On 31st March 1990, prototype of R44 helicopter performed its maiden flight. The Robinson R44 was developed in the 1980s by Robinson Helicopter Company. It was based on the manufacturer´s previous successful rotorcraft design, Robinson […]
Dornier Do 28D2 Skyservant (c/n 4186, D-IRES, formerly 59+11 of the Luftwaffe) taxiing at Roudnice airfield runway during Memorial Air Show 2019, Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, June 2019. Speaking of Dornier Do 28, a […]
On 15th March 2023, the Norwegian government officially announced that the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk was selected as the country´s new maritime helicopter. It was also confirmed that the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence follows to […]
On 24th March 1918, John Lightfoot Trollope scored his ninth to fifteenth aerial victories, becoming the first British pilot to shot down seven enemy aircraft in just one day. John Lightfoot Trollope was born on […]
PZL W-3RM Anakonda (c/n 360813, s/n 0831 of the Polish Navy) sea rescue helicopter from the helicopter base of the 44th Naval Air Base in Darłowo – static display at the 31st Tactical Air Base, […]
The jubilee, 30th anniversary edition of Memorial Air Show took place on 25th and 26th June 2022, at Roudnice nad Labem airfield in the Czech Republic. That year´s event was really exceptional, and this was […]
Polish aviator Łukasz Czepiela is one of those pilots who likes to break aviation records and push beyond the boundaries. It is therefore not surprising he did it again and, on 14th March this year, […]
Last week, the Boeing company in an official press release confirmed commencement of the MH-139A Grey Wolf rotorcraft. That announcement was a direct result of awarding the company by the United States Air Force a […]
On 17th March 1937, Amelia Earhart and her team flew the first leg of the planned round-the-world flight with Lockheed Electra 10E. The first stage of that flight began in Oakland, California and ended in […]
Formation of Pilatus aircraft: P-3-05 (c/n 497-46, formerly A-859 of the Swiss Air Force, D-EPCI), PC-12/47E (c/n 1627, OO-NLT) and PC-7-II ´Astra´ (c/n 615, N60LT), performing a flying display over Kleine-Brogel air base during Spotter […]
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