4 April 2025
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    4 April 1984 – death of Oleg Antonov

    On 4th April 1984, the well-known Soviet aircraft designer, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (Олег Константинович Антонов) died in Kiev (in now Ukraine), at the age of 78. Antonov, born in 1906 in Troitsa village, the Moscow region of Russia, was the [...]
  • 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 [...]

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Let L-410 Turbolet

by Kacper Kolibowski in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

On 16th April 1969, the new Czechoslovak short-range, twin-engine transport aircraft L-410 Turbolet successfully completed its maiden flight. The aircraft was designed and developed by [...]

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