Pilatus P-3-05 (c/n 511-60, HB-RCL of the P-3 Flyers aerobatic team, formerly A-873 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at Den ve vzduchu air show, Plasy, April 2016. In the early 1950s, increasing popularity […]
According to the information released by Boeing in the middle of November, the company is forecasting strong demand for air cargo services through 2041. As a result, air cargo traffic is expected to double until […]
In the middle of November 2022, the Boeing company delivered the twentieth CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter to the Royal Netherlands Air Force. This marked the completion of the country´s latest fleet upgrade. The CH-47F is […]
Cessna 152 (c/n 15282399, SP-NID, Aeroklub Ziemi Mazowieckiej), static display at Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally in Płock, August 2022. The Cessna 152 is a two-seat training and tourist aeroplane, introduced in 1977. It was […]
On 12th November this year, the world of aviation was struck by the news that Franklin Davis Robinson, originator of one of the most popular and successful families of helicopters in the world, had sadly […]
On 18th November 1930, Boeing XP-9 monoplane fighter aircraft, performed its maiden flight. The XP-9 (also known as Model 96, by its company designation), was the very first monoplane fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by […]
On Saturday 12th November 2022, the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, operated by the US Space Force, returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 5:22 am ET (10:22 […]
Agusta A109BA (c/n 0345, H45 of the Belgian Air Component) and MD Helicopters MD 500E (c/n 0191E, OK-PKS) in a joint flying display during Czech International Air Show, Hradec Králové, September 2017. The A109 helicopter […]
At the end of October 2022, formation of A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft was deployed to Andersen Air Force Base at Guam, Pacific Ocean. The aircraft, assigned to the 23rd Wing from Moody, Georgia, arrived […]
On 11th November 1956, prototype of Convair B-58 Hustler, supersonic strategic bomber, performed its first flight. In February of 1949, less than two years since breaking the sound barrier by Bell X-1 experimental rocket aircraft, […]
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