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Will ´Connie´ fly again?
It was exactly four years ago, when we wrote about the sole airworthy ´Connie´ in Europe – and, at that time, one of only two such aeroplanes in the world that were still able to […]
Year: 2023
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
16 June 1963 – first woman in space
On 16th June 1963, Vostok 6 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, with just one cosmonaut on board – Valentina Tereshkova, that became the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born in 1937, […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Eurocopter AS350 B3e Écureuil
Eurocopter AS350 B3e Écureuil (c/n 7545, OK-DSW, operated by DSA a.s.), taking-off for a flying display during open doors day at Aeroklub Jaroměř airfield, Jaroměř, June 2023. The AS350 helicopter was designed in the early […]
AIR SHOW REPORTS
European air show season kickoff at Plasy – Den ve vzduchu 2023
During the last weekend of April, Den ve vzduchu, the traditional aviation event of the West Bohemia region, had returned to Plasy airfield after an annual break. As usual, the show brought two days of […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Farewell to ´flying tank´ – final live-fire training of the Czech Mi-24 helicopters
At the beginning of June, the 221st Helicopter Squadron (221. vrtulníková letka) of the Czech Air Force performed the last live-fire training with their Mi-24V (NATO reporting name Hind) attack helicopters. The exercise was held […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
9 June 1928 – the first transpacific flight is successfully completed
On 9th June 1928, a Fokker F.VII/3 named ´Southern Cross´ flown by Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew, successfully landed in Brisbane, Australia, therefore completing the 11,566-kilometre-long journey from Oakland, California. Sir Charles Edward Kingsford […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Refuelling practice over the skies of North California
At the beginning of this month, a KC-135 Stratotanker of the 121st Air Refuelling Wing performed a refuelling practice in support of an E-8C Joint STARS aircraft of the 116th Air Control Wing. The Northrop […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
ŠK-1 Trempík
ŠK-1 Trempík (c/n: 01, OK-JXA) amateur-built aircraft, leaving Pardubice airfield, where it was part of static display at 31st Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show, Pardubice, May 2023. The ŠK-1 is the second, after the […]
CIVIL AVIATION
First delivery of Boeing 767 Freighter to African carrier
On 3rd June 2023, the first Boeing 767-300 Freighter was delivered to Air Tanzania, the flag carrier airline of Tanzania. The aircraft was handed over during a solemn ceremony held at Dar es Salaam, the […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
2 June 1910 – Charles Rolls double crosses the English Channel in a non-stop flight
On 2nd June 1910, Charles Rolls made a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel with a Wright aeroplane. Charles Steward Rolls, the British aviation and motoring pioneer, was born on 27th August 1877 in […]