´U-2 incident´
Francis Gary Powers, flying the U-2 spy-aircraft, was shot down near Sverdlovsk.
If you want to learn more about the incident and its background, we recommend to check one of our ´Photo of the Week´ episodes, describing the event in details.
Maiden flight of PZL TS-11 ´Iskra´, a Polish jet trainer aircraft. The idea of creating a jet-powered trainer for the Polish Air Force was born in the middle of 1950s, upon the introduction of jet […]
First flight of Yakovlev Yak-50, aerobatic trainer aircraft. Between 1946 and 1965, Yakovlev design bureau created, under common designation Yak-18, a series of quite different training and aerobatic aircraft. It included a variant designated Yak-18PM, […]
The Lavochkin construction bureau, also known as OKB-301, is best-known for its propeller-driven fighters, such as the LaGG-1, the LaGG-3, the La-5 and its derivatives, widely used during the Second World War, as well as […]
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