28 April 2026
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    Messerschmitt M17

    Messerschmitt M17 (c/n 25, D-779), exhibited at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, October 2013. In 1923, Willy Messerschmitt graduated from Technische Hochschule München (currently known as Technische Universität München – the Technical University of Munich) and founded his first aviation [...]
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    Cessna 510 Citation Mustang

    Cessna 510 Citation Mustang (c/n 510-0270, OK-KUK), Pardubice airfield, June 2025. In 2002, during the National Business Aviation Association convention, Cessna publicly disclosed for the first time its latest development, the Model 510 Citation Mustang. Designed as a light business [...]

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Transatlantic flights

by Jacek Domański in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

The idea of crossing the Atlantic by air dates back to the era of ballooning. In the late 1850s, John Wise attempted to build a balloon capable of such a journey, but his project ended in failure. Similar plans by Thaddeus Lowe in 1860 were [...]
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