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 […]
On 9th July 2024, Ariane 6 expendable launch system made its maiden flight from ELA-4 launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch, considered a milestone of the European space […]
On 12th July 1891, Swiss aviation pioneer Oskar Bider was born in Langenbruck, canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland. In the 1910s, Bider repeatedly appeared on the pages of aviation history. He was the first to cross […]
On 1st July 2024, the Boeing company officially informed about the delivery of the first CH-47F Chinook helicopter, modernized to the new Block II configuration. The rotorcraft is the first of up to 456 of […]
Eurocopter EC-665 Tigre HAD (c/n 2037 ´BIE´ + c/n 6009 ´BJI´ of Aviation légère de l’Armée de terre – ALAT / the French Army Light Aviation), flying display at NATO Tiger Meet 2024, Jagel, June […]
Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz, businessmen and amateur aviators of Polish nationality, were born in 1893 and 1896, respectively, in Vilnius region (then being a part of the Russian Empire). Before the outbreak of World War […]
Continuous scientific, educational and technological research in low Earth orbit, as well as deep space exploration, have been one of the main goals of NASA for decades. Currently, one of the key outposts of such […]
On 5th July 1929, Curtiss-Wright Corporation was formed by consolidation of Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co and ten other companies. The merge created the biggest aviation company in the United States, with […]
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