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PZL TS-8 ´Bies´

30th March 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

PZL TS-8 ‘Bies‘ (c/n: 1E0306), formerly ´0306´ of the Polish Air Force, exhibited at the static display during a joint event of the 10th anniversary of F-16 service in the Polish Air Force and the […]

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM / МиГ-21УМ

5th August 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM (´Mongol-B´) ´9351´, Polish Air Force, exhibited at the static display during a joint event of the 10th anniversary of F-16 service in the Polish Air Force and the Polish Air Force Day, […]

LZ 62 / Zeppelin ´L 30´

7th July 2020 Jacek Domański

Port-side nacelle from Zeppelin ´L 30´ (factory number LZ 62), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels (September 2016). Among the many aviation pioneers, Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf […]

Farman MF.11A-2

1st July 2020 Jacek Domański

Maurice Farman MF.11A-2, exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, Belgium (September 2016) The Farman brothers – Maurice, Richard and Henri – played an important role in the […]

Mil Mi-4B

16th June 2020 Jacek Domański

Mil Mi-4B ´2143´ (NATO reporting name ´Hound´), formerly Czechoslovak Air Force, exhibited in Kbely Aviation Museum (Letecké muzeum Kbely) Prague, Czech Republic. The Korean War (1950-1953) is sometimes called ´the first helicopter war´, due to […]

Northrop F-5E Tiger II

14th April 2020 Jacek Domański

Northrop F-5E Tiger II ´J – 3030´, Swiss Air Force – flying display during the 75th anniversary of Flugplatz Meiringnen (Meiringen Air Base), June 2016. In the 1950s, Northrop Corporation developed a privately-founded project of […]

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1C ´Schwalbe´

31st March 2020 Jacek Domański

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1C ´Schwalbe´ (replica) D-IMTT, rehearsal for Aviatická pout air show in Pardubice (Czech Republic), May 2016. Although the idea of jet-powered aeroplane is practically as old as the aircraft itself, the first constructions of […]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX / SABCA F-16AM Fighting Falcon

31st December 2019 Jacek Domański

A wonderful joint flying display of two iconic aircraft – Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX and F-16 Fighting Falcon, performed during the 6th Sanicole Sunset Airshow, Leopoldsburg/Beverlo airfield, 9th September 2016. The Spitfire story in the […]

Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History – Brussels

24th September 2016 Jacek Domański

The history of the royal Belgian military museum dates back to 1910, when the first historical military exhibition was held in the area of Parc du Cinquantenaire / Jubelpark in Brussels. The Cinquantenaire complex was […]