Tupolev Tu-144 was the world’s first commercial supersonic transport aircraft, premiered on 31 December 1968, just two months before the first flight of Concorde. The aircraft was introduced…
March, 2, 1969: The first flight of Concorde 001 F-WTSS. The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in the air for just 27 minutes before the…
American soldier examines North-Korean anti-aircraft positions through a magnifying loupe. In the foreground is a well-equipped stereoscope. March 1952. (USAF Photo)
Julius Neubronner with pigeon and camera, 1914. Neubronner patented in 1908 a “Method of and Means for Taking Photographs of Landscapes from Above”, using pigeons and small…
Pigeons Bred with Camouflage, 1941 Camouflaged pigeons, with a mottled plumage to make them almost invisible to the enemy, were bred in Ontario, during WWII, by Ray R….