65 years since the CH-47 Chinook helicopter's first flight
21 September 2026 marks 65 years since the first flight of the prototype that led to the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Boeing and the US Army date the YCH...
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Qatar Airways leads Skytrax’s 2026 ranking for the world’s best business class airline
Qatar Airways ranks first in Skytrax’s 2026 list of airlines for the overall business-class experience. Singapore Airlines is second, Cathay Pacific t...
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Birmingham Airport reports a record of more than 1.57 million passengers in August
Birmingham Airport announced 1,575,318 passengers in August 2026, the highest monthly volume it has reported. The figure is 3.7% above August 2025. Th...
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Millisecond-long software error triggered UK air-traffic disruption
NATS has published a preliminary report on the 8 September 2026 incident: a previously unknown software defect in a legacy module of the National Airs...
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243 years since the Montgolfier brothers’ demonstration flight with a sheep, a duck and a rooster
On 19 September 1783, in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier sent aloft a hot-air balloon carryin...
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37 years since the bombing of UTA Flight 772, commemorated in the Ténéré Desert
On 19 September 1989 a UTA DC-10 bound for Paris broke up over the Ténéré Desert in Niger. The aircraft had left Brazzaville, with a stop in N'Djamena...
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50 years since Turkish Airlines Flight 452 crashed near Isparta
September 19, 2026 marks 50 years since the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 452, one of the deadliest accidents in Turkish civil aviation. The Aviati...
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FAA Allows Boeing to Sell 35 More 777F Freighters Under Temporary Waiver
On 17 September the FAA approved a waiver from emissions rules that, from 1 January 2028, would have stopped sales of the Boeing 777F in its current c...
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How Can a Hot-Air Balloon Fly?
A hot-air balloon does not rise because smoke pushes it. The principle is buoyancy: surrounding air exerts an upward force on any volume it displaces....
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98 years since the first English Channel crossing by a rotorcraft
18 September 2026 marks 98 years since the first English Channel crossing by a rotorcraft. The Vertical Flight Society dates the flight to Tuesday 18...
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NATS Identifies Software Defect as Cause of UK Air Traffic Control Outage
NATS, the UK’s air-traffic-control operator, said on Friday that last week’s outage was a software defect in part of its flight-data system. Reuters r...
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Why Are Airplane Windows Rounded?
Airliner windows are small and rounded, even though a rectangle would give a wider view. The reason is the pressure difference between the cabin and t...
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