Sukhoi Su-47 „Berkut“ (technology demonstrator, NATO reporting name: Firkin), exhibited at the XIV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, Zhukovsky, August 2019. In the early 1980s, the United States launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter programme, […]
Anatra Anasal (c/n 010.91?, formerly “11120” of Letecký sbor Československé armády / Aviation Corps of the Czechoslovak Army), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In 1911, Russian aviation pioneer Артур Антонович Анатра […]
On 7th February 1906, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов), the world-known aviation engineer, aviation designer and the founder of the Antonov construction bureau (OKB-153), was born in Troitsa village, in the Moscow region of […]
On 17th January 1847, a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, as well as founding father of aerodynamics, was born. Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Николай Егорович Жуковский, sometimes transliterated Joukovsky) was born in Orekhovo village, in the […]
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Николай Егорович Жуковский, sometimes transliterated as Joukovsky) was born on 17 January 1847 in the village of Orekhovo, near Vladimir, Russia. The future scientist, mathematician and engineer, was born into a family […]
Tupolev Tu-154M (c/n 89A-815, RA-85849 of КОСМОС производственное объединение / KOSMOS Airlines), approaching runway of Václav Havel Airport Prague, January 2013. Tupolev Tu-154 – together with two other airliners, Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-134 – […]
At the end of October 2024, the largest air carrier of Russia, the Aeroflot group (ПАО Аэрофлот – Российские авиалинии / PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines) announced its results for the Q2 2024, as well […]
Sopwith Triplane (c/n N5486), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the middle of the Great War, the Sopwith aviation company developed a single-seat biplane […]
In January of 2024, Sergei Alexandrovsky, the CEO of Aeroflot, the biggest Russian air carrier, announced that the company was going to buy 339 new airliners by 2030. The purchasing plan included 89 Sukhoi Superjets […]
On 12th September 2024, the PJSC United Aircraft Corporation – UAC (Объединенная авиастроительная корпорация – ОАК), being a part of the Rostec corporation, officially informed about the new delivery of combat aircraft for the Russian […]
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