SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Hannes Arch
Hannes Arch was born on 22 September 1967 in Leoben, Austria. From an early age, he was fascinated by sports, flying and the Alps. He began hang gliding at the age of fifteen and subsequently […]
Articles by Jacek Domański
MILITARY AVIATION
Caracal for the French Forces in Guiana
On 11th August 2025, two Airbus H225M helicopters, commonly known as Caracal, arrived in French Guiana to strengthen the air capabilities of Forces armées en Guyane (the Armed Forces in French Guiana – FAG). The […]
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 […]
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 […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Vickers Victoria
In 1920, the British Air Ministry issued Specification 5/20 which called for a twin-engine troop-carrier biplane. Two manufacturers responded: Armstrong Whitworth with the Awana and Vickers with the Victoria. Both designs were to be powered […]
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 […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Bombs on Paris!
On 30 August 1914, only a month after the outbreak of the Great War, a single German Taube aircraft carried out an air raid on the French capital, dropping a few bombs and a bag […]