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28 November 2025

AVIATION HISTORY

28 November 1938 – Fw 200 Condor begins its record flight from Berlin to Tokyo

On 28 November 1938, the first prototype of the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor (also known as Kurier) transport aircraft began its record flight from Berlin to Tokyo. The journey, which included stops in Basra, Karachi and Hanoi, was successfully completed [...]
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First ever wingsuit foil soaring flight with altitude gain

In its press release published on 19 November 2025, the Red Bull company announced that Austrian wingsuit pioneer Peter Salzmann had once again pushed the boundaries of what is possible in human flight. This time, thanks to a specially designed [...]
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Ilyushin Il-28U / CB-228

Ilyushin Il-28U (c/n 610501, formerly “CD-10”, later “0501”, of the Czechoslovak Air Force), exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely Aviation Museum), Prague, September 2025. In June 1948, the Soviet authorities officially launched a development programme for a new twin-engine, jet-powered [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Saab and CAE Launch Global AEW Training Collaboration

On 21 November 2025, the Swedish company Saab announced that it had signed a global cooperation agreement with Canadian Aviation Electronics Inc. (CAE), to work together on providing advanced training specifically designed for Saab´s Airborne Early Warning (AEW) platforms, including [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

21 November 1783 – the first untethered manned flight in a Montgolfier balloon

On 21 November 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes made the world´s first untethered flight in a Montgolfier hot air balloon. The aerostat reached an altitude of 3,000 feet and remained airborne for about twenty-five minutes. Jean-François [...]

First ever wingsuit foil soaring flight with altitude gain

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26 November 2025

In its press release published on 19 November 2025, the Red Bull company announced that Austrian wingsuit pioneer Peter Salzmann had once again pushed the boundaries of what is possible in human flight. This time, [...]

End of the tale – Poland retires its Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft

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5 November 2025

On 11 September 2025, after more than four decades of service, the Siły Powietrzne (Polish Air Force) officially retired its last examples of the Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber. Once again, one of the iconic aircraft of [...]

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