In the last days of August, a joint tactical and specialised exercise of medical personnel and army aviation crews was held at Pushkin airfield, in Leningrad Region. The training, organized by the Western Military District […]
On 3rd September 1916, Schütte-Lanz SL 11, a German dirigible that just performed a bomb raid over St Albans in Hertfordshire, was shot down by Lt. William Leefe Robinson of the No. 39 Home Defence […]
Saab SK 35C Draken (c/n 35810, SE-DXP), Swedish Air Force Historic Flight, visiting Čáslav air base on its way to Kecskemét airfield, August 2021 The Saab Draken (English: dragon) is another example of a supersonic […]
A specialized rescue training aimed to support the manned missions of SpaceX and Boeing was held between 23rd and 27th August in vicinity of Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. Pararescuemen, aircrews and maritime operation specialists […]
Russian Helicopters holding and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation have signed a contract for delivery of yet undisclosed number of modernized Ka-52M attack helicopters. The agreement was signed this week, during the […]
On 27th August 1783, French scientist, professor Jacques Charles and engineers Anne-Jean Robert and Nicolas-Louis Robert, have launched the first ever hydrogen-filled balloon. Although the idea of ballooning was as old as ancient China (approximately […]
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 […]
de Havilland DH.82 ´T-7230´ (c/n 83720, reg. SP-YAA) taxiing during the Central Air Show of 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, an event organized in Rzeszów, Poland, on the last day of August 2019. A […]
The final, international phase of this year´s International Air Crew Training Competition ´Aviadarts-2021´ was officially opened yesterday, on 22nd August 2021. As usual, the live-fly part of the contest is held at Dubrovichi training ground, […]
On 20th August 1942, István Horthy de Nagybánya, the eldest son of Hungarian regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, was killed when his Héja fighter crashed near Ilovskoye, Soviet Union. István Horthy was born on 9th December […]
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