On 28th April 1910, at 5:32 a.m., Louis Paulhan landed his aircraft at Barcicroft Fields near Manchester, winning the Daily Mail contest and, at the same time, the first long-distance aviation race in England. At […]
On 22nd April 2023, more than 45,500 visitors arrived to ´Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović´ air base in Batajnica, in the vicinity of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. And the reason the international crowd was attracted there, […]
Eurocopter AS332 L1 Super Puma (c/n 2050, German Federal Police / Bundespolizei) static display at spotter day organized on the eve of the 100th Anniversary of the German Naval Aviation (Marineflieger), Nordholz air base, August […]
19th April 2023 marked exactly two years since NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter performed its first flight on Mars. And yet a week before that second anniversary, on 13th April, the pioneering rotorcraft achieved its unprecedented […]
On 21st April 1942, Edward Henry O´Hare received the Medal of Honor – the highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces – for his actions on 20th February 1942. On that day, O´Hare […]
Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing (c/n 4896, N69H), static display at spotter day organized on the eve of 100th Anniversary of the German Naval Aviation (Marineflieger), Nordholz air base, August 2013. The aircraft, officially designated Model 17, […]
At the beginning of March, we have issued our first article about the air show news and updates for the 2023 season – so it is time to continue that series with further information about […]
Two days ago, on 14th March 2023, two aircraft of the United States Air Force performed spectacular flyover and air demonstration at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The displays were held during […]
On 14th April 1958, the Sputnik 2 – the second spacecraft that was launched into the orbit – re-entered the Earth´s atmosphere after spending 162 days in space and encircling our planet 2570 times. The […]
Cessna O-2A Skymaster (c/n 337M-0375, formerly 68-11150 of the US Army, N409TH), flying display at open doors event held in Čáslav air force base, the Czech Republic, June 2013. The O-2 Skymaster is the military […]
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