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Portugal to acquire German P-3C Orion aircraft

4 September 2023 Jacek Domański

On 30th August 2023, the Portuguese Council of Ministers (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros) issued the resolution No. 102/2023, authorizing the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) to buy six P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft […]

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MD-90 becomes X-66A – the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing test aircraft

30 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 17th August 2023, a MD-90 aircraft arrived to one of the Boeing company facilities, located at Palmdale, California. There, the aircraft will undergo extensive modifications to become Transonic Truss-Braced Wing testbed jet, as part […]

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Schulgleiter SG 38 (replica)

29 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Schulgleiter SG 38 (OK-ZKD 35, an airworthy replica of German training glider from the 1930s), static display at open doors event at 21st Tactical Air Base, Čáslav, May 2023. In 1936, Edmund Schneider, a German […]

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Indonesia looks towards F-15EX

29 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 21st August 2023, the Republic of Indonesia and the Boeing company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with regards to future sale of twenty-four F-15EX aircraft. The MoU was concluded at one of Boeing´s […]

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JetZero Inc. selected for further development of blended wing body aircraft

29 August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 16th August 2023, the United States Air Force announced on its website that JetZero Inc. has been selected by the Department of the Air Force for the next phase of a blended wing body […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

25 August 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly nonstop across the United States

24 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 25th August 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully completed the 3,986-kilometre (2,477-mile) flight from Los Angeles to Newark, therefore becoming the first aviatrix to cross the US in a heavier-than-air aircraft. Amelia Earhart not only was […]

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A nice day among rotorcraft – World Helicopter Rally 2023 in Płock

23 August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 12th August 2023 – less than a year after Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally – Stowarzyszenie Aeroklub Ziemi Mazowieckiej (Mazovia Land Aeroclub Association) hosted another interesting aviation event organized at their airfield in Płock, […]

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Sukhoi Su-7BM (Су-7БМ)

22 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Sukhoi Su-7BM (c/n 5516, formerly ´5516´ of the Czechoslovak Air Force), static display at open doors event at 21st Tactical Air Base, Čáslav, May 2023. On 14th May 1953, Pavel Sukhoi was appointed the Chief […]

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Serbian MoD in Egypt – another step towards Rafale acquirement?

21 August 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of August 2023, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Miloš Vučević paid an official visit in the Arab Republic of Egypt. During that visit, the Serbian MoD and his […]

AVIATION HISTORY

18 August 1805 – Sophie Blanchard becomes the first woman to fly solo in a balloon

17 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 18th August 1805, Sophie Blanchard successfully completed her solo balloon flight, therefore becoming the first woman in aviation history to perform a solo flight in an aircraft. Marie Madeleine Sophie Blanchard (née Armandt) was […]

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