Messerschmitt M17 (c/n 25, D-779), exhibited at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, October 2013. In 1923, Willy Messerschmitt graduated from Technische Hochschule München (currently known as Technische Universität München – the Technical University of Munich) […]
In mid-2025, we informed readers about the United States Department of Defense’s plans to retire the entire A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet by the end of the fiscal year 2026. Although this had previously been announced […]
On 24 April 1946, Yakovlev Yak-15 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9, the two first-generation Soviet jet fighters, made their first flights. In the late 1930s, the development of operational jet engines entered a breakthrough phase. In Germany, […]
Cessna 510 Citation Mustang (c/n 510-0270, OK-KUK), Pardubice airfield, June 2025. In 2002, during the National Business Aviation Association convention, Cessna publicly disclosed for the first time its latest development, the Model 510 Citation Mustang. […]
The new air show season in Central Europe opens this coming weekend in Plasy, the Czech Republic. It has already become a tradition that Den ve Vzduchu (Day in the Air), organised every year on […]
On 17 April 1934, the prototype of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber performed its maiden flight, with test pilot Chris Staniland at the controls. In 1933, the Fairey Aviation Company initiated the development of a […]
AeroSpool WT9 Dynamic Club-TOW (c/n DV062/2004, OK-JUU 43), Kunětice airfield, June 2025. The WT9 Dynamic is one of two ultralight and light-sport aircraft manufactured by the Aerospool aviation company, based in Prievidza, Slovakia. Introduced to […]
The 34th edition of Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair), the largest civil air show in the Czech Republic, is just a few weeks away. This year, the well-known aviation event will open a new chapter in […]
On 10 April 1963, the EWR VJ 101, a German experimental VTOL jet fighter, performed its first flight. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of jet-powered VTOL aeroplanes spread around the […]
For European aviation enthusiasts, Aviatická pouť (the Aviation Fair) is an air show that needs no introduction. Having been organised for more than thirty years, it has become the largest civil aviation event in the […]
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