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Six giants above the clouds

17th January 2021 Jacek Domański

On 15th January 2021, the crews from the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division (Tver) and 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (Seshcha) completed a joint training exercise in the Bryansk region. During this exercise, for the […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Airlift to Armenia – transport operation of the peacekeeping forces to Nagorno-Karabakh

22nd November 2020 Jacek Domański

In recent days, the whole world was watching an armed conflict between Azerbaijan and the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, so-called 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Being a relatively short conflict, the war ended up after just six […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

7 February 1906 – Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov

7th February 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов) was born. Oleg Antonov was one of the most famous aviation designers, later becoming the first director of worldwide known aircraft manufacturing company and construction bureau, that were nowadays […]

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Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan

26th June 2019 Jacek Domański

One of the largest cargo aircraft in the world, the Antonov An-124 ´Ruslan´, operated by Antonov Airlines taxiing to the runway of Letiště Václava Havla Praha / Prague Airport – Vaclav Havel (also known as […]

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Military Aviation

  • Jet trainer and light attack aircraft – a close look at G-4 Super Galeb
    17th May 2022
  • Tactical airlift dexterity practised over the Pacific Ocean
    12th May 2022
  • SHIELD 2022 in Batajnica
    2nd May 2022

Air Shows

  • Perfect opening of the Czech air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2022
    23rd May 2022
  • 2022 air show season updates (5) – Sanicole International Airshow
    18th May 2022
  • 2022 air show season updates (4)
    10th May 2022

Space

  • Bjarni Tryggvason – Iceland’s first and only astronaut
    20th April 2022
  • 28 January 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
    27th January 2022
  • The race for ´space movie´
    11th October 2021

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Civil Aviation

  • 11 March 1993 – first flight of Airbus A321
    10th March 2022
  • Kazakh pilots improved their skills in flying Mi-171A2 helicopter
    22nd February 2022
  • More than 26,000 flying hours accumulated by helicopters made at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
    14th February 2022

Aviation History

  • Great collection of classic aircraft – Classic Trainers (Hangar 3)
    24th April 2022
  • 1 April 1954 – last operational sortie of the RAF Spitfire
    31st March 2022
  • 55 years in the sky – Aérospatiale Gazelle
    28th March 2022

Other

  • ´Russian Helicopters´ has overhauled six Mi-17-1V of Peruvian Air Force
    3rd November 2021
  • Rostec and Russian Post launched UAV delivery tests in Chukotka
    3rd August 2021
  • An unusual last flight of Su-27 fighter
    30th May 2021

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