60 years ago today: Sputnik 1 and the Dawn of Space
Wednesday, 04 October 2017 07:04
On this day in history: Alexandr Fedotov flies into the record books
Thursday, 31 August 2017 07:31
Unique Unmanned Plane Sets Duration World Record
Wednesday, 23 August 2017 16:18
40 years ago today: Bryan Allen achieves the first human-powered aircraft flight
Wednesday, 23 August 2017 07:39
On this day in history: First woman to circumnavigate the world by helicopter
Tuesday, 08 August 2017 08:12
One year ago today: Russian Fedor Konyukhov completes around the world tour
Sunday, 23 July 2017 13:05
9 July 2012: Akihiro Danjo flew his model aircraft for almost 20 minutes
Sunday, 09 July 2017 09:09
Eighty years ago today: Earhart’s fate remains a mystery
Sunday, 02 July 2017 08:00
On this day: First anniversary of Solar Impulse 2’s historic three-day solar-powered flight across the Atlantic
Friday, 23 June 2017 09:42
Five years ago today: Jacques Bott supersedes his own record
Tuesday, 30 May 2017 09:27
On this day: Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly New York to Paris
Sunday, 21 May 2017 00:01
Ninety years ago, on 21 May 1927, American aviator Charles Lindbergh set the world alight when he completed the first non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris. In doing so he set an FAI World Record for ‘Distance in a straight-line without landing’. More Articles...
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History changed 60 years ago on 4 October 1957:
Alexandr Vasilievich Fedotov, an official ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’ and test pilot, set an FAI World Record for altitude on 31 August 1977 when he climbed to 37,650m in his MiG-25. 
The VA001 flew for 56 hours without refuelling – 
23 August 1977: Today marks the first human-powered aircraft flight conducted in Shafter, California (USA).
British helicopter pilot Jennifer Murray became the first woman to successfully fly round the world in a helicopter 20 years ago, on 8 August 1997. She completed the feat in 97 days, flying with co-pilot Quentin Smith.
Exactly one year ago, Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov broke the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe in a combined (hybrid) hot-air and helium gas balloon.
Five years ago today, on 9 July 2012, Japanese pilot Akihiro Danjo flew his model aircraft with extensible motor for 19 min 40 sec, thus breaking the World Record in Duration. His remarkable record still stands today.
Today marks a day in history when a living legend vanished into thin air: Amelia Earhart’s daring round-the-world-flight was cut short when her Lockheed Electra aircraft disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on 2 June 1937.
On this day in history, 23 June: Solar Impulse 2 successfully completed the world’s first solar-powered flight across the Atlantic on 23 June 2016, establishing a world first and setting four FAI world records.
Five years ago Frenchman Jacques Bott superseded the record he himself established in 2010 by covering on 30 May 2012 an out-and-return distance of 366.4 km from Serres to La Batie-Montsaléon, France, flying an Aeriane Swift Light hang glider – the record still stands today!
Charles Lindbergh flew solo from New York to Paris on 20/21 May 1927. Celebrate the 90th anniversary of this historic flight – 
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