PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Year: 2023
MILITARY AVIATION
European armed forces help Slovenia after deadly flooding
Two weeks ago, massive floods caused by heavy rainfall hit Slovenia. According to the local authorities, the country is currently facing the worst natural disaster in the history of independent Slovenia, affecting two-thirds of the […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Rapid Viking over Iceland
10th August 2023 marked conclusion of German Air Force ´lean and mean´ exercise over Iceland. For two weeks, six Eurofighters from the 73rd Tactical Air Wing were deployed to Keflavik Air Base within a training […]
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Military airlift units in support of airborne firefighting – the MAFFS aircraft
Wildland fires are recently a common subject of news headlines. They are one of the most feared forces of nature due to being nearly impossible to prevent, difficult to control and causing significant damage. It […]
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Orličan VT-16 Orlík
Orličan VT-16 Orlík (c/n 150702, OK-2141), single-seat glider, static display during open doors day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, October 2022. At the end of the 1950s, a well-known Czechoslovak aviation designer, Jiří Matějček, developed a […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Canada awards Airbus a contract for new strategic tankers
On 25th July 2023, the Government of Canada officially announced that the country awarded Airbus Space and Defence S.A. the contract for nine aircraft within the Canadian Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) programme. The contract […]
AVIATION HISTORY
An incredible journey through rotorcraft history, from an aerial screw to the Mars Helicopter – Bückeburg Helicopter Museum
At the foothills of the Weser Uplands, in German land of Lower Saxony, there is a small but picturesque town named Bückeburg. Apart from the interesting Bückeburg Palace, the former residence of the Princes of […]
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WSK SM-1Sz
WSK SM-1Sz (c/n not confirmed – probably 402017, formerly ´4028´ of the Polish Air Force), exhibited at Museum of the Polish Navy, Gdynia, July 2014. The SM-1 helicopter is a Polish, licensed version of a […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Italy joins ´the Japanese club´ – another joint air exercise over Land of the Rising Sun
On 25th July 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Defence informed about two more joint live-fly exercises to be held in the country´s airspace during the upcoming months. Those bilateral training activities, as stated in the […]
AVIATION HISTORY
28 July 1858 – the first aerial photograph
On 28th July 1858, French photographer and journalist, known as Nadar, took the first airborne photograph from his balloon. Nadar was born in 1820 and his official name was Gaspard-Félix Tournachon. Initially, he started studying […]