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. […]
On 8th July 2011, the STS-135 space mission was launched. It was the final flight into space for Atlantis spacecraft, as well as the beginning of the last mission within the NASA Space Shuttle programme. […]
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 […]
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