1 April 2025
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Aerotechnik L-13SW Vivat

    Aerotechnik L-13SW Vivat (c/n 890307, OK-7107, formerly OK-9100), exhibited on static display during this year´s first edition of Letiště Točná (Točná Airport) open day, Prague, March 2025. The L-13 Vivat motor glider is a derivative of the world-known Czechoslovak two-seat [...]
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    28 March 1910 – maiden flight of Fabre Hydravion

    On 28th March 1910, an experimental floatplane developed by Henri Fabre, performed its first flight marking the aviation history with the first successful take-off of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft from water. The first floatplane in aviation history, known as Fabre [...]
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Mudry CAP 10B

    Mudry CAP 10B (c/n 122, F-GOUM, formerly ´122´ of the French Air Force), flying display at Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018, Schupfart, July 2018. In 1958, the French aviation enthusiast and professional pilot, Auguste Mudry, founded his aviation company named Cooperative des [...]

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by Jacek Domański in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

On 26th March 1931, two Swiss airlines – Ad Astra Aero (founded in 1919) and Balair (founded in 1925) – merged to create a new [...]

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