13th December 2024
  • AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

    Friday, the 13th

    Today it´s Friday, the 13th – the date usually considered a bad luck day in the Western culture, following the old superstition born someday back in the Middle Ages. This unsubstantiated fear is so strong, that it even has its [...]
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    Tupolev Tu-154M

    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 – represents the second generation of [...]
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    6 December 1944 – first flight of Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger

    On 6th December 1944, new German single-engine jet fighter, Heinkel He 162, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was developed under Jägernotprogramm (English: Emergency Fighter Programme), issued by Reichsluftfahrtministerium (English: Ministry of Aviation) on 3rd June of 1944 and focused [...]

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Avia BH-1

by Jacek Domański in PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Avia BH-1 (airworthy replica, OK-GUU 25 ), flying display at Den ve vzduchu s Plzeňským krajem air show, Plasy, April 2022. On 19th June 1919, [...]

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