19 July 2025
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze

    Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (c/n 100406, formerly operated by Kriegsmarine / the German Navy), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The idea of using an aircraft to improve observation range of submarines was born in Germany somewhere [...]
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    11 July 1891 – Joseph Sadi-Lecointe is born

    On 11th July 1891, the French aviation pioneer and test pilot Joseph Sadi-Lecointe, was born in Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle, Somme department in France. In his early years, Sadi-Lecointe worked as mechanic in one of aviation factories near Paris. There, he developed his [...]

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NASA Space Shuttle programme

by Kacper Kolibowski in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

On 8th July 2011, the STS-135 space mission was launched. It was the final flight into space for Atlantis spacecraft, as well as the beginning [...]

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