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The ‘Miss Pick Up’ needs our support

25th October 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

A week ago, the aviation world was disturbed by an incident that occurred in the British Isles. By this, we mean the engine problems suffered by the Catalina flying boat called ‘Miss Pick Up’ while […]

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17 July 1948 – PBY-5A Catalina ´Miss Macao´ was found

17th July 2020 Jacek Domański

The wreckage of Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina ´Miss Macao´ was found. This aircraft, registered VR-HDT and operated by Cathay Pacific subsidiary, left Macau a day before, for the scheduled passenger flight, but was hijacked. This event […]

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PBY-5A Catalina “Miss Pick Up”

20th June 2019 Kacper Kolibowski

PBY-5A Catalina “Miss Pick Up” (G-PBYA) and one of the crew members – pilot, Mr. Jeff Bouyling, waving his hand for goodbye. The photo was taken on 17th June 2019, just before departure from Płock, […]

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Military Aviation

  • Training flights of the 204th Air Brigade
    18th August 2022
  • Farewell to White-Red Sparks
    28th July 2022
  • Czech Republic looks towards F-35 Lightning II
    21st July 2022

Air Shows

  • 2022 air show season updates – Letecký den Cheb, Czech Republic
    2nd August 2022
  • Fascinating spectacle – 30th anniversary of Aviation Fair
    26th July 2022
  • Perfect opening of the Czech air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2022
    23rd May 2022

Space

  • 5 August 1930 – Neil Armstrong is born
    4th August 2022
  • 8 July 2011 – Last mission of space shuttle Atlantis began
    8th July 2022
  • Bjarni Tryggvason – Iceland’s first and only astronaut
    20th April 2022

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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

  • Challenge International de Tourisme – a competition that marked the history of aviation
    4th August 2022
  • Farewell to White-Red Sparks
    28th July 2022
  • 22 July 1914 – first operational naval flight in Europe
    22nd July 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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