12 Nov 2016
110 years ago, exactly today, the first officially observed flight in Europe that was longer than 25m was performed in Paris (FRA) by the Brazilian Aviation Pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, resident in France and famous for his experiments with small airships and balloons. On 12 November 1906 he flew...
12 Nov 2016
A flying rally across Africa, from Crete to Cape Town, for aircraft built before the 31st December 1939. This extraordinary race, a 2nd category event of the FAI , with vintage biplanes took off today from Sitia in Greece to a unique 8,000+ mile aviation adventure across Africa which will last...
20 Nov 2016
One of the last records we would like to commemorate this year comes from an Italian pilot, famous in civil and military aviation: On 13 November 1926, 90 years ago, Major Mario de Bernardi set the FAI World Record in “Seaplane - Speed over 100km”. He flew his Macchi Racer S.39 with a speed of 399,...
