anniversary Archives

11 March 1993 – first flight of Airbus A321

10th March 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

On 11th March 1993, Airbus A321, being one of the most successful airliners made by the company, performed a maiden flight. The A321 is a member of a popular A320 family of passenger aircraft, produced […]

80th anniversary of aviation regiment in Chelyabinsk

13th December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 6th December 2021, the aviation regiment located at Chelyabinsk Shagol air force base, and being a part of the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defence (14-я армия ВВС и ПВО), celebrated […]

1 October 1958 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established

30th September 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Probably everyone, even not being directly interested in aviation and aerospace, has heard about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA. Nevertheless, to tell the story that led to creation of this world’s most […]

2 July 1934 – transatlantic flight of Bellanca J-300 Special

2nd July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz land their Bellanca J-300 Special in Warsaw, after a successful transatlantic flight from New York. Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz, businessmen and amateur aviators of Polish nationality, were born in 1893 and […]

25 June 1975 – first flight of Yakovlev Yak-50

24th June 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

First flight of Yakovlev Yak-50, aerobatic trainer aircraft. Between 1946 and 1965, Yakovlev design bureau created, under common designation Yak-18, a series of quite different training and aerobatic aircraft. It included a variant designated Yak-18PM, […]

11 June 1937 – first flight of Kawanishi E11K

10th June 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Kawanishi E11K, a Japanese experimental flying boat performed its first flight. The story of this aircraft began in 1936, when the Imperial Japanese Navy drew up a request for a new small flying boat, intended […]

45 years of Boeing E-3 Sentry – a brief history of AWACS

31st May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

25th May 2021 marked exactly 45 years since the first flight of Boeing E-3 Sentry. And that makes a perfect occasion to tell the story of this iconic ‘guardian of the skies’. Origins of the […]

60 years of ´Bavarian Tigers´

17th May 2021 Jacek Domański

On 5th May 2021, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (74th Tactical Wing), commonly known as the ´Bavarian Tigers´, has celebrated its 60th anniversary. Formerly known as Jagdgeschwader 74 (74th Fighter Wing), the unit was founded in 1961, […]

26th anniversary of EMERCOM aviation component

16th May 2021 Jacek Domański

On 10th May 2021, aviation component of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (usually abbreviated in Russian as Министерство по чрезвычайным ситуациям – МЧС, […]

14 May 1915 – first dirigible for the US Navy

13th May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

US Secretary of the Navy Josepus Daniels approved a contract for the first dirigible baloon for the United States Navy. The First World War was a period marked by a rapid and intensive development of […]