PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Year: 2025
SPACE
ViaSat-3 – the second Viasat´s next generation spacecraft
At the end of September 2025, Boeing delivered the second spacecraft in Viasat´s next generation ultra-high-capacity constellation, the ViaSat-3 F2. Coupled with the Boeing 702MP+ platform, the satellite is designed to add more than 1Tbps […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
3 October 1968 – first flight of the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
On 3rd October 1968, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle #1 (LLTV-1) performed its maiden flight at Ellington Air Force Base. The flight between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon – and back – […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Zlín Trenér
On 20 October 1947, a new Czechoslovak training aircraft took to the air for the first time. Designed by Karel Tomáš at the Zlín aircraft factory in Otrokovice, the Zlín Z-26 marked the beginning of […]
DREAMERS AND DOERS
Pushing the limits – the “Plane Climb” project
On 30th September 2025, professional climber from Slovenia, Domen Škofic, made history by becoming the first person in the world to complete a specially designed climbing route along the wings of a flying glider. This […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Anatra Anasal
Anatra Anasal (c/n 010.91?, formerly “11120” of Letecký sbor Československé armády / Aviation Corps of the Czechoslovak Army), exhibited in the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In 1911, Russian aviation pioneer Артур Антонович Анатра […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Operation Titan reaches the milestone of 300th space launch
On 12th August 2025, the Ariane 6 expendable launch system successfully carried out its third space mission, launching from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. In addition, it marked the 300th launch protected […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
26 September 1986 – first flight of the Piaggio P.180 Avanti
On 26th September 1986 (or 23rd September, according to some publications), the prototype of the new light transport aircraft, the Piaggio P.180 Avanti, made its maiden flight. In the late 1970s, the Italian aviation manufacturer […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Frank Piasecki
Frank Nicholas Piasecki, an American engineer and pioneer of rotorcraft aviation, was born on 24 October 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The son of Polish immigrants, Piasecki became interested in rotorcraft at an early age. During […]
AVIATION HISTORY
Aviation treasures – the National Technical Museum in Prague
Národní technické muzeum (the National Technical Museum (NTM), the largest institution of its kind in the Czech Republic, houses an extensive collection of technical artefacts. As of 2023, the museum’s collection comprised around eighty thousand […]