The first days of new year 2020 are already here, meaning the best time to start thinking about the forthcoming air show season. As some of the organizers already released a few initial information and […]
A wonderful joint flying display of two iconic aircraft – Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX and F-16 Fighting Falcon, performed during the 6th Sanicole Sunset Airshow, Leopoldsburg/Beverlo airfield, 9th September 2016. The Spitfire story in the […]
Russian Helicopters company announced that the delivery of over 20 attack helicopters to the Russian Ministry of Defence was finalized recently, and therefore the manufacturing company fully completed the state defence contract for 2019. All […]
Russian Helicopters holding company recently announced that, with the participation of representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defence, the joint state tests of Mi-26T2V heavy-lift military transport helicopter just started and are to last until […]
A unique formation display of Czech Air Force Mi-24V (Mi-35) ´3366´ attack helicopter and Mi-2 from Flight Training Centre, performed during Czech International Air Fest 2017. Undoubtedly, the ´Alien Tiger´ is one of the most […]
Maiden flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya. Initially developed for the purposes of Soviet space programme ´Buran´ and intended to transport the Buran space-shuttle, Mriya is today the heaviest aircraft ever built, with the maximum take-off […]
The end of the year is usually the time when some light is shed on the upcoming air show season, as the organizers are releasing the first information about their events. There was no difference […]
On 7th December 2019, the presentation of recently delivered Mi-35 and Mi-17 helicopters to Aleksandar Vučić, the President of the Republic of Serbia and the leaders of Serbian armed forces, officially introduced the new helicopter […]
Ilyushin Il-2 at the static display during the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Zhukovsky airfield, Moscow area. Although there were more than 36,000 of Il-2 aircraft built during the World War II, there are […]
An aeroplane was born. On 17th December 1903, near Kill Devil Hills in the vicinity of Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, for the first time in history a heavier-than-air powered aircraft, successfully took from the […]
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