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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF (c/n 967801, ex-Slovak Air Force ´7801´), NATO reporting name ´Fishbed-J´, static display during Slovak International Air Fest air show, Sliać air base, September 2013. At the end of 1961, the first four MiG-21 […]

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Sukhoi Su-31M

Sukhoi Su-31M (OK-HXC, c/n 0601), Aerobatic Freestyle Challenge, Prague, June 2012. Usually, when we think about aircraft designed by Sukhoi construction bureau, combat aeroplanes are the first that comes to mind. And indeed, military aircraft […]

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Grumman TBM-3E Avenger

Grumman TBM-3E Avenger ´Charlie´s Heavy´ (HB-RDG, c/n 3381), taking-off for a flying display at Memorial Air Show, Roudnice nad Labem, June 2015. Distinctive silhouette and characteristic sound of TBM-3 Avenger, nicknamed ´Charlie´s Heavy´, is well […]

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Eurocopter EC120B Colibri

Eurocopter (now: Airbus Helicopters) EC120B Colibri (English: hummingbird), HE.25-11 of the Spanish Air Force helicopter aerobatic team Patrulla ASPA, Kleine-Brogel air base, September 2017. In order to introduce the roots of EC120 light utility helicopter, […]

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Beriev A-50U / А-50У

Beriev A-50 / А-50У airborne early warning and control aircraft, NATO reporting name: Mainstay (´41´ Taganrog / Таганрог), static display at International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Zhukovsky, July 2017. The story of Soviet airborne […]

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Tecnam P2008 JC

Tecnam P2008 JC (SP-LLF, c/n 1144), LOT Flight Academy, taxiing before flying display during the Central Air Show of 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, Rzeszów 2019. History of this light, single-engine, two-seat and high-wing […]