Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
On the morning of September 19, 1783, at the Palace of Versailles, King Louis XVI of France watched a balloon rise into the sky carrying three passengers: a sheep named Montauciel, a duck, and a rooster. They flew for eight minutes and landed two miles away. All three...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
He never built it. The notebooks where he sketched it weren’t even published until 1797 — nearly three centuries after his death. But the flying machines Leonardo da Vinci drew in the late 1400s show a mind that grasped the fundamental problem of aviation 400...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
Quick FactsAircraftAérospatiale/BAC ConcordeManufacturersAérospatiale (France) and British Aircraft Corporation (UK)First FlightMarch 2, 1969Service EntryJanuary 21, 1976 (Air France and British Airways)RetiredNovember 26, 2003SpeedMach 2.04 (2,180 km/h / 1,354...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
Quick FactsCompanyEmbraer S.A. (São José dos Campos, Brazil)Delivery Surge47% increase in aircraft deliveries, early 2026 vs. early 2025Key ProductsE190-E2, E195-E2 (commercial); Praetor 500/600 (business jets); C-390 Millennium (military)Market PositionWorld’s...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Notizia
Quick FactsAnniversaryLufthansa turns 100 on April 6, 2026Original FlightsApril 6, 1926: Berlin-Tempelhof → Zurich (Fokker Grulich F II) and Berlin → Cologne (Dornier Komet III)2026 RecreationBoeing 787-9 (Berlin–Zurich) and Airbus A350-900 (Berlin–Cologne)Special...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Storia e leggende
In the year 875 AD, a 70-year-old man climbed to the top of a mountain near Córdoba, strapped a pair of wings to his body, and jumped. He was not a madman. He was one of the most brilliant minds in the world. Abbas ibn Firnas was an Andalusian polymath — a musician,...
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