On 26th October 2024, the Czech Airlines (CSA) company performed its final commercial operation – the flight from Paris to Prague, codenamed OK 767. The fifth oldest airline in the world ceased its record of […]
In the beginning of November 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War in the Northern Africa, Italian lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades from his Taube aeroplane on Turkish positions at Ain Zara and Tagiura oasis. That […]
On 8th October 2024, the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team from the Czech Republic have made aviation history by executing the first in history formation inverted loop around a bridge. Their latest stunt is undoubtedly a […]
L-60 Brigadýr (c/n 150507, OK-LKN) and Zlín Z-126 Trenér (c/n 525, OK-DVG, formerly UC-38 of the Czechoslovak Air Force), static display at Točná Airport open doors day / the 3rd Trenér Meeting, Prague, October 2024. […]
The ninth edition of Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), the biennial aviation event organized in West Bohemia region of the Czech Republic, took place on 17th and 18th August 2024. The two-day show boasted […]
On 25th October 1955, the Swedish fighter-interceptor Saab 35 Draken, performed its first flight. Development of the new Swedish supersonic interceptor, intended to replace both Saab 29 Tunnan and Saab 32B Lansen fighter aircraft, began […]
In May of 2024, a new cause célébre attracted attention of Prague citizens and visitors – an installation of two giant ´Spitfire Butterfly´ sculptures mounted on the façade of Máj (English: May) department store. The […]
Fokker S.11-1 Instructor (c/n 6269, OO-MSH, formerly E-26 of Luchtstrijdkrachten), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. After the World War II, the Dutch aviation industry was being slowly rebuilt from the […]
227 years ago, on 22nd October 1797, the French aviation pioneer, André-Jacques Garnerin, performed the first successful parachute descent, using the frameless parachute he invented. André-Jacques Garnerin was born on 30th January 1769, in Paris. […]
On 18th October 1909, Charles de Lambert, flying Wright Model A aeroplane, became the first person to circle the Eiffel Tower with an aircraft. Charles Alexandre Maurice Joseph Marie Jules Stanislas Jacques Count de Lambert […]
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