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Month: October 2023

MILITARY AVIATION

Forty days around the Indo-Pacific – exercise Pégase 2023

11 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Between 25th June and 3rd August 2023, 320 members of French military personnel participated in operational deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, codenamed Pégase 2023. The main objective of the exercise was to prove the ability […]

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Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin

10 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Eurocopter AS365 N3+ Dauphin (c/n: 7013, ´42´ of the Lithuanian Air Force), static display at Galileo SAR Meet 2023, Nordholz, August 2023. The history of the Dauphin helicopter dates back to the late 1960s and […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Latest variants of Boeing aircraft enter new markets

7 October 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of October, Boeing informed about some deliveries of the company´s aircraft to their customers around the world. Those acquisitions not only marked a significant milestone for airline operators but also patently confirmed […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

6 October 1888 – Roland Garros is born

5 October 2023 Jacek Domański

On 6th October 1888, Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros, a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot, was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion island. Although the Garros family came from the Metropolitan France, they, since a long […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Rally in the Pacific 2023 – MEDEVAC

4 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Between 7th and 23rd September 2023, more than 300 airmen from the US Air Force Reserve Command participated in exercise named Rally in the Pacific 2023 (RITP23). The training was led by the 22nd Air […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Avions Fairey Belfair / Tipsy B Belfair

3 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Avions Fairey Belfair, also known as Tipsy Belfair (c/n: 2, OO-DUN, then G-AFRJ), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. Ernest Oscar Tips, born on 2nd October […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

Aviation Fair Squadron acquired its second aircraft

1 October 2023 Jacek Domański

Almost four years ago, the Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show from Pardubice, the Czech Republic, launched a project named the Aviation Fair Squadron (Letka Aviatické pouti). On 22nd October 2019, an ultra-light replica of […]

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