After two successful editions, Challenge International de Tourisme (English: International Tourist Aeroplane Competition) developed into the most prestigious aviation contest in Europe. Its initial idea was to compete with serial manufactured aeroplanes of so-called tourist […]
Dassault / Dornier Alpha Jet E (c/n E33, 705-FJ of the French Air Force / Armée de l’Air), static display at Kleine-Brogel air base spotter day, September 2019. In the early 1960s, European NATO countries […]
Last week, Eurofighter EF 2000 jets assigned to the 74th Tactical Air Wing (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 – TaktLwG 74) in Neuburg an der Donau (also known as the Bavarian Tigers), successfully landed in Darwin, Australia. […]
On this day, ninety three years ago, Challenge International de Tourisme (English: International Tourist Aeroplane Competition) began in Paris, France. For almost two weeks, fifty five aircraft and their crews competed in several technical and […]
On 29th July 1936, Junkers Ju 52 aircraft began to carry the Army of Africa from Spanish Morocco to Andalusia, Spain. That effort, performed by Germany in support of the Nationalist forces in the Spanish […]
Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S (c/n GS016, 30+26 of the Luftwaffe) ‘Atlantic Tiger’, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74, Luftwaffe – 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, September 2017. The history of this unit of the German Air Force dates […]
And this is our fourth news with updates and information related to this year´s air show season in Europe. First of all, the sad information about Tag der Bundeswehr 2022 that we have already shared […]
On 6th May 1937, German airship Hindenburg caught fire while landing at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, USA and was completely destroyed, killing thirty six people. Rigid and semirigid airships appeared in the late 19th century […]
In the beginning of this year it seemed that – after a two-year gap caused by coronavirus outbreak – things are finally getting back to normal. Aviation events that in previous years were cancelled or […]
Klemm Kl 35D (c/n 5050, D-EQXD), taxiing after flying display at 23rd Aviatická pouť / Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, June 2013. In the late 1920s, Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm GmbH developed a light sport and training […]
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