PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Aero Ae 270 Ibis
Aero Ae 270 Ibis (c/n 008, OK-ALE), performing a flying display during the Open Doors Day at the 21st Tactical Air Force Base, Čáslav, May 2013. Somewhere in the 1980s, the idea of creating a […]
Articles by Jacek Domański
SPACE
X-37B is back in space
On 21st August 2025, less than six months after concluding its seventh mission, the Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) was again launched into space. Lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the OTV […]
AVIATION HISTORY
22 August 1922 – first flight of Vickers Victoria
On 22nd August 1922, the prototype of the Vickers Victoria freighter biplane performed its maiden flight at Brooklands, the United Kingdom. In 1920, the British Air Ministry issued Specification 5/20 for a twin-engine troop-carrier biplane. […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Nigerian Air Force – another step towards AH-1Z acquisition
In June of 2025, a high-level Nigerian delegation led by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, visited the United States as part of the Program Management Review (PMR) related to […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Bölkow P-166/3
Bölkow P-166/3 ´Flying Jeep´ experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The P-166/3 was developed in 1960 by Götz Heidelberg, a German aviation engineer, inventor, and aircraft designer who at that […]
AVIATION HISTORY
15 August 1935 – maiden flight of Seversky P-35
On 15th August 1935, the prototype of the SEV-1XP fighter aircraft, later known as the Seversky P-35, performed its first flight at Wilbur Wright Field in Riverside, Ohio. The P-35 is widely considered the first […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
AgustaWestland AW101 SAR Queen
AgustaWestland AW101 Mk 612 (c/n 0265 of Luftforsvaret / the Royal Norwegian Air Force), taking part in a hoisting challenge during the Galileo SAR Meet 2025 at Kbely Air Force Base, Prague, August 2025. The […]
AIR SHOW REPORTS
Viper demo at F-AIR 2025
The F-16 Viper Demonstration Team of the United States Air Force (USAF) was among the highlights of the last month´s Feria Internacional Aeronáutica y Espacial de Colombia (the Colombian International Aeronautical and Space Fair), commonly […]
AVIATION HISTORY
8 August 1934 – the first transatlantic flight from mainland Canada
On 8ᵗʰ August 1934, James R. Ayling and Leonard G. Reid flew from Wasaga Beach in Ontario, Canada, to Heston Airfield, in the vicinity of London. It was the first non-stop flight between mainland Canada […]
OTHER
Charlie 33 at the Bordeaux pélicandrome
At the beginning of August 2025, Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (the French Air and Space Force) announced the latest addition to the firefighting fleet at Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base (base aérienne 106 – BA […]