3 March 2026
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Beechcraft King Air C90

    Beechcraft King Air C90 (c/n LJ-837, OK-DSH, operated by DSA a.s.), on static display during the 2017 edition of the Helicopter Show, Hradec Králové, May 2017. The Beechcraft Model 90 series was developed in the early 1960s, based on the [...]
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    27 February 1965 – first flight of Antonov An-22

    On 27 February 1965, prototype of the Antonov An-22 Antey, a heavy turboprop strategic transport aircraft (NATO reporting name: “Cock”), performed its maiden flight from Kyiv to Uzyn. The An-22 was intended as the third – and largest – Soviet [...]
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa

    Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa (c/n unknown; a replica built using original parts from an unknown number of wrecks), on display at Парк Победы (Victory Park) WWII memorial in Moscow, July 2017. The Ki-43 fighter aircraft was developed in the late 1930s [...]

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Supermarine Spitfire

by Kacper Kolibowski in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

The Supermarine Spitfire, one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history, made its first flight on 5 March 1936. Origins of that legendary fighter date back to 1931, when the Air Ministry issued a specification for a new, high-speed fighter for the Royal Air [...]
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