Pennant number : R09 ...
- ... oyal Navy's 'full carrier strike capability.' [29] SEA TRIALS Prince of Wales was formally named on 8 september 2017 at Rosyth dockyard by The Duchess of Rothesay , the wife of the current Prince of Wales . On 2 ...
- ... r one of the new aircraft carriers to receive that name. [48] Prince of Wales was formally named on 8 september 2017 at Rosyth Dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth , Fife , Scotland by the then- Duchess of R ...
#18 Spanish seaplane carrier Dédalo
Dédalo ( Spanish for Daedalus ) was a Spanish seaplane and balloon carrier , the first of two ships of the Spanish Navy to bear this name. She entered service in 1922 and was written off in 1936, after taking part in the Second Moroccan War , where her aircraft were instrumental to the successful la
- ... her aircraft were instrumental to the successful landing of Franco-Spanish forces at Al Hoceima on 8 september 1925. Spanish naval ship For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship Dédalo . Spanish seap ...
#19 USS Santee (CVE-29)
USS Santee (CVE-29) (originally launched as AO-29 , then ACV-29 ) was an American escort carrier . The second ship with this name, it was launched on 4 March 1939 as Esso Seakay under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 3) by the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania , s
- ... kedown training and her decks were piled high with stores. After conversion, nominally completed on 8 september , Santee reported to Task Force 22 (TF 22) and the first plane landed on her flight deck on 24 Septe ...
#20 USS Altamaha (CVE-18)
USS Altamaha (AVG-18/ACV-18/CVE-18) was an escort aircraft carrier in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for the Altamaha River in Georgia . For other ships with the same name, see USS Altamaha . USS Altamaha in 1943 History United States Laid down 19 December 1941 Launched 2
- ... there before getting underway and setting course for Pearl Harbor. She departed Hawaiian waters on 8 september , made port calls at Emirau Island and Seeadler Harbor, and returned to San Diego, where she arrived ...
Airline / Airline
#1 History of United Airlines
United Airlines is the third largest airline in the world, with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Airlines Holdings) and 721 aircraft. It was the brainchild of William Boeing and emerged from his consolidation of numerous carriers and equipment manufacturers from 192
- ... 60] A United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER taking off from London Heathrow Airport , England. (2007) On september 8, 2008, the price of UAL shares fell by nearly 99% in fifteen minutes to $0.01 US amid rumors of anot ...
#2 South African Airways
South African Airways ( SAA ) is the flag carrier airline of South Africa . [4] Founded in 1934, the airline is headquartered in Airways Park at O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and operated a hub-and-spoke network, serving ten destinations in Africa. [1] The carrier joined Star All
- ... in November 1991 [35] and SAA's planes were able to fly for the first time over Egypt and Sudan, on 8 september . [36] The airline launched flights to Milan on 1 June during the year, and services to Athens were ...
#3 Trans Polar
Trans Polar A/S was a Norwegian charter airline which operated between June 1970 and May 1971. The airline operated a fleet of three Boeing 720s and had a close cooperation with Aer Lingus for maintenance. Trans Polar was established by Thor Tjøntveit , although he never held any management position
- ... ompany because the airline's limited assets were used to pay outstanding wages. Tjøntveit stated on 8 september that he intended to sue Boeing for damages from the seizure of the aircraft, but by October no writ ...
#4 Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines, Inc. , typically referred to as Delta , is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier . One of the world's oldest airlines in operation , Delta is headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia . [1] The airline, along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates, incl
- ... sengers survived, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off. 0 0 0 All 0 439 [139] september 8, 1970 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Louisville-Standiford Field Delta Flight DL439, a McDonnell Douglas DC- ...
#5 Aurigny
Aurigny Air Services Limited (pronounced / ˈ ɔːr ɪ n i / ), commonly known as Aurigny , is the flag carrier [3] airline of the Bailiwick of Guernsey with its head office next to Guernsey Airport in the Channel Islands , [4] and wholly owned by the States of Guernsey since nationalisation in 2003. It
- ... of starting the route from May. [21] Due to delays in aircraft procurement, the route commenced on 8 september 2014, initially operated by VLM Airlines . [22] After ten years of competition with Blue Islands on ...
#6 Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais
Rio-Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais S/A was a regional airline headquartered in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , [1] operating scheduled services to southern Brazil. Its main base was Congonhas Domestic Airport (CGH), São Paulo , with hubs at Porto Alegre Airport (POA) and Santos Dumont Airport , Rio de Jane
- ... lines to be made operational. [2] Founded on August 24, 1976, [1] Rio Sul had its services start on september 8, 1976. Its operational area comprised roughly the Southern and parts of the Southeast regions of Bra ...
#7 Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Atlantic Southeast Airlines ( ASA ) was an American airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia , flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier on behalf of Delta Air Lines via a code sharing agreement and, as of February 2010, commenced service as a United Express carrier
- ... jets for service from its Atlanta hub. CRJ service from the Dallas/Fort Worth hub began in 2000. On september 8, 1998, the company was honored as one of the global aviation and aerospace industry's best managed c ...
- ... nounced that it had entered into an agreement to sell ASA to SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million, and on september 8, 2005, SkyWest announced that the acquisition had been completed, and that the code shares and flyin ...
#8 Altitude Air
Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd is a helicopter airline based at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal , operating chartered helicopter services. The company was established in 2016 and mainly carries out rescue and charter flights. [1] [5] Nepalese helicopter airline Altitude Air Pvt. Ltd. [1]
- ... Fleet Orders Passengers Notes C Y Total Eurocopter AS350 B3e 3 0 0 5 5 [7] ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS 8 september 2018 – A Eurocopter AS 350 helicopter of Altitude Air crashed in Nuwakot District en route from Gor ...
#9 US Airways
US Airways (formerly USAir ) was a major American airline that operated from 1937 until its merger with American Airlines in 2015. It was originally founded in Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation , which soon became a commercial passenger airline. In 1953, it was renam
- ... onnell Douglas DC-9-32 Charlotte, North Carolina Windshear during missed approach 37 16 4 427 [142] september 8, 1994 Boeing 737-300 Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Penn. Uncommanded rudder deflection 132 1549 ...
#10 Jetisfaction
Jetisfaction was a German-based charter and passenger airline but without an official status as an airline and also no own AOC. [1] German-based charter and passenger airline, without an official status as an airline and no own AOC Jetisfaction IATA ICAO Callsign using code from contractors Fleet si
- ... rlines was founded as business-charter airline. It also started scheduled operations effective from 8 september 2011 with routes from its home base at Münster-Osnabrück (FMO) to Zürich, Poznan (Poland) and Wrocl ...
#11 Caribbean Airlines
Caribbean Airlines Limited is the state-owned airline and flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago . The airline is also the flag carrier of Jamaica and Guyana . Headquartered in Iere House in Piarco , the airline operates flights to the Caribbean, North America and South America from its base at Piarco
- ... ns between the unions and the management of its predecessor, BWIA. As a result, it was announced on 8 september 2006, that BWIA was to be shut down before the launch of Caribbean Airlines. During the last quarte ...
#12 Elite Airways
Elite Airways is an airline based in the United States operating charter and scheduled passenger flights. The airline adjusts destinations as demand increases or decreases. The airline is headquartered in Portland, Maine . [2] Airline of the United States Elite Airways IATA ICAO Callsign 7Q MNU MAIN
- ... would begin twice-weekly services between Melbourne and Washington Dulles International Airport on september 8 that year. [4] Flights went on sale August 25, 2014 utilizing Branson Air Express as the ticketing a ...
#13 Varig
VARIG (acronym for V iação A érea RI o- G randense, Rio Grandean Airways ) was the first airline founded in Brazil , in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's leading airline, and virtually its only international one. In 2005, Varig went into judicial restructuring , and in 2006 it was split in
- ... ship with Top Táxi Aéreo, Bradesco Bank , and Atlântica-Boavista Insurance. Its services started on 8 september 1976 and its operational area comprised roughly the Southern and parts of the Southeast regions of ...
#14 SkyWest, Inc.
SkyWest, Inc. ( Nasdaq : SKYW ) is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines , a North American regional airline , and an aircraft leasing company and is headquartered in St. George, Utah , United States. Parent company of SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet This article is about the North American air
- ... blic Traded as Nasdaq : SKYW S&P 600 Component Industry Air Transportation Aircraft Leasing Founded september 8, 2005 Headquarters St. George, Utah , United States [1] Products Airline Services Number of employee ...
- ... dge approved the all-cash transaction, which helped Delta improve its liquidity; the deal closed on september 8, 2005. [4] SkyWest Airlines and ASA have maintained separate hub feeder operations at their respecti ...
#15 Partnair
Partnair A/S was a Norwegian charter airline which operated from 1971 to 1989. During the later 1980s it was Norway's fifth-largest airline by revenue, operating a fleet of three Convair CV-580 and six Beechcraft Super King Air . The airline was based at Oslo Airport, Fornebu , as well as operating
- ... ncial difficulties and went bankrupt in 1987, but soon revived. The crash of Partnair Flight 394 on 8 september 1989 was the final blow for the company, which filed for bankruptcy on 11 October. Operations were ...
- ... t 394 , here at Aberdeen Airport in 1987 Partnair Flight 394 crashed in Skagerrak near Hirtshals on 8 september 1989, killing all 55 people on board. [38] A central cause of the accident turned out to be the use ...
- ... skidded for about 100 metres before coming to rest in a snow bank. There were no injuries. [52] On 8 september 1989, Partnair Flight 394 , a Convair CV-580 chartered by a Norwegian shipping company to fly from ...
#16 Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. ( Arabic : القطرية , al-Qaṭariya ), [4] operating as Qatar Airways , is the state-owned flag carrier airline of Qatar . [5] Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha , [6] the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, flying to over 150 [7] international destina
- ... service to Osaka was launched in March 2005 ( 2005-03 ) . [43] [44] Its first A340 was delivered on september 8, 2006. In May 2007 ( 2007-05 ) , Qatar Airways and Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...
#17 Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines (commonly referred to as Ethiopian ; Amharic : የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ , romanized : Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged ), formerly Ethiopian Air Lines ( EAL ), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia , [12] [13] and is wholly owned by the country's government . EAL was founded on 21 December 1945 and com
- ... tions with both Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express (later merged into TWA ). On 8 september 1945, TWA signed an agreement with the American historian and foreign affairs advisor to Ethiopia J ...
#18 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II non-U.S. operators
F-4 Phantom II non-U.S. operators are the non-U.S. nations with air forces that operate or used to operate the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II . The Phantom II entered service with the U.S. military in 1960 and served until 1996. During this time it was the primary interceptor, air superiority figh
- ... nced Phantom model available. The original order was for 16 aircraft; the first of which arrived on 8 september 1968, [29] with another 16 added later, and were employed in several unsuccessful attempts to inter ...
#19 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
- ... ean Airways in November/December 1969. Leased to Lebanese Air Transport on 5 May 1970, off lease on 8 september . Leased to Invicta on 10 October 1970. Purchased by Invicta on 1 March 1971. Sold on 28 October 197 ...
#20 History of British Airways
British Airways (BA), the United Kingdom's national airline , was formed in 1974 with the merger of the two largest UK airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA), and including also two smaller regional airlines, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines .
- ... erman subsidiary, Deutsche BA, was sold to investment group Intro Verwaltungsgesellschaft. [187] On 8 september 2004, British Airways announced that it was to sell its 18.5% stake in Qantas , but would continue ...
Airship / Airship
#1 Zeppelin
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin ( German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn] ) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874 [1] and developed in detail in 189
- ... ff Cuxhaven , and the entire crew was killed. [66] Three Army airships set off to bomb London on 7–8 8 september of which two succeeded: SL 2 dropped bombs between Southwark and Woolwich : LZ 74 scattered 39 bomb ...
#2 Zeppelin L 30
Zeppelin "L 30" (factory number "LZ 62" ) was the first R-class " Super Zeppelin " of the German Empire . It was the most successful airship of the First World War with 31 reconnaissance flights and 10 bombing runs carrying a total of 23,305 kg of bombs, [1] with the first ones targeting England ,
- ... n northern Latvia on the railway connection between Riga and Pskov was bombed by "L 30" on the 7 or 8 september 1917, under Karl von Bödecker from Seerappen, alongside "L 37"" under Paul Gärtner from Seddin near ...
#3 Zeppelin P Class
The Zeppelin P Class was the first Zeppelin airship type to be produced in quantity after the outbreak of the First World War . Twenty-two of the type were built as well as twelve of a lengthened version, the Q Class . They were used for many of the airship bombing raids on the United Kingdom in 1
- ... in flames in the North Sea near Neuwerk , Germany, with the loss of the entire 20-man crew. [10] On 8 september 1915 LZ 45 (L 13), commanded by Heinrich Mathy , was the first Zeppelin to bomb central London, set ...
Air Forces / Air Forces
#1 81st Training Wing
The 81st Training Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force and the host wing at Keesler Air Force Base , Mississippi. The 81st Training Wing has the Air Force's largest Technical Training Group and trains more than 40,000 students annually. Training includes weather, basic electronics, communic
- ... Force to 1 August 1950) Western Air Defense Force, 1 August 1950 (attached to Third Air Force , 5 – 8 september 1951) Third Air Force, 9 September 1951 (attached to 49th Air Division , 1 March 1954 – 1 July 1956 ...
#2 No. 10 Squadron RAF
Number 10 Squadron is a Royal Air Force squadron. The squadron has served in a variety of roles (observation, bombing, transport and aerial refuelling) over its 90-year history. It currently flies the Airbus Voyager KC2/KC3 in the transport/tanker role from RAF Brize Norton , Oxfordshire . Flying sq
- ... LD WAR Handley Page Halifax Mk.II L9619 of No. 10 Squadron based at RAF Leeming , December 1941. On 8 september 1939, No. 10 Squadron began its first operation of the Second World War when it flew a leaflet drop ...
#3 No. 5 Squadron RAF
Number 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron (although His Majesty the King awarded No. V (Army Cooperation) Squadron ) was a squadron of the Royal Air Force . It most recently operated the Raytheon Sentinel R1 Airborne STand-Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft from RAF Waddington , Lincolnshire , between April 200
- ... due to them being lighter and more nimble (these were later replaced with Lightning F.3s). [20] On 8 september 1970, the squadron lost Lightning F.6 XS894 when it crashed near Flamborough Head , Yorkshire , kil ...
#4 436th Airlift Wing
The 436th Airlift Wing is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Mobility Command 's Eighteenth Air Force , and is based at Dover Air Force Base , Delaware. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2012 ) 436th Airlift Wing 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Sup
- ... Airlift Squadron : 1 August 1973 – 1 December 1991 9th Military Airlift Squadron : 8 January 1966 – 8 september 1968; 1 April 1971 – 1 December 1991 20th Military Airlift Squadron : 8 January 1966 – 1 August 197 ...
#5 No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group
No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group is a group within the Royal Air Force , currently based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar . Expeditionary group of the Royal Air Force No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group Group badge Active 1 April 1943 ( 1943-04-01 ) – 21 April 1946 ( 1946-04-21 ) 9 July 1952
- ... tember 1945 AVM T C Traill , 9 September 1945 – 21 April 1946 1952 TO 1958 Air Commodore R B Lees , 8 september 1952 – 22 August 1955. [13] AVM H A V Hogan , 22 August 1955 – 16 June 1958. [14] 2006 TO PRESENT A ...
#6 Jagdgeschwader 26
Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) Schlageter was a German fighter - wing of World War II . It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter , a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. The wing fought predominantly against the Wes
- ... inand Galland 3 January 1943 – 17 August 1943 † [217] • Hauptmann Johannes Naumann 18 August 1943 – 8 september 1943 [217] • Oberleutnant Johannes Seifert 9 September 1943 – 25 November 1943 † [217] • Major Wilh ...
#7 179th Fighter Squadron
The 179th Fighter Squadron (179 FS) is a unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing located at Duluth Air National Guard Base , Minnesota. The 179th is equipped with the General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon . 179th Fighter Squadron 179th FS F-16CM 91-0420 taking off from Nellis AF
- ... st 1944 Peray Airfield (A-44), [39] France, 4 September 1944 Clastres Airfield (A-71), [39] France, 8 september 1944 Juvincourt Airfield (A-68), France, [39] 28 October 1944 St-Dizier Airfield (A-64), France, [3 ...
#8 149th Fighter Wing
The 149th Fighter Wing (149 FW) is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard , stationed at Kelly Field Annex , Joint Base San Antonio , Texas. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . 149th Fighter Wing TSgt. Gerardo Guevar
- ... s F-16 to shut down their engines before conducting his post flight checks at Hickam AFB, Hawaii on 8 september 2006. Six F-16s from the Texas Air National Guard 149th FW came to Hickam to participate in Exercis ...
- ... rew chiefs recover their F-16 after it returned to Hickam AFB, Hawaii from an air-to-air mission on 8 september 2006, during Exercise Sentry Aloha. In 1999, the mission of the 149th Fighter Group was changed fro ...
#9 Escadrille SPA.57
Escadrille 57 of the French Air Force was founded during World War I, on 10 May 1915. Escadrille MS 57 – N 57 – SPA 57 Active May 1915 Country France Branch French Air Service Type Pursuit Squadron Mascot(s) The Charging Hog Engagements World War I Military unit
- ... NG OFFICERS Capitaine Alfred Zappelli: 10 May 1915 – 7 September 1915 Capitaine Edouard Duseigneur: 8 september 1915 – 24 January 1917 Lieutenant Georges Herbulot: 25 January 1917 – 13 April 1917 Lieutenant Jean ...
#10 Jagdgeschwader 53
Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) was a Luftwaffe fighter - wing of World War II . It operated in Western Europe and in the Mediterranean . Jagdgeschwader 53 - or as it was better known, the "Pik As" (Ace of Spades) Geschwader - was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins goi
- ... ace Ivan Stepanenko shot up the Fw 189, which was damaged beyond repair (65%) and was scrapped. [7] 8 september 1942: 38-victories ace Oberfeldwebel Hans Kornatz was downed and injured in air combat, [4] probabl ...
#11 23rd Fighter Group
The 23rd Fighter Group (23 FG) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23rd Wing and stationed at Moody Air Force Base , Georgia. For the "23rd Fighter Group" that existed from 1997 to 2006, see 23rd Wing . 23rd Fighter Group 23rd Fighter Group A-10C Thunderbolt II attached to the 3
- ... nming Airport , China, 4 July 1942 Kweilin Airfield , China, c. Sept 1943 Liuchow Airfield , China, 8 september 1944 Luliang Airfield , China, 14 September 1944 Liuchow Airfield , China, Aug 1945 Hanchow Airfiel ...
#12 United States Air Force Thunderbirds
The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (" Thunderbirds ") is the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force (USAF). [1] The Thunderbirds are assigned to the 57th Wing , and are based at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada. Created 69 years ago in 1953, the USAF Thunderbirds are the third-ol
- ... ed landing attempt in Cheyenne, Wyoming , and crashed into the Frontier Days rodeo arena. [47] [48] 8 september 1981: Lt Col David L. Smith, commander of the Thunderbirds, was killed when his aircraft ingested s ...
#13 No. 533 Squadron RAF
No. 533 Squadron RAF was one of the ten Turbinlite nightfighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. No. 533 Squadron RAF Active 8 Sep 1942 – 25 Jan 1943 [1] Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Role Turbinlite nightfighter squadron Part of No. 10 Group RAF , Figh
- ... OPERATED Aircraft operated by No. 533 Squadron RAF, data from [1] [3] [5] From To Aircraft Version 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Havoc Mk.I (Turbinlite) 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Havoc ...
- ... ] [3] [5] From To Aircraft Version 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Havoc Mk.I (Turbinlite) 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Havoc Mk.I (Nightfighter) 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Bos ...
- ... Douglas Havoc Mk.I (Turbinlite) 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Havoc Mk.I (Nightfighter) 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Boston Mk.III 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb ...
- ... nuary 1943 Douglas Havoc Mk.I (Nightfighter) 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Boston Mk.III 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I ...
- ... 1942 25 January 1943 Douglas Boston Mk.III 8 September 1942 25 January 1943 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc SQUADRON BASES Bases and airfields used by No. 533 Squ ...
- ... SQUADRON BASES Bases and airfields used by No. 533 Squadron RAF, data from [1] [3] [5] From To Base 8 september 1942 25 January 1943 RAF Charmy Down , Somerset COMMANDING OFFICERS Officers commanding No. 533 Squ ...
#14 No. 25 Squadron RAF
Number 25 (Fighter) Squadron (alternatively Number XXV (F) Squadron ) is squadron of the Royal Air Force , having reformed on 8 September 2018. [4] Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force No. XXV (F) Squadron RAF No. XXV (F) Squadron badge Active 25 September 1915 – 31 January 1920 1 February 1920 –
- ... on (alternatively Number XXV (F) Squadron ) is squadron of the Royal Air Force , having reformed on 8 september 2018. [4] Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force No. XXV (F) Squadron RAF No. XXV (F) Squadron badg ...
- ... 0 – 23 June 1958 1 July 1958 – 30 November 1962 1 October 1963 – July 1989 July 1989 – 4 April 2008 8 september 2018 – present Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Part of No. 4 Flying Training School R ...
#15 List of wings of the Royal Air Force
Wings within the Royal Air Force have both administrative and tactical applications. Over the years, the structure and role of wings has changed to meet the demands placed on the RAF. Many of the RAF's numbered wings were originally Royal Flying Corps (RFC) or Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) units. W
- ... iginally RFC Training Wing [1] 15 August 1941 1 July 1943 Army Cooperation Wing [1] No. 34 Wing RAF 8 september 1917 12 October 1918 Originally RFC Training Wing [1] 22 August 1941 30 September 1945 Army Coopera ...
#16 Jagdstaffel 2
Jasta 2 ( Jagdstaffel Zwei in full and also known as Jasta Boelcke ) was one of the best-known German Luftstreitkräfte Squadrons in World War I . Its first commanding officer was the great aerial tactician Oswald Boelcke , and it was the incubator of several notable aviation careers. Jasta 2 Jasta 2
- ... tation needed ] The first aircraft arrived on 1 September; two Fokker DIIIs and an Albatros D.I. By 8 september there were eight pilots on strength, including Manfred von Richthofen, Erwin Böhme and Otto Höhne. ...
#17 3rd Wing
The 3rd Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force , assigned to the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Eleventh Air Force . It is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson , Alaska. United States Air Force wing "3rd Bombardment Wing" redirects here. For the 3rd Bombardment Wing of World War II, see 9
- ... cember 1961 – 31 May 1962 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron : attached 3 April-2 June 1972 and 28 July- 8 september 1972 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron : attached 2 June-28 July 1972 and 8 September-16 October 1972 ...
- ... 1972 and 28 July-8 September 1972 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron : attached 2 June-28 July 1972 and 8 september -16 October 1972 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron : 16 September 1974 – 30 September 1975 80th Tactica ...
#18 No. 43 Squadron RAAF
No. 43 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) maritime patrol and mine-laying squadron that operated during World War II. Raised in early 1943, the squadron flew Catalina aircraft from bases in Queensland and the Northern Territory, flying mine-laying, convoy-protection and bombing sorties
- ... soon after. [3] Equipped with Catalina aircraft, the squadron flew its first operational patrols on 8 september , with four aircraft conducting strikes against targets in Ambon . [2] The squadron was initially al ...
#19 No. 8 Group RAF
No. 8 Group was a Royal Air Force group which existed during the final year of the First World War and during the Second World War . Royal Air Force group during WWII No. 8 (PFF) Group RAF Active 1918 - 1919 1 Sep 1941 - 28 Jan 1942 8 Jan 1943 – 15 Dec 1945 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Ai
- ... Huntingdon AIR OFFICER COMMANDING 1918 TO 1919 1918 Brigadier-General John Miles Steel 1941 TO 1942 8 september 1941 Air Commodore Francis Fogarty December 1941 Air Vice-Marshal Donald Stevenson ( appointment no ...
#20 108th Operations Group
The 108th Operations Group is a unit of the 108th Wing (108 WG) of the New Jersey Air National Guard , one of the many units stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , New Jersey. If activated to federal service with the U.S. Air Force , the group is gained by Air Mobility Command (AMC). This a
- ... ctober 1961 – 15 October 1962 141st Tactical Fighter Squadron (later 141st Air Refueling Squadron): 8 september 1973 – 9 December 1974, 1 October 1993 – present [note 3] 149th Fighter Squadron , 28 February 1951 ...
- ... – 10 May 1946, c. 26 May 1949 – 1 December 1952, 1 December 1952 – 1 October 1958, 1 October 1962 – 8 september 1973 342d Fighter Squadron (later 142d Fighter Squadron): 30 September 1942 – 10 May 1946, 6 Septem ...
Design / Design
#1 C. N. H. Lock
Christopher Noel Hunter Lock (21 December 1894 – 27 March 1949) was a British aerodynamicist, after whom the Lock number is named. [1] [2] British aerodynamicist (1894–1949)
- ... Lock was born at Herschel House, Cambridge, the youngest son of John Bascombe Lock (18 March 1849 – 8 september 1921) who was bursar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge , [3] and Emily née Baily. [4] His br ...
#2 Wake turbulence
Wake turbulence is a disturbance in the atmosphere that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. It includes variety of components, the most significant of which are wingtip vortices and jetwash. Jetwash refers to the rapidly moving gases expelled from a jet engine; it is extremely tur
- ... behind a Boeing 757, the FAA now employs the separation rules of heavy aircraft for the Boeing 757. 8 september 1994 – USAir Flight 427 crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . This accident was believed to invol ...
Designer / Designer
#1 Lauretta Schimmoler
Lauretta M Schimmoler (September 17, 1900 Fort Jennings, Ohio - January 1981 Glendale, California ) was an aviator who was the first woman in the United States to establish an airport in the United States, the first woman to command an American Legion post and was the founder of the Aerial Nurse Cor
- ... n American Legion post, founder of the Aerial Nurse Corps of America Aviation career Flight license september 8, 1930 Rank Post commander BIOGRAPHY Schimmoler graduated from the Bliss Business College in Columbus ...
- ... blish and maintain an airport that was located in Bucyrus. She received her full pilot's licence on september 8, 1930. In 1932 in recognition of her works in aviation, she was inducted into the Ninety-Nines: Inte ...
#2 List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1913
The Royal Aero Club issued Aviators Certificates from 1910. These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale .
- ... e Strong, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 3 September 1913 [51] – 616 John William Wilfred Slack 8 september 1913 [51] – 617 Vivian Gaskell Blackburn 10 September 1913 [51] – 618 Walter Hugh Stewart Garnett 1 ...
#3 Richard Butler (white supremacist)
Richard Girnt Butler (February 23, 1918 – September 8, 2004) was an American engineer and white supremacist . After dedicating himself to the Christian Identity movement, a racialist offshoot of British Israelism , Butler founded the neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations and would become the "spiritual godfa
- Richard Girnt Butler (February 23, 1918 – september 8, 2004) was an American engineer and white supremacist . After dedicating himself to the Christian Id ...
- ... 1918–2004) Richard Girnt Butler Born ( 1918-02-23 ) February 23, 1918 Denver , Colorado , U.S. Died september 8, 2004 (2004-09-08) (aged 86) Hayden , Idaho , U.S. Nationality American Occupation Aerospace enginee ...
- ... ch two Aryan Nations members were engaged in an altercation on his lawn. Butler died in his home on september 8, 2004. A spokesman for Aryan Nations stated that he died in his sleep from congestive heart failure. ...
#4 Didier Masson
Didier Masson (23 February 1886 – 2 June 1950) was a pioneering French aviator. He was born in Asnières , France. [1] He died and was buried in Mérida , Yucatan , Mexico. [2] Among his adventures was his life as a pioneering barnstormer , being the second flier in history to bomb a surface warship,
- ... bombing cities. [1] Masson returned to his newly adopted United States. [14] WORLD WAR I SERVICE On 8 september 1914, Masson re-enlisted in his old unit. After being transferred to the 36eme Regiment d'Infanteri ...
#5 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
- ... t 1911 590 Landini, Jules 22 August 1911 591 Stiploscheck 22 August 1911 Belgium 592 Marzac, Joseph 8 september 1911 d. 28 December 1933 at Casablanca (Morocco). 593 Leclerc, Paul 8 September 1911 594 Coville, F ...
- ... 592 Marzac, Joseph 8 September 1911 d. 28 December 1933 at Casablanca (Morocco). 593 Leclerc, Paul 8 september 1911 594 Coville, Frédéric 8 September 1911 595 Madon, Georges Félix 8 September 1911 d. in acciden ...
- ... 28 December 1933 at Casablanca (Morocco). 593 Leclerc, Paul 8 September 1911 594 Coville, Frédéric 8 september 1911 595 Madon, Georges Félix 8 September 1911 d. in accident 11 November 1923 at Tunis. [59] 596 P ...
- ... 593 Leclerc, Paul 8 September 1911 594 Coville, Frédéric 8 September 1911 595 Madon, Georges Félix 8 september 1911 d. in accident 11 November 1923 at Tunis. [59] 596 Pontac, Armand de 8 September 1911 597 Varc ...
- ... Georges Félix 8 September 1911 d. in accident 11 November 1923 at Tunis. [59] 596 Pontac, Armand de 8 september 1911 597 Varcin, Louis Adolphe 8 September 1911 598 Vandal, Paul 8 September 1911 599 Silvestre, Ja ...
- ... nt 11 November 1923 at Tunis. [59] 596 Pontac, Armand de 8 September 1911 597 Varcin, Louis Adolphe 8 september 1911 598 Vandal, Paul 8 September 1911 599 Silvestre, Jacques de 8 September 1911 600 Boucher, Flor ...
- ... 596 Pontac, Armand de 8 September 1911 597 Varcin, Louis Adolphe 8 September 1911 598 Vandal, Paul 8 september 1911 599 Silvestre, Jacques de 8 September 1911 600 Boucher, Florentin 8 September 1911 601 Picard, ...
- ... Varcin, Louis Adolphe 8 September 1911 598 Vandal, Paul 8 September 1911 599 Silvestre, Jacques de 8 september 1911 600 Boucher, Florentin 8 September 1911 601 Picard, Fernand 8 September 1911 602 Delacourt, Ju ...
- ... 598 Vandal, Paul 8 September 1911 599 Silvestre, Jacques de 8 September 1911 600 Boucher, Florentin 8 september 1911 601 Picard, Fernand 8 September 1911 602 Delacourt, Jules 8 September 1911 603 Maurice, Lucien ...
- ... Silvestre, Jacques de 8 September 1911 600 Boucher, Florentin 8 September 1911 601 Picard, Fernand 8 september 1911 602 Delacourt, Jules 8 September 1911 603 Maurice, Lucien 8 September 1911 Disappeared at sea. ...
- ... 1 600 Boucher, Florentin 8 September 1911 601 Picard, Fernand 8 September 1911 602 Delacourt, Jules 8 september 1911 603 Maurice, Lucien 8 September 1911 Disappeared at sea. [60] 604 Saint-Michel Rivet 8 Septemb ...
- ... 1911 601 Picard, Fernand 8 September 1911 602 Delacourt, Jules 8 September 1911 603 Maurice, Lucien 8 september 1911 Disappeared at sea. [60] 604 Saint-Michel Rivet 8 September 1911 605 Cornier, Raymond 8 Septem ...
- ... September 1911 603 Maurice, Lucien 8 September 1911 Disappeared at sea. [60] 604 Saint-Michel Rivet 8 september 1911 605 Cornier, Raymond 8 September 1911 606 Vidal Soler, Emmanuel 8 September 1911 KIA. 607 Rich ...
- ... eptember 1911 Disappeared at sea. [60] 604 Saint-Michel Rivet 8 September 1911 605 Cornier, Raymond 8 september 1911 606 Vidal Soler, Emmanuel 8 September 1911 KIA. 607 Richer, Henri 6 September 1911 d. in accid ...
- ... Saint-Michel Rivet 8 September 1911 605 Cornier, Raymond 8 September 1911 606 Vidal Soler, Emmanuel 8 september 1911 KIA. 607 Richer, Henri 6 September 1911 d. in accident 1911. [61] [62] 608 Bedel, René 8 Septe ...
- ... ptember 1911 KIA. 607 Richer, Henri 6 September 1911 d. in accident 1911. [61] [62] 608 Bedel, René 8 september 1911 d. in accident 9 July 1912 at Chalons/Mourmelon (France). [63] [64] 609 Baudrin, Emile 8 Septe ...
- ... ptember 1911 d. in accident 9 July 1912 at Chalons/Mourmelon (France). [63] [64] 609 Baudrin, Emile 8 september 1911 610 Joachim, Henri 8 September 1911 611 Cervantès, Frédéric 8 September 1911 612 Pierra, Emile ...
- ... 912 at Chalons/Mourmelon (France). [63] [64] 609 Baudrin, Emile 8 September 1911 610 Joachim, Henri 8 september 1911 611 Cervantès, Frédéric 8 September 1911 612 Pierra, Emile 8 September 1911 613 Galou, Sylvain ...
- ... 64] 609 Baudrin, Emile 8 September 1911 610 Joachim, Henri 8 September 1911 611 Cervantès, Frédéric 8 september 1911 612 Pierra, Emile 8 September 1911 613 Galou, Sylvain 8 September 1911 614 Argyropoulos, Emman ...
- ... 1911 610 Joachim, Henri 8 September 1911 611 Cervantès, Frédéric 8 September 1911 612 Pierra, Emile 8 september 1911 613 Galou, Sylvain 8 September 1911 614 Argyropoulos, Emmanouil 8 September 1911 Greece d. 17 ...
- ... 1911 611 Cervantès, Frédéric 8 September 1911 612 Pierra, Emile 8 September 1911 613 Galou, Sylvain 8 september 1911 614 Argyropoulos, Emmanouil 8 September 1911 Greece d. 17 April 1913 at Salonica. [65] [66] 61 ...
- ... 612 Pierra, Emile 8 September 1911 613 Galou, Sylvain 8 September 1911 614 Argyropoulos, Emmanouil 8 september 1911 Greece d. 17 April 1913 at Salonica. [65] [66] 615 Deneau, Lucien 8 September 1911 616 Lanthea ...
- ... oulos, Emmanouil 8 September 1911 Greece d. 17 April 1913 at Salonica. [65] [66] 615 Deneau, Lucien 8 september 1911 616 Lantheaume, Charles 8 September 1911 d. in accident 13 December 1911 at Melun (France). [6 ...
- ... d. 17 April 1913 at Salonica. [65] [66] 615 Deneau, Lucien 8 September 1911 616 Lantheaume, Charles 8 september 1911 d. in accident 13 December 1911 at Melun (France). [67] [68] 617 Caillaux, Abel 8 September 19 ...
- ... es 8 September 1911 d. in accident 13 December 1911 at Melun (France). [67] [68] 617 Caillaux, Abel 8 september 1911 618 Lambert, André 8 September 1911 619 Couffin, Lucien 8 September 1911 d. in accident 1914. ...
- ... 3 December 1911 at Melun (France). [67] [68] 617 Caillaux, Abel 8 September 1911 618 Lambert, André 8 september 1911 619 Couffin, Lucien 8 September 1911 d. in accident 1914. [69] [70] 620 Ponnier, Alfred 8 Sept ...
- ... 7] [68] 617 Caillaux, Abel 8 September 1911 618 Lambert, André 8 September 1911 619 Couffin, Lucien 8 september 1911 d. in accident 1914. [69] [70] 620 Ponnier, Alfred 8 September 1911 d. 11 April 1931. 621 Junq ...
- ... tember 1911 619 Couffin, Lucien 8 September 1911 d. in accident 1914. [69] [70] 620 Ponnier, Alfred 8 september 1911 d. 11 April 1931. 621 Junquet, Paul 8 September 1911 d. 12 December 1958. 622 Badet, Etienne 8 ...
- ... n accident 1914. [69] [70] 620 Ponnier, Alfred 8 September 1911 d. 11 April 1931. 621 Junquet, Paul 8 september 1911 d. 12 December 1958. 622 Badet, Etienne 8 September 1911 623 Prat, Émile 8 September 1911 624 ...
- ... r 1911 d. 11 April 1931. 621 Junquet, Paul 8 September 1911 d. 12 December 1958. 622 Badet, Etienne 8 september 1911 623 Prat, Émile 8 September 1911 624 Escot de Bondy, Pierre (Lieut.) 8 September 1911 625 Marl ...
- ... uet, Paul 8 September 1911 d. 12 December 1958. 622 Badet, Etienne 8 September 1911 623 Prat, Émile 8 september 1911 624 Escot de Bondy, Pierre (Lieut.) 8 September 1911 625 Marlin, René 8 September 1911 KIA 5 M ...
- ... adet, Etienne 8 September 1911 623 Prat, Émile 8 September 1911 624 Escot de Bondy, Pierre (Lieut.) 8 september 1911 625 Marlin, René 8 September 1911 KIA 5 March 1915 at Selouze. [71] 626 Gorchkoff, Georges 25 ...
- ... Prat, Émile 8 September 1911 624 Escot de Bondy, Pierre (Lieut.) 8 September 1911 625 Marlin, René 8 september 1911 KIA 5 March 1915 at Selouze. [71] 626 Gorchkoff, Georges 25 September 1911 627 Sakoff, Nicolas ...
#6 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
- ... fforts with Google to see if any of the high-resolution images might include Fossett's aircraft. On september 8, the first of a series of new high-resolution imagery from DigitalGlobe was made available via the A ...
#7 Jerzy Dąbrowski
Jerzy Dąbrowski (September 8, 1899 – September 17, 1967) was a Polish aeronautical engineer . He was the lead designer of the famed PZL.37 Łoś medium bomber. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . ( May 2022 ) For the Polish resistance member, see Jerzy Dąbrowski (lieutenant co
- Jerzy Dąbrowski ( september 8, 1899 – September 17, 1967) was a Polish aeronautical engineer . He was the lead designer of the fam ...
#8 Arthur Edward George
Arthur Edward George (17 June 1875 – 8 September 1951) was an accomplished sportsman, an aviation pioneer, aircraft designer, racing driver, engineer and businessman. He served in the Second Boer War (in the British Cape Colony armed forces), in World War I and in World War II , and was awarded the
- Arthur Edward George (17 June 1875 – 8 september 1951) was an accomplished sportsman, an aviation pioneer, aircraft designer, racing driver, enginee ...
- ... uary 2013 ) Arthur Edward George Born ( 1875-06-17 ) 17 June 1875 Fordington, Dorset , England Died 8 september 1951 (1951-09-08) (aged 76) Bingley , Yorkshire, England Nationality British EARLY LIFE Arthur Edwa ...
- ... between 1939 and 1940, followed by volunteer service in both the Home Guard and the Royal Navy . On 8 september 1951 George died of cancer in Bingley , Yorkshire, aged 76. His funeral was held in Newcastle and w ...
#9 Friedrich Hermann Wölfert
Friedrich Hermann Wölfert (17 November 1850 in Riethnordhausen , Kreis Sangerhausen – 12 June 1897 in Tempelhof (in Berlin ) was a German publisher and aviation pioneer. [1]
- ... -rigid designs. Due to their activities the Verein zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt was founded on 8 september 1881. [1] Wölfert neglected his publishing business, which was sold in 1881. [1] After Baumgarten's ...
#10 Clarence Gilbert Taylor
Clarence Gilbert Taylor (September 8, 1898 – March 29, 1988) was an early aviation entrepreneur and co-founder of the Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation (later named the Piper Aircraft Corporation) in Rochester, New York . He was the designer of the Taylor Cub , which led to the creation of the Pi
- Clarence Gilbert Taylor ( september 8, 1898 – March 29, 1988) was an early aviation entrepreneur and co-founder of the Taylor Brothers Air ...
- ... r and entrepreneur For the unrelated historian, see Clarence Taylor . BIOGRAPHY Gilbert was born on september 8, 1898 in Rochester , New York to Arthur and Clara (née Makin) Taylor, who had immigrated to the Unit ...
#11 List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Royal Aero Club in 1914
The Royal Aero Club issued Aviators Certificates from 1910. These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale .
- ... Harry Wolff, Bedfordshire Regiment 4 September 1914 [36] - 896 Second-Lt. John Reginald Howett RFC 8 september 1914 [36] - 897 Capt. Arthur Douglas Gaye 8 September 1914 [38] - 898 Cyril Marconi Crowe 8 Septemb ...
- ... 36] - 896 Second-Lt. John Reginald Howett RFC 8 September 1914 [36] - 897 Capt. Arthur Douglas Gaye 8 september 1914 [38] - 898 Cyril Marconi Crowe 8 September 1914 [38] First World War Royal Flying Corps ace, d ...
- ... September 1914 [36] - 897 Capt. Arthur Douglas Gaye 8 September 1914 [38] - 898 Cyril Marconi Crowe 8 september 1914 [38] First World War Royal Flying Corps ace, died 1974. 899 Flight Sub-Lt. Ralph Whitehead RNA ...
- ... 914 [38] First World War Royal Flying Corps ace, died 1974. 899 Flight Sub-Lt. Ralph Whitehead RNAS 8 september 1914 [38] - 900 Flight Sub-Lt. Ralph James Hope-Vere RNAS 9 September 1914 [38] - 901 William Roche ...
#12 Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev [lower-alpha 1] ( Russian : Сергей Павлович Королёв , romanized : Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov , lit. ' sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ kərɐˈlʲɵf ' ; Ukrainian : Сергій Павлович Корольов , romanized : Serhiy Pavlovych Korol'ov , lit. ' sɛrˈɦij ˈpavlovɪtʃ koroˈlʲou̯ ' ) 12 January
- ... f Honor, awarded in 1945 for his work on the development of rocket motors for military aircraft. On 8 september 1945, Korolev was brought to Germany along with many other experts to recover the technology of the ...
#13 Ujihiro Iga
Ujihiro Iga ( 伊賀氏広 , Iga Ujihiro ) (September 6, 1886 – February 25, 1966) was an early pioneer in Japanese aviation . Born into the kazoku nobility, Iga gained an intense interest in aviation during his time in the Imperial Japanese Army . From 1910 to 1912, he engaged in intensive aviation researc
- ... ty for the Arts Known for Designing the first Japanese-produced aircraft EARLY LIFE Iga was born on september 8, 1886, in Kōchi , Kōchi prefecture , on the island of Shikoku . His biological father was Yamauchi H ...
#14 List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1910
The Aéro-Club de France issued Aviators Certificates from 1909. These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale .
- ... 29 August 1910 192 André, Claude 29 August 1910 193 Baugnies, Jean-Bernard-Eugène 29 August 1910 d. 8 september 1935. 194 Lafon, Charles 29 August 1910 195 Piotrowsky, Grégoire 29 August 1910 Poland d. 29 March ...
#15 Alessandro Cagno
Alessandro Umberto Cagno , Umberto Cagno , nicknamed Sandrin (2 May 1883 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian racing driver, aviation pioneer and powerboat racer. Alessandro Umberto Cagno Cagno at 1914 French Grand Prix Born ( 1883-05-02 ) 2 May 1883 Turin , Italy Died 23 December 1971 (1971-12-23) (a
- ... Event Date Location Distance Result # No. Manufacturer Time Speed (km/h) Notes 1901 Handicap event 8 september Saluzzo 10 km 3 F.I.A.T. 8 hp Racing debut 1901 Handicap event 8 September Saluzzo 5 km 4 F.I.A.T. ...
- ... otes 1901 Handicap event 8 September Saluzzo 10 km 3 F.I.A.T. 8 hp Racing debut 1901 Handicap event 8 september Saluzzo 5 km 4 F.I.A.T. 8 hp Racing debut 1903 Circuit of Ardennes 22 June Bastogne Belgium 512 km ...
#16 Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and retired astronaut . He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, ST
- ... e National Aviation Hall of Fame . [29] PERSONAL LIFE Crippen was first married to Virginia Hill on september 8, 1959. They had three daughters together: Ellen Marie (born June 1962), Susan Lynn (born December 19 ...
#17 Carl Edgar Myers
Carl Edgar Myers ( ( 1842-03-02 ) March 2, 1842 – ( 1925-11-30 ) November 30, 1925 ) was an American businessman, scientist, inventor, meteorologist, balloonist, and aeronautical engineer. He invented many types of hydrogen balloon airships and related equipment. His business of making passenger air
- ... Portable gas-generator – # 320,885. Patented June 23, 1885 Varnishing machine – # 326051A. Patented september 8, 1885 Sky-cycle – # 581218A. Patented April 20, 1897 [73] Balloon Airship – # 1078455A. Patented Apr ...
#18 Hans Fichtner
Hans Joachim Oskar Fichtner (September 8, 1917 – October 21, 2012) [1] was a rocket scientist who worked on V-2 rockets for Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde from 1939 to 1945. He was among the scientists to surrender and travel to the United States to provide rocketry expertise via Operation Papercli
- Hans Joachim Oskar Fichtner ( september 8, 1917 – October 21, 2012) [1] was a rocket scientist who worked on V-2 rockets for Wernher von Braun ...
- ... shall Space Flight Center to work for NASA . [2] Rocket scientist Hans Fichtner Born ( 1917-09-08 ) september 8, 1917 Leipzig , German Empire Died October 21, 2012 ( 2012-10-22 ) (aged 95) 7:15 A.M Huntsville hos ...
#19 Valery Limarenko
Valery Igorevich Limarenko ( Russian : Валерий Игоревич Лимаренко : born October 19, 1960) is a Russian politician. He is the current Governor of Sakhalin Oblast , a federal subject of Russia from 2018. Russian politician Valery Igorevich Limarenko Валерий Игоревич Лимаренко Governor of Sakhalin Obl
- ... electronic certificate will be introduced in the form of a QR code in the phone. [15] [16] [17] On september 8, 2021, under his governorship, Sakhalin Oblast signed a memorandum with Japan's Mitsubishi Corporati ...
Engine / Engine
#1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600
The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600 series is a family of very small turbofan engines developed by Pratt & Whitney Canada for use in very light jets . Designed with scalability in mind, the engines can produce between 900 lbf (4,000 N) and 3,000 lbf (13,000 N) of take-off thrust. This article n
- ... tified in December 2005, with first deliveries in March 2006. The Mustang aircraft was certified on 8 september 2006, and deliveries began in 2007. This engine was to be used in the Eclipse 400 before it was can ...
#2 Isotta Fraschini Zeta
The Isotta Fraschini Zeta was an air cooled X engine with 24 cylinders developed by the Italian engineering company Isotta Fraschini in the 1940s. It was developed as an indigenous alternative to the imported Daimler-Benz DB 605 that was being built under licence as the Fiat RA.1050 R.C.58 Tifone .
- ... ears after the Daimler-Benz-powered F.6M. [7] Further development ceased following the armistice on 8 september 1943. [1] By this time, Reggiane was still waiting for their first engine. As a consequence, the co ...
#3 Rolls-Royce Pegasus
The Rolls-Royce Pegasus , formerly the Bristol Siddeley Pegasus , is a British turbofan engine originally designed by Bristol Siddeley . It was manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc . The engine is not only able to power a jet aircraft forward, but also to direct thrust downwards via swivelling nozzles .
- ... on 19 November 1960. The first transition from static hover to conventional flight was achieved on 8 september 1961. It was originally feared that the aircraft would have difficulty transitioning between level ...
#4 General Electric GE90
The General Electric GE90 is a family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines built by GE Aviation for the Boeing 777 , with thrust ratings from 81,000 to 115,000 lbf (360 to 510 kN) . It entered service with British Airways in November 1995. It is one of three options for the 777-200, -200ER,
- ... 115B at 1,500 feet (460 m) and returned safely. Engine debris was found on the ground. [32] [33] On september 8, 2015, a GE90-85B powering a Boeing 777-236ER on British Airways Flight 2276 suffered an uncontained ...
#5 Rolls-Royce R
The Rolls-Royce R is a British aero engine that was designed and built specifically for air racing purposes by Rolls-Royce Limited . Nineteen R engines were assembled in a limited production run between 1929 and 1931. Developed from the Rolls-Royce Buzzard , it was a 37-litre (2,240 cu in) capacit
- ... ne oil cooling channels are evident on the fuselage Note: [nb 8] Air speed record Supermarine S.6 : 8 september 1929 – 355.8 mph (572.6 km/h) [46] Supermarine S.6B : 29 September 1931 – 407.5 mph (656 km/h) [4] ...
- ... rth . [75] To George Eyston for Thunderbolt land speed record car. [51] Later to RAF Cranwell . R27 8 september 1931 Flown in S.6B S1596, [75] London Science Museum . [44] 29 September 1931 Fitted in S.6B S1595 ...
#6 Rolls-Royce Crecy
The Rolls-Royce Crecy was a British experimental two-stroke , 90-degree, V12 , liquid-cooled aero-engine of 1,593.4 cu.in (26.11 L ) capacity , featuring sleeve valves and direct petrol injection . Initially intended for a high-speed "sprint" interceptor fighter, the Crecy was later seen as an econo
- ... to sleeve valve drive failure, 40 hours run with a propeller fitted. 132 (Total hours: 481 ) Crecy 8 september 1943 – March 1944 Eight rebuilds, endurance test successfully completed. 207 April 1944 Supercharge ...
Event / Event
#1 Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1980s
Following is a list of accidents and incidents experienced by Aeroflot during the 1980s. The deadliest accident the carrier experienced in this decade occurred in July 1985 ( 1985-07 ) , when Flight 7425 , a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 , stalled en route and crashed near Uchkuduk , then located in the Uzb
- ... omestic scheduled Irkutsk – Chita –Zeya–Blagoveshchensk passenger service as Flight 674 . [40] [41] 8 september 1981 Tashkent Airport Tu-154B-2 CCCP-85448 Ural W/O 0 Burned out during refueling. [42] 9 September ...
#2 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
- ... reported to have suffered only slight damage, it was struck off charge and never flew again." [82] 8 september Boeing B-29A , 44-62264 , from Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan crashed into the water approximately 275 m ...
- ... hat the flight manual did not sufficiently highlight the unusual stall characteristics. [384] [503] 8 september Two Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers collide over the town of Airway Heights near Fairchild AFB , ...
- ... embers are killed, while three survive. There were no casualties on the ground. [ citation needed ] 8 september Third of three flying prototypes of the ultra long-range, high-altitude single-seat super intercept ...
#3 Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s
Aeroflot , the Soviet Union 's national carrier , experienced a number of serious accidents and incidents during the 1970s. The airline's worst accident during the decade took place in August 1979 ( 1979-08 ) , when two Tupolev Tu-134s were involved in a mid-air collision over the Ukrainian city
- ... 0 August 1973 Kyzyl An-2TP CCCP-09649 Krasnoyarsk W/O 0 Crashed while flying at low altitude. [176] 8 september 1973 Bogashevo Airport An-2R CCCP-41913 West Siberia W/O 3 /3 During a training flight, the aircraf ...
- ... lowing engine failure. [376] 16 August 1978 Nukus An-2TP CCCP-40545 Uzbekistan W/O 0 Crashed. [377] 8 september 1978 Yablunivka An-2R CCCP-35112 Ukraine W/O 2 /2 Lost altitude and crashed while crop-spraying. A ...
#4 1999 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1999: Years in aviation : 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years : 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 20
- ... "Bort 501 Blue," prototype of the Sukhoi Su-30MKK JULY July 28 – Rotary Rocket Roton ATV SEPTEMBER september 8 – NASA Helios Prototype
#5 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
- ... own clear of the plane. A board of qualified officers were appointed to investigate the crash. [92] 8 september 1944 2d Lt. John T. McCarthy, in Republic P-47D-6-RE Thunderbolt , 42-74782 , [93] of the 262d FPTS ...
#6 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
- ... rt where the probable cause was undetermined. [5] SECOND ACCIDENT Main article: USAir Flight 427 On september 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 , a Boeing 737-300, crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . While on approac ...
#7 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
- ... Airport 13 May 2002 Boeing 767-3Y0ER Vancouver–Toronto In-flight fire Flight 723 LaGuardia Airport 8 september 2006 Airbus A319-112 New York–Toronto Struck by a Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170 Flight 624 Stanfi ...
- ... Beijing–London Fuel starvation, crashed short of runway Flight 2276 McCarran International Airport 8 september 2015 Boeing 777-236ER Las Vegas–London Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire British Commonwea ...
#8 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
- ... Boeing 737-2A8 , crashes on descent into Imphal , India , killing all 69 people on board. SEPTEMBER september 8 12 – The 35th Annual Tailhook Association Symposium – an annual gathering of U.S. naval aviators – t ...
#9 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
- ... 00 (registration PK-GFJ) strikes a building and crashes, killing 33 of the 36 people on board. [47] september 8 – A terrorist bomb detonates in the cargo hold of Trans World Airlines Flight 841 , a Boeing 707-331 ...
#10 2017 Medford, New Jersey, helicopter crash
On 8 September 2017, a Schweizer 269C helicopter crashed after an uncontrolled descent during a power-off landing attempt at the Flying W Airport in Medford, New Jersey , United States. The aircraft had experienced engine trouble during a local sightseeing flight for the benefit of passenger Troy Ge
- On 8 september 2017, a Schweizer 269C helicopter crashed after an uncontrolled descent during a power-off landing ...
- ... Medford, New Jersey helicopter crash Schweizer 269C similar to the accident aircraft Accident Date 8 september 2017 ( 2017-09-08 ) Summary Loss of control, hard landing Site Medford, New Jersey , U.S. 39.92893° ...
- ... engine rpm, and he elected to prepare for a precautionary landing. [3] At 12:40 local time ( 16:40, 8 september 2017 (UTC) ( 2017-09-08T16 : 40UTC ) ), local police received a call that a helicopter was in distr ...
- ... officers arrived at the airport a short time later. [2] At approximately 13:00 local time ( 17:00, 8 september 2017 (UTC) ( 2017-09-08T17 : 00UTC ) ), the pilot shut off the engine and initiated a power-off des ...
#11 1913 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1913: Years in aviation : 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s Years : 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 19
- ... RY Avro 501 MAY 26 May – Sikorsky Russky Vityaz ( see Events above ) AUGUST 12 August – Bristol T.B. 8 september 18 September – Avro 504 [32] NOVEMBER Sopwith Tabloid DECEMBER 11 December – Sikorsky Ilya Muromets ...
#12 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 )
- ... 10 August 1916 – an Armstrong Whitworth FK.3 crashes after a collision near Lilbourne, two killed. 8 september 1916 – Bristol Scout Type D of the RNAS collides with another Bristol Scout near Cranwell, one kill ...
#13 List of Trans World Airlines accidents and incidents
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving American airlines Trans World Airlines and Transcontinental & Western Air. The airlines suffered a combined total of 106 accidents. [1] [2]
- ... in-flight oscillation over the Pacific Ocean ; 1 critically injured passenger died two days later. september 8, 1974 Flight 841 , a Boeing 707-331B , crashed in the Ionian Sea off the Greek coast after a bomb on ...
#14 1920 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1920: Years in aviation : 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years : 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 19
- ... eeling on the part of some line officers that aviators and aviation men are not real Marines." [30] september 8 – The final leg is added to the U.S. transcontinental airmail service, across the Rocky Mountains fr ...
#15 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
- ... from A Company, 1–244th Aviation Regiment crashes near Nasiriyah, wounding four crew members. [124] 8 september – CH-46E Sea Knight 153372 Shot down by RPG Fire South of Camp Fallujah, crashes and is burned out ...
#16 All Nippon Airways Flight 61
On July 23, 1999, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 747-481D with 503 passengers on Flight 61, including 14 children and 14 crew members on board, took off from Tokyo Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo , Japan and was en route to New Chitose Airport in Chitose , Japan, near Sapporo [1] when it was hijacked by
- ... ge brought through security checkpoints before boarding any aircraft. [5] AFTERMATH Nishizawa, born september 8, 1970, in Tokyo was, at the time, a 28-year-old unemployed man from the ward of Edogawa in Tokyo. Du ...
#17 List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters
This article is a list of accidents and incidents involving helicopters and which are notable enough to have an article on Wikipedia. It is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred.
- ... ollide in mid-air over She'ar Yashuv and crash. All 73 people on board the two aircraft are killed. 8 september – Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma LN-OPG operating Helikopter Service Flight 451 suffers a mechanical ...
#18 USAir Flight 427
USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport , Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport . On Thursday, September 8, 1994, the Boeing 737 flying this route crashed in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania while
- ... International Airport , Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport . On Thursday, september 8, 1994, the Boeing 737 flying this route crashed in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania while approaching ...
- ... ident in 1994 USAir Flight 427 N513AU, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 1989 Accident Date september 8, 1994 ( 1994-09-08 ) Summary Loss of control due to rudder hardover [1] Site Hopewell Township, Beav ...
#19 2006 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 2006: Years in aviation : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Centuries : 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century Decades : 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years : 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 200
- ... r Airlines . 7 September – Israel lifts the air blockade of Lebanon it had imposed on 13 July. [48] 8 september – BWIA West Indies Airways announces that it will shut down at the end of the year. 10 September – ...
#20 1997 in aviation
This is a list of aviation -related events from 1997: Years in aviation : 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Centuries : 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades : 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years : 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 20
- ... board. The wreckage will not found until the morning of September 7, over 11 hours after the crash. september 8 – The Boeing 777-300 is rolled out. At 73 metres (242 feet) it is the longest airliner ever built. T ...
Glider / Glider
#1 Glasflügel 205 Club Libelle
The Glasflügel 205 Club Libelle is a high wing , T-tailed , single seat glider that was designed and produced in West Germany by Glasflügel for club and rental use. [1] [2] German single-seat glider, 1975 205 Club Libelle Role Glider Type of aircraft National origin West Germany Introduction 1975 St
- ... was type certified in Germany as well as in the United States . The US certification was granted on 8 september 1975 and includes aerobatic approval for spins , loops , hammerhead turns and lazy eights . Due to ...
#2 Kućfir Pirat
The Kućfir Pirat was a Polish glider designed to compete in the 1923 First Polish Glider Contest. Though it had flown earlier it could manage only one very brief flight at the Contest, ending in a destructive crash. Pirat Role glider Manufacturer Suchedniów Casting Factory, Kielce Designer Konrad Ku
- ... duration of this flight and any others made before the contest are not known but at the contest on 8 september it flew only for 9 seconds before crashing; the Pirat was totally destroyed. [1] [2] SPECIFICATIONS ...
#3 Fletcher BG-2
The Fletcher BG-2 was a proposed American bomb glider designed by Fletcher Aviation in World War II. Bomber glider BG-2 3-view drawing of the Fletcher XBG-2 Role Bomb glider Type of aircraft Manufacturer Fletcher Aviation Designer Wendell Fletcher First flight never built Status cancelled Primary
- ... 942. [3] [N 1] However, when flight characteristics of the BG-1 turned out to be unsatisfactory, on september 8, 1942, the BG-2 contract was cancelled without any completed. [1] SPECIFICATIONS Data from [1] Gener ...
#4 VSS Unity
VSS Unity (Virgin Space Ship Unity, Registration : N202VG ), previously referred to as VSS Voyager , is a SpaceShipTwo -class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane . It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and is part of the Virgin Galactic fleet. It first reached space as defined by the Uni
- ... o Manufacturer The Spaceship Company Construction number 2 [1] Registration N202VG [2] First flight 8 september 2016 [3] (captive carry flight) 3 December 2016 (glide flight) 5 April 2018 (powered flight) 13 Dec ...
- ... d completed ground-based system integration testing in September 2016, prior to its first flight on 8 september 2016. [3] [7] [8] OVERVIEW VSS Unity , the second SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane for Virgin Gal ...
- ... previously tested will be performed, instead of the five or ten that Enterprise performed. [25] On 8 september 2016, Virgin Galactic commenced flight testing of Unity with a captive-carry flight. [7] On 1 Novem ...
- ... designation Date Duration Maximum altitude Top speed Pilot / co-pilot / passengers Notes 01 / CC01 8 september 2016 15.2 km (50,000 ft) Stucky / Mackay [48] 02 / CC02 1 November 2016 Strong winds, no release du ...
#5 IFIL-Reghin RG-5 Pescarus
The IFIL-Reghin RG-5 Pescăruș ( English: Herring gull ) or CIL Reghin RG-5 Pescăruș was a Romanian single seat sailplane built in the 1950s. Twenty six were constructed for gliding clubs. RG-5 Pescăruș Role Single seat sailplane Type of aircraft National origin Romania Manufacturer Intreprinderea Fo
- ... reprinderea Forestierǎ di Industrializare a Lemnului (FILI) Designer Vladimir Novitchi First flight 8 september 1957 Number built 26 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The RG-5 Pescăruș was a single seat glider designed and ...
- ... ged to its rounded heel, clear to extend down to the keel. [1] The RG-5 Pescăruș was first flown on 8 september 1957. [1] 26 were produced, going to Romanian gliding clubs. [2] SPECIFICATIONS Data from Sailplane ...
Helicopter / Helicopter
#1 Boeing AH-6
The Boeing AH-6 is a series of light helicopter gunships based on the MH-6 Little Bird and MD 500 family. Developed by Boeing Rotorcraft Systems , these include the Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) demonstrator, the A/MH-6X Mission Enhanced Little Bird (MELB), and the proposed AH-6I and AH-6S . This artic
- ... of aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Boeing Rotorcraft Systems First flight ULB: september 8, 2004 MELB: September 20, 2006 Status Under development Developed from MD Helicopters MD 500 MD Heli ...
- ... T The Unmanned Little Bird demonstrator, which Boeing built from a civilian MD 530F , first flew on september 8, 2004, and made its first autonomous flight (with safety pilot) on October 16, 2004. [1] In April 20 ...
#2 Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
The Airbus Helicopters H215 (formerly Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma ) is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-size utility helicopter developed and initially produced by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale . It has been subsequently manufactured by the successor companies Eurocopter and Airbus Hel
- ... AS332 operated by Airlift from Svalbard Airport crashed at Wijdefjorden . There were no fatalities 8 september 1997 – LN-OPG , an AS332 L1 operated by Helikopter Service AS, suffered a catastrophic main gearbox ...
#3 Boeing AH-64 Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache ( / ə ˈ p æ tʃ i / ) is an American twin- turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems . It is armed with a 30 mm (
- ... ack helicopters, with the competitors being Boeing's AH-64E Apache and Bell's AH-1Z Viper. [305] On 8 september 2022, Polish Minister of Defence Mariusz Błaszczak announced that the AH-64E has won and set out to ...
#4 Schweizer S300
The Schweizer S300 series (formerly Hughes 300 , Schweizer 300 , and Sikorsky S-300 ) family of light utility helicopters was originally produced by Hughes Helicopters , as a development of the Hughes 269 . Later manufactured by Schweizer Aircraft , and currently produced by Schweizer RSG, the basic
- ... urkish Army [17] United States Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department [18] ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS 8 september 2017: A Schweizer 269C, aircraft registration number N204HF , serial number 0109 , crashed during a ...
#5 Helikopter-Streichquartett
The Helikopter-Streichquartett ( English: Helicopter String Quartet ) is one of Karlheinz Stockhausen 's best-known pieces, and one of the most complex to perform. It involves a string quartet , four helicopters with pilots, as well as audio and video equipment and technicians. It was first performe
- ... [Paris]: Idéale Audience International, 2008. Stockhausen: Helikopter Streichquartett (archive from 8 september 2012, accessed 13 March 2018). Sound Director: André Richard . a co-production with Red Bull & Salz ...
Manufacturer / Manufacturer
#1 British Aircraft Corporation
The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd. , Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) , the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960. Bristol, English Electric and Vickers became "paren
- ... of several earlier efforts, including the AFVG. The first of the Jaguar's eight prototypes flew on 8 september 1968. [28] [29] During 1973, service entry was achieved with the French Air Force, by which time Br ...
#2 Offpiste Aviation
Offpiste Aviation Limited (Off The Beaten Track) was a British aircraft manufacturer based in Dursley , Gloucestershire and founded by hang glider competition pilot Colin Lark. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of hang gliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. [1] [2] British
- ... s Hang gliders The company was founded in 1995 and went out of business when Lark died of cancer on 8 september 2003. [2] [3] [4] [5] The company was founded to produce the Discovery series of hang gliders, desi ...
#3 ATR (aircraft manufacturer)
ATR ( French : Avions de transport régional ; Italian : Aerei da Trasporto Regionale ; or "Regional Transport Airplanes" in English) is a Franco - Italian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Blagnac , France, a suburb of Toulouse . [3] Aircraft manufacturer This article may rely excessively on so
- ... miti . [15] The 700th aircraft, an ATR 72-500, was delivered to Indian airline Simplify Deccan , on 8 september 2006. [16] In June 2001, EADS and Alenia Aeronautica , ATR's parent companies, decided to reinforce ...
#4 Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers , Metrovick , or Metrovicks , was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse . Highly diversified, it was particularly well known for its industrial electrical equipment such as generators , steam turbin
- ... ares of the Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon and Finance Company for almost £13 million. [2] [3] [4] On 8 september 1919, Vickers changed the name of the British Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company to ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Imperial War Museum Duxford
Imperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire , England. Britain's largest aviation museum , [2] Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft , military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels in seven main exhibiti
- ... ion of funding was secured from Saudi Arabia , and £6.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund . On 8 september 1995 the groundbreaking for the new building was performed by wartime 78th Fighter Group veteran, M ...
Weapon / Weapon
#1 AMES Type 7
The AMES Type 7 , also known as the Final GCI , was a ground-based radar system introduced during World War II by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Type 7 was the first truly modern radar used by the Allies, providing a 360 degree view of the airspace around the station out to a distance of about 90 mi
- ... gained the Type 7 name. It was expected that development of the equipment would take six months. A 8 september report by the Air Officer-Commanding-in-Chief, Fighter Command, called for twenty-one of the fixed ...
#2 List of Syrian civil war barrel bomb attacks
A barrel bomb is a type of improvised explosive device used extensively by the Syrian Air Force during the Syrian civil war . They are typically made from a barrel that has been filled with High Explosives , along with shrapnel and/or oil . In Syria they are typically dropped from a helicopter . [1]
- ... ptember 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 15 people in the Haidariyeh district of Aleppo. [110] On 8 september 2014, barrel bombs killed at least 7 people in the town of Tebet al-Imam near Hama. [111] On 15 Sep ...
#3 2K22 Tunguska
The 2K22 Tunguska ( Russian : 2К22 "Тунгуска" ) is a Soviet and now Russian tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon armed with a surface-to-air gun and missile system. It is designed to provide day and night protection for infantry and tank regiments against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and
- ... mber 1980 and December 1981 on the Donguzskiy range. [4] It was officially accepted into service on 8 september 1982 and the initial version, which was designated 2K22/2S6, had four missiles in the ready to fire ...
#4 QRSAM
Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile ( QRSAM ) is a missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bharat Electronics Limited and Bharat Dynamics Limited for the Indian Army , [10] meant for protecting moving armoured columns from aerial attacks. [5] Indian surface-t
- ... wn an unmanned target vehicle at medium range and altitude. [26] Six flight tests were completed on 8 september 2022 off the Odisha coast, where QRSAM managed to intercept high speed maneuvering aerial targets w ...
#5 Sentinel program
Sentinel was a proposed US Army anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system designed to provide a light layer of protection over the entire United States, able to defend against small ICBM strikes like those expected from China, or accidental launches from the USSR or other states. The system would have sev
- ... ation problem, and by the summer it was clear that the Soviets were not progressing on the deal. On 8 september 1967, Dean Rusk sent the Soviets a note suggesting they reengage, or the US would begin to deploy a ...
- ... ia . See nuclear weapon yield for a discussion of the various fireball mechanisms. Some sources say 8 september , but this appears to refer to the decision, not the announcement. Sentinel's TACMSRs were significa ...
#6 Father of All Bombs
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power ( ATBIP ; Russian : Авиационная вакуумная бомба повышенной мощности , АВБПМ), [1] nicknamed "Father of All Bombs" ( FOAB ; Russian : "Папа всех бомб", Пвб ), [2] is a Russian-designed, bomber -delivered thermobaric weapon . Russian thermobaric bomb This a
- ... re damage over a larger area than a conventional weapon of similar mass. [3] OPERATIONAL HISTORY On 8 september 2017, unconfirmed reports of the Russian Defense Ministry announced it had tested the FOAB in comba ...
#7 Fritz X
Fritz X was the most common name for a German guided anti-ship glide bomb used during World War II . Fritz X was the world's first precision guided weapon deployed in combat [ citation needed ] and the first to sink a ship in combat. [ citation needed ] Fritz X was a nickname used both by Allied and
- ... with the weapon. After Pietro Badoglio publicly announced the Italian armistice with the Allies on 8 september 1943, the Italian fleet had steamed out from La Spezia and headed to Tunisia . To prevent the ships ...
#8 S-75 Dvina
The S-75 (Russian: С-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline ) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system, built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance . Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most widely deployed air defence systems in history. It scor
- ... i - Haiphong area and were off-limits to attack (as were local airfields) for political reasons. On 8 september 1965, during the 1965 Indo-Pak war , an Indian S-75 Dvina was fired at an unidentified target belie ...
#9 Bomb
A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy . Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechanical stress , the impact and penetration of pressure-driven
- ... don , England, and the same war saw the invention of the first heavy bombers . One Zeppelin raid on 8 september 1915 dropped 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) of high explosives and incendiary bombs, including one bomb that w ...