29 September 2026
  • PHOTO OF THE WEEK

    IAv Bacau Iak-52

    IAv Bacau Iak-52 (c/n 822710, OK-JAX), taking off for the flying display during an air show held as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations of Aeroklub Šumperk, Šumperk, September 2026. The Yakovlev Yak-52 (Як-52) primary training aircraft was developed in [...]
  • AVIATION HISTORY

    25 September 1909 – La République disaster

    On 25 September 1909, the French airship La République crashed near the Château of Avrilly on her return from a military exercise, killing the entire crew. La République was one of three semi-rigid military airships built as subsequent examples of [...]
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    Grob G 120TP

    Grob G 120TP (c/n 11112, G-CJYG), performing a flypast over Penzing Air Base during the Tag der Bundeswehr 2017 spotter day, Penzing, June 2017. The Grob G 120TP is the third aircraft in the family of basic trainer aeroplanes developed [...]

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Frank Piasecki

by Jacek Domański in SHORT AVIATION STORIES

Frank Nicholas Piasecki, an American engineer and pioneer of rotorcraft aviation, was born on 24 October 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The son of Polish immigrants, Piasecki became interested in rotorcraft at an early age. During his high school years, he worked in an autogyro workshop [...]
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