On 26th July 2024, three German Eurofighter EF-2000 aircraft performed the record-breaking non-stop flight from Japan to Hawaii Island, staying in the air for over ten and a half hours. Information about the record flight […]
Westland Super Lynx Mk 88A (c/n 422, ´83+02´ of Marineflieger / the German Naval Aviation) performing a flying display during second spotter day at NATO Tiger Meet 2024, Schleswig/Jagel, June 2024. The Super Lynx Mk […]
On 16th July 2024, the 910th Airlift Wing, an United States Air Force reserve unit being stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, received its first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter. The event marked beginning of […]
On 26th July 1954, two Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft of the US Navy shot down two Lavochkin La-7 fighters of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) in the aftermath of the first Hainan […]
In the middle of July 2024, some of the US Navy squadrons concluded the several-month-long deployment to the region known as Horn of Africa region and returned to their home bases. Among them there were […]
Sukhoi Su-22M4, NATO reporting name ´Fitter K´ (c/n 31406, formerly ´798´ of Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee / the Air Forces of the National People’s Army and then 25+44 of the Luftwaffe), exhibited at Museum auf […]
On 19th July 1909, the French aviation pioneer Hubert Latham, made the first attempt to cross the English Channel in heavier-than-air aircraft. Arthur Charles Hubert Latham was born on 10th January 1883, in Paris, France. […]
The fifth, and final, article from our series regarding news and updates on 2024 air show season in Europe, brings you a short and subjective selection of aviation events scheduled for the second part of […]
Cirrus SR22T-GTS G6 Platinum (c/n 8574, OK-LPB), static display at Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2024. In the early 1990s, Cirrus Design Corporation (usually known as Cirrus Aircraft) from Duluth, Minnesota, began works on […]
On 10th July 2024, the Russian daily newspaper Известия (Izvestia) informed about the new joint initiative of Aeroflot and Rosatom to produce spare parts for foreign-made passenger aircraft. This decision was made in face of […]
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