Polikarpov Po-2 (c/n 0076), while performing a flying display during the 2016 edition of Aviatická Pout´ air show, Pardubice, May 2016. U-2 / Po-2 is one of the most known aircraft ever made. Introduced in […]
The Russian Helicopter company has announced recently that the development of the first Russian offshore helicopter – that started in 2018 under the Mi-171A3 designation – entered the next stage and the production of the […]
The final, international stage of ´Aviadarts-2020´ military aviation competition took place between 23rd August and 5th September. Similarly as in 2019, the contest was organized at Diaghilevo airfield, Ryazan region. More than 40 air crews […]
The Wright brothers arrived at Kitty Hawk, to perform the further flights with their 1902 Wright Glider. On 25 September 1903, the brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright came to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to carry […]
The German Ministry of Defence already disclosed the date of the annual open doors event of the German armed forces – Tag der Bundeswehr. In 2021, after the one year gap caused by Covid-19, the […]
During the International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia 2020 – held between 15th and 17th September in Moscow – the Helicopter Service Company (HSC), belonging to the Russian Helicopters holding, and Polar Airlines signed a comprehensive […]
A September premiere – Aero L-159A ´ALCA´ (Advanced Light Combat Aircraft), close-support and attack aircraft operated by the Czech Air Force, in the special anniversary livery ´20 years of L-159 service´. 20 years ago, in […]
Recently, a few interesting news related to the modernization of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAP), belonging to the Russian Helicopters, were released by the holding company. The introduced changes were focused on two main aspects […]
The United States Air Force became the fully independent branch of the US armed forces. For the first time, an aviation unit within the United States Army was established on 1st August 1907, named the […]
During the International Helicopter Industry Exhibition HeliRussia, held between 15th and 17th September 2020 in Moscow, the Russian Helicopters holding presented new equipment options for Ansat multipurpose helicopter and announced the development of the new […]
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