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26th November 2021

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

26th November 1943 – Edward O’Hare was shot down during a night-time fighter mission

On 26th November 1943, Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O’Hare – the US Navy´s first fighter ace – was shot down during a night intercept mission, flying a Grumman F6F Hellcat. His aircraft was never found. Edward ´Butch´ O´Hare was born [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Junkers Ju 52/3m (CASA 325L)

Junkers Ju 52/3m (assembled in Spain as CASA 325L, c/n 13, F-AZJU), Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis, Plzeň/Líně airfield, September 2018. The Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just another single-engine aircraft representing the series of all-metal aeroplanes designed [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Airborne training in austere environment

On 9th November this year, US Army aviators, Air Force tactical air control specialists and Air Force special warfare airmen conducted a joint airborne training in the vicinity of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Alaska. The exercise was focused on maintaining [...]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

19th November 1915 – the first CSAR operation

On 19th November 1915, Squadron-Commander Richard Bell Davies of No. 3 Squadron RNAS performed a successful rescue operation behind enemy lines, in order to save Flight Sub-Lieutenant Gilbert Formby Smylie. It is widely considered the first Combat Search and Rescue [...]
CIVIL AVIATION

Russian Helicopters and AJ Holding established a joint venture for rotorcraft sales

During the ongoing Dubai Airshow 2021, the Russian Helicopters holding (being a part of Rostec State Corporation) and the Emirati-based company AJ Holding LLC, have disclosed a few details about recently established joint venture named Alpha Aviation LLC. That new [...]

Made in Czechoslovakia – Zlín Trenér family

AVIATION HISTORY

27th October 2021

More than 74 years ago, on 20th October 1947, new Czechoslovak monoplane took-off for the first time. Commonly known as Zlín Trenér (English: trainer), the aircraft gave start for an entire series of Czechoslovak aerobatic [...]

´Mumbling bee´ – the story of C-160 Transall airlifter

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25th August 2021

Almost sixty years ago, Transall C-160 transport aircraft took-off for its maiden flight. Officially introduced in 1967, the Franco-German airlifter is currently approaching the end its active duty. And that creates a good opportunity to [...]

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