PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Hawker Nimrod II
Hawker Nimrod II (c/n 41H-59890, formerly K3661 of the Fleet Air Arm), exhibited at Hangar 2 of the Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In the middle of 1920s, the Air Ministry began to look […]
Year: 2024
MILITARY AVIATION
Trijet tanker goes off duty – 9th Air Refueling Squadron retires its KC-10s
On 11th January 2024, the 9th Air Refueling Squadron officially retired one of its KC-10 Extender tankers, the aircraft that was assigned the flagship duty. The event was related to withdrawal of that trimotor air-to-air […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Dupuy de Lôme dirigible balloon
On 2nd February 1872, Henri Dupuy de Lôme presented to public his muscle-powered dirigible balloon, able to achieve flight speed of up to 11 kph. On 29th October 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, the French […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Umberto Nobile – Italian aviation pioneer and explorer of the Arctic areas
On 21st January 1885, Umberto Nobile, the Italian aviation pioneer and designer, as well as famous explorer of the Arctic areas, was born in Lauro, Italy. Nobile became famous thanks to his technical skills and […]
AVIATION HISTORY
19 January 1919 – Jules Védrines lands on the roof of Galeries Lafayette
On 19th January 1919, French aviation pioneer Jules Védrines landed with his Caudron G.3 aircraft on the roof of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris. Jules Charles Toussaint Védrines was born in December of 1881 […]
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Developing the better and effective rescue operations – Galileo SAR Meet 2023
Between 24th and 28th August 2023, the latest edition of Galileo SAR Meet took place in Nordholz air base, at the North Sea coast. Search and rescue crews from Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, the Czech Republic […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Airbus A319
Airbus A319-115 CJ (c/n 2550, OM-BYA operated by Slovak Government Flight Service, formerly G-NMAK), flying display during Slovak International Air Fest 2016, Sliač, August 2016. Slovak Government Flight Service (Letecký útvar Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej republiky […]
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NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft officially revealed
On Friday, 12th January 2024, NASA and Lockheed Martin conducted official ceremony to present the X-59 quiet supersonic aeroplane to general public. The aircraft was created within the NASA Quesst Mission research programme and is […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Skymaster disappearance
On 26th January 1950, a Douglas C-54D Skymaster of the United States Air Force took-off from Anchorage, Alaska and headed Great Falls in Montana. After approximately two hours of flight, contact with the aeroplane was […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Sikorsky R-4 – the first serial manufactured helicopter in the USA
On 14th January 1942 (or 13th January, according to some sources), a helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky and designated Vought-Sikorsky VS-316 (aka XR-4, under its USAAF designation) performed its maiden flight, piloted by Les Morris, […]