The Supermarine Spitfire, one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history, made its first flight on 5 March 1936. Origins of that legendary fighter date back to 1931, when the Air Ministry issued a […]
North American AT-6C-15-NT Texan / Harvard Mk IIa (c/n 88-13651, N696RE, formerly 7696 of the South African Air Force), exhibited during open doors day at Classic Trainers / Hangar 3 collection, Plzeň-Líně, May 2024. In […]
On 21st February 2025, Margarita Robles, the Spanish Minister of Defence, visited Academia General del Aire y del Espacio (the General Academy of the Air and Space Force) in San Javier. The local air force […]
On 23 February 1934, the Lockheed Model 10 Electra passenger aircraft, flown by test pilot Marshall E. Headle, performed its maiden flight. The Model 10 was not only the first all-metal aircraft developed by Lockheed, […]
On 21st February 1951, an English Electric Canberra B.2 bomber aircraft performed the flight from Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Gander, Newfoundland. It was the first non-stop, non-refuelled transatlantic flight by a jet aircraft, as […]
On 11th September 1944, a formation of B-17G Flying Fortress bombers from the 100th Bomb Group of the Eight Air Force USAAF, took-off for another mission against Germany. The target of the day were oil […]
Vertol V-43 / Piasecki H-21C (c/n WG7, formerly 83+07 of Heeresfliegertruppe / the German Army Aviation Corps), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2023. In January of 1944, the American aviation engineer and […]
Since the 1980s, Boeing and Kawasaki delivered more than one hundred Chinooks to the JSDF. The helicopters were manufactured through one of the longest lasting and most successful license manufacturing programmes in Japan. ´This award […]
On 14th February 1943, the American forces carried out an air raid on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, which – due to heavy loses – was later commonly known as the ´St. Valentine´s Day Massacre´. […]
On 8th June 2024, the 10th edition of the German armed forces open doors day – Tag der Bundeswehr – took place. The event was held on nine locations throughout the country and attracted over […]
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