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CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 14
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1915 - World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the disastrous battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser "SMS... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 13
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1781 - William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Report: 1921 - Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China.... more
CuriositiesIt happened today...on March 12
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1930 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt. Report:... more
CuriositiesMiles Hilton-Barber adventure has started
London, UK - The blind pilot took off last Wednesday from the Biggen Hill aerodrome
Miles Hilton-Barber is flying. He took off last Wednesday from the Biggen Hill aerodrome, near London, on board of his Mainair Quick GT-450 microlight plane (see AVIONEWS). The flying trip will be divided... more
CuriositiesWhen stars go on holiday
Berlin, Germany - The German daily newspaper "Build" gives funny tips about the ideal destinations for every zodiac sign
Useful tips for everyone is going to book an holiday or is worried just thinking of it. The daily newspaper "Build" explains which are the better destinations for every zodiac sign. Adventure for Aries,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 10
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechslovakia is killed. Report: 1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba. Report: 1969 - In Memphis,... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 11
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1861 - American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. Report: 1900 - Second Boer War: the peace proposals of Paul Kruger... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 9
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1931 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate in 1986, tests the first electron microscope. Military Aviation: 1945 - World War II. Bombing of Tokyo: American B-29... more
CuriositiesNASA: lack of administrative means to deal appropriately with the jealousy
Washington, USA - Discharged the astronaut Lisa Nowak
Nasa has officially announced its intention to discharge the astronaut Lisa Nowak, involved in a criminal charge due to excessive jealousy. The woman was arrested last month for an attempt of aggression... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 8
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1911 - International Women's Day is celebrated for the first time. Report: 1917 - The February Revolution breaks out in Russia. Report: 1921 - Spanish... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 7
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1912 - Roald Amundsen first announces to the world that his expedition has reached the South Pole, though they had arrived on December 14, 1911. Report:... more
CuriositiesBlind pilot flies from London to Sydney
London, UK - Miles Hilton-Barber involved in a fabulous adventure
Miles Hilton-Barber, blind pilot of 55, is flying from London to Sydney on board of his microlight plane, a Mainair Quick GT450. The adventure (a further one after the climbing of Kilimanjaro and a... more
CuriositiesBritish Airways elected the world's best airline
London, United Kingdom - During a survey of 13.653 travelers
British Airways (BA) has been voted best airline in the world. This was done by approximately 13.000 readers of a United States travel magazine “Global Traveler". BA became apparent as the top choice d... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 6
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The events and anniversaries: Defense: 1900 - The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree. Defense: 1959 - At... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 5
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (34-caliber). Science: 1904 - Nikola Tesla, in "Electrical World and Engineer", describes the... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 4
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1941 - The United Kingdom launches "Operation Claymore" on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II. Report: 1963 - In Paris six people are sentenced to death... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 3
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The events and anniversaries: Aerospace: 1915 - NACA, the predecessor of NASA. Report: 1918 - Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War... more
CuriositiesGuinness: 6 records broken by Jamiroquai
London, UK - Everything OK for the concert at 35,000 feet in the air
The British band Jamiroquai, last February 26th, set a Guinness breaking 6 records. As already announced by AVIONEWS, it gave a live concert for few invited guests at high altitude, on board of a B-757... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 2
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1896 - Henri Becquerel reports the results on the radioactivity to French Academy of Science. Report: 1943 - World War II. Battle of the Bismarck Sea: United... more
CuriositiesThe helicopter wears Versace
Milan, Italy - Agusta asks the Italian house for interior design
Agusta, famous Italian manufacturer of helicopters, has asked Versace to create the interior design of its aircraft. The news has been enthusiastically welcomed by both the companies, very pleased with... more
CuriositiesOlder pilots are better
Washington , USA - According to an US research
An US research has evidenced that older pilots perform better than younger ones, and ensure an higher level of air safety. The three year-investigation, executed by a research group of the Stanford/Va... more
CuriositiesThe secret inside the statue of Leonardo Da Vinci in Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - It has been hidden since 1960
How are people passed on the statue of Leonardo Da Vinci that held the voyagers in Fiumicino airport (to whom is entitled) from more than 40 years? Hundreds of million" but no one could imagine before... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on March 1st
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The events and anniversaries: Science: 1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. Report: 1911 - José Ordóñez is elected president of Uruguay. Sport Aviation: 1912 - Albert Berry makes the fi... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 28
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1947 - 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down at a loss of 30.000 civilian lives. Report: 1972 - Sino-American relations: The United States and People's... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 27
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The events and anniversaries: Military Aviation: 1942 - World War II: the "USS Langley", the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes. Report: 1964 - The government of Italy... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 26
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1797 - The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound notes. Report: 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba. Science: 1935 - The Daventry... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 25
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1921 - Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, occupied by Bolshevist Russia. Military Aviation: 1933 - The "USS Ranger" is launched, becoming... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 24
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1881 - China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. Report: 1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the "Zimmermann Telegram",... more
CuriositiesMysterious Arab head of state orders a fabulous aircraft
New York, USA - Interior designer will transform an Airbus A-380 in a fabulous airplane
A mysterious Arab head of state has ordered to Esede Doret, a designer of New York, to ideate the interior of the Airbus A-380 he had acquired in order to make it a real fabulous airplane. The available... more
CuriositiesAlitalia exports the Made in Italy
Florence, Italy - Leonardo da Vinci's "L'Annunciazione" to Tokyo on the occasion of the "Italian Spring" event
An Alitalia flight leaving from Fiumicino's airport will bring "L'Annunciazione" by Leonardo da Vinci to Tokyo, on the occasion of the "Italian Spring" event, a real showcase for the Made in Italy with... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 23
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1820 - Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed. Report: 1836 - The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.... more
CuriositiesSN Brussels and superstition
Brussels, Belgium - A matter of pois
The Belgian airline SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) threw to the superstition of its passengers. The logo of the carrier is born as a "B" lower-case letter composed by a certain number of pois of decreasing... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 22
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1923 - The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route. Curiosities: 1932 - "Amerigo Vespucci" training ship is launched. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 21
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1848 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto. Report: 1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City... more
CuriositiesClick: there is no limit to the human imagination
Obihiro, Japan - The scrubs in flight by Mr Nakatsugawa
Sometimes the human mind is a real melting pot of ideas, most complicated and hare-brained, in the last times more and more linked to that can be made flying in altitude. Last days, we have spoken many... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 20
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The events and anniversaries: Military Aviation: 1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. Military Aviation: 1944 - World War II: "Big Week" ended with American... more
CuriositiesFiennes. Red-light meeting on an aircraft: after to have denied, the hostess admits
Rome, Italy - And she goes into details
Do you remember of the red-light scandal that a week ago saw in the centre of the global attention the actor Ralph Fiennes and the hostess of a Qantas flight on the Darwin-Bombay routes? At the first time... more
CuriositiesIt seems impossible but also dragonflies and flies have the "Automatic pilot"
Marseilles, France - It was discovered thanks to the use of a micro-helicopter
Strange but true: three bio-robotics scientist of Marseilles University have identified an optical flow regulator thought the use of a micro-helicopter (weight: 100gr) equipped with optical sensors like... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 19
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The events and anniversaries: Military Aviation: 1942 - World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the Northern Australian city of Darwin killing anywhere from 243 to 1100 people. Report:... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 18
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The events and anniversaries: Civil Aviation: 1911 - The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 17
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The events and anniversaries: Curiosities: 1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. Report: 1944 - World War II: Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 16
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after President Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1st. Aerospace: 1961 - Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a)... more
CuriositiesHigh technology of USAF at the service of civilians
Washington, USA - A new, extraordinary auto-hygienic tissue
The pacifists will be happy: after years of researches, USAF scientists have created an extraordinary tissue developed on the nano-particles. The new tissue, transformed in T-shirts and underwear, tested... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 15
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1898 - Spanish-American War: the "Uss Maine" explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war... more
CuriositiesThe Blue Baron the first 'cracker-pilot' of the history
Rome, Italy - A cross-section of the flight's pioneership between the serious and the facetious
It is a real history occurred in 1975 regarding the "Blue Baron", the first 'cracker-pilot' of the history, and AVIONEWS wants to reopen this curious news to its readers. June, 1975. Fred Jones explains... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 14
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1912 - In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned. Report: 1936 - AG Weser launches the first of 162 U-boat (the last will be... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 13
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1935 - A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of the aviator Charles Lindbergh.... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 12
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1934 - The Austrian Civil War begins. Report: 1973 - Vietnam War: The first United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong. Aerospace: 1982 -... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 11
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted. Report: 1943 - General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe. Report: 1953 - The Soviet... more
CuriositiesIt happened today... on February 10
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The events and anniversaries: Report: 1931 - New Delhi becomes the capital of India. Report: 1947 - Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia. Defense: 1954 - President Dwight Eisenhower... more