SkyHawks Canadian parachute team, performing its display at Sanicole Sunset (part of the 44th Sanicole International Airshow), Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, the SkyHawks, was officially established in 1971. Nevertheless, tradition of […]
At the beginning of October 2024, the Irish Air Corps (IAC) celebrated the milestone of twenty years of operations with Pilatus PC-9M. The official commemoration event was held on Friday, 4th of October, bringing together […]
On 11th October 1956, a Valiant B.1 bomber of No. 49 Squadron of the Royal Air Force became the first British aircraft to drop a live atomic bomb, within the Kite test, being a part […]
Last week, Boeing informed about the successful maiden flight of the first AH-6 Little Bird light attack helicopter for Thailand. The event took place on 22nd August 2024 at the company´s site in Mesa, Arizona. […]
Socata TB-10 Tobago GT (c/n 2113, PH-COP), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. In the mid-1970s, the French aviation company Société de construction d’avions de tourisme et d’affaires – SOCATA, developed […]
In January of 2024, Sergei Alexandrovsky, the CEO of Aeroflot, the biggest Russian air carrier, announced that the company was going to buy 339 new airliners by 2030. The purchasing plan included 89 Sukhoi Superjets […]
On 4th October 1909, Wilbur Wright performed a demonstration flight in New York, flying along the Hudson River, being witnessed by a crowd of more than one million people. The flight was performed within a […]
On 24th September 2024, Sebastián Álvarez, skydiver and wingsuit flyer from Chile, has made aviation history by becoming the first person in the world to make a parachute BASE jump concluded with surfing the world’s […]
Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian (c/n NL012, Q-42 of Koninklijke Luchtmacht – the Royal Netherlands Air Force/RNLAF), static display during the 44th Sanicole International Airshow / Sanicole Sunset, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. At the end of the […]
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