Luftfahrtwelt, Geschichte & Legenden
On June 15, 1919, at 8:40 in the morning, a Vickers Vimy biplane with two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines and no radio contact with the outside world nosed down through the clouds over the west coast of Ireland — and drove itself straight into a bog at Derrygimlagh, near...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Kurze FaktenNationalitätÖsterreichisch-Ungarisch 🇦🇹Luftsiege32 (höchster kuk Luftfahrtruppen-Ass)Flugzeug geflogenAlbatros D.III, Hanse-BrandenburgKriegeErster WeltkriegGeboren / Gestorben5. Februar 1895 – 1. August 1981 (Alter 86)EinheitFlik 6, Flik 55J Julius Arigi – über Wikimedia Commons Jeder Krieg...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On October 3, 1967, test pilot William J. “Pete” Knight climbed into a black, dart-shaped aircraft bolted to the wing of a B-52 bomber. At 45,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, the B-52 released him. Knight lit the rocket engine. In the next 84 seconds, he accelerated...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On September 6, 1976, a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor appeared on Japanese radar screens without warning. It was flying fast, low, and heading straight for Hakodate Airport on the northern island of Hokkaido. The pilot had not filed a flight plan. He had not...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The next generation of Portuguese military pilots will learn to fly in an aircraft that weighs less than a family car. On April 9, 2026, Tecnam and Spanish aviation services provider World Aviation announced that the Portuguese Air Force has selected the Tecnam...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
On April 3, 2026, an F-15E Strike Eagle with the callsign Dude 44 was hit by a shoulder-fired missile over Iran’s Zagros Mountains. Both crew members ejected. The pilot was recovered within hours. The weapons systems officer — a colonel — was not. He landed on a...
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