The Berlin airlift begins.
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Junkers Ju 52/3m (CASA 325L)
Junkers Ju 52/3m (assembled in Spain as CASA 325L, c/n 13, F-AZJU), Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis, Plzeň/Líně airfield, September 2018. The Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just another single-engine aircraft representing the […]
MILITARY AVIATION
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 […]
AVIATION HISTORY
6 December 1944 – first flight of Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger
On 6th December 1944, new German single-engine jet fighter, Heinkel He 162, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was developed under Jägernotprogramm (English: Emergency Fighter Programme), issued by Reichsluftfahrtministerium (English: Ministry of Aviation) on 3rd […]