On 7th March 1932, the new version of Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft, powered by three BMW 132 radial engines, made its first flight. The Junkers Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just […]
On 31st August 2024, Benediktinský aeroklub Broumov (the Benedictine Aeroclub Broumov) organised yet another edition of its traditional open-door day. As in the previous years, the event enjoyed great interest among the local community, as […]
Hawker Hurricane Mk II (c/n 41H/469290, LF363, the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), static display at 21st Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show, Pardubice, May 2011. The Hawker Hurricane was the first, […]
Peregrine is a Royal Navy (RN) variant of the three-metres-long (10 ft) civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) rotorcraft S-100 Camcopter, made by Schiebel company from Austria. The RN-specific variant is equipped with the tailored UK […]
On 28th February 1959, prototype of Alouette III (English: lark) rotorcraft performed its maiden flight. The helicopter was developed from an earlier design, created in the early 1950s by Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du […]
A little while ago, the Serbian Ministry of Defence (Министарство одбране Републике Србије) published a reportage related to aviation training programme which was ongoing at the Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović military airfield in Batajnica. The course […]
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 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 […]
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