The Hangar Jul 7, 2026The Solar Challenger and the English Channel: July Seven, Nineteen Eighty-OneOn July 7, 1981, pilot Steve Ptacek flew the Solar Challenger from France to England in 5 hours 23 minutes on nothing but sunlight - no fuel, no batteries, no stored energy of any kind.Taildragger
The Hangar Jun 2, 2026Charles Rolls and the first nonstop double crossing of the English Channel on June second, nineteen tenOn June 2, 1910, Charles Rolls completed the first nonstop round-trip flight across the English Channel - and died flying 39 days later.Taildragger
The Hangar Apr 16, 2026Harriet Quimby's Channel Crossing on April sixteenth, nineteen twelveOn April 16, 1912, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel - a landmark flight overshadowed by the Titanic disaster.Taildragger