SIAI-Marchetti SF-260D (c/n 842, ST-42 of the Belgian Air Component), static display during spotter day 2024 at Kleine-Brogel air base, Kleine-Brogel, September 2024. In the early 1960s, Stelio Frati, an Italian mechanical engineer and aeroplane […]
On 27th December 1773, Sir George Cayley, the 6th holder of the Cayley Baronetcy and ´the father of aviation´, was born in Scarborough, England. From his early years, Cayley was fascinated by engineering, including the […]
Bellanca 7GCBC Citabria (c/n 215-70, OK-LOL), taxiing for take-off during the 32nd edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2024. The story of Citabria aircraft began in the mid-1940s, when Aeronca Company (contracted from […]
On 20th December 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force began its series of aerial raids against Calcutta. With the end of rainy season of 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, supported by the […]
At the end of November 2024, the tech guru and entrepreneur Elon Musk – and probably the future head of the new US Department of Government Efficiency – posted a series of messages on X […]
Mráz M-1C Sokol (c/n 142, OK-CSR from Točná Aviation Museum), exhibited during the open doors afternoon event at Letiště Točná / Točná Airport, Prague, October 2024. On 9th March 1946, the first post-war Czechoslovak aircraft […]
On 2nd December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology (Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii – MRiT) and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) announced Ignis to be the official name […]
Today it´s Friday, the 13th – the date usually considered a bad luck day in the Western culture, following the old superstition born someday back in the Middle Ages. This unsubstantiated fear is so strong, […]
Tupolev Tu-154M (c/n 89A-815, RA-85849 of КОСМОС производственное объединение / KOSMOS Airlines), approaching runway of Václav Havel Airport Prague, January 2013. Tupolev Tu-154 – together with two other airliners, Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-134 – […]
On 30th November 2024, the Croatian Ministry of Defence officially announced the final operational flight of the MiG-21 fighter of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana – CroAF). […]
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