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Articles by Jacek Domański
AVIATION HISTORY
A monumental museum – Victory Park in Moscow
On 9th May 1995, at the 50th anniversary of the Victory Day in Europe, during the grand ceremony and with participation of 55 official foreign delegations, the memorial complex at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow was […]
MILITARY AVIATION
When the sky is not blue – all-weather pilot training
Since the beginning of military aviation, an all-weather capability was a desired objective of any air force. The dream came true in 1950s, with introduction of first all-weather jets, but still it has taken awhile […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Doflug D-3801 (M.S. 406)
Dornier Werke Altenrhein D-3801 (Swiss licence-manufactured Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406), HB-RCF, during a display at Flugtage Schupfart, Switzerland, in June/July 2018. Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 was the first modern fighter aircraft of the French Air Force, introduced […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
Air shows go online!
As the year advanced, it became clear that anti-coronavirus measures would last with us at least until the end of 2020. The limit of participants for public events is one of them, together with keeping […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
5 June 1969 – Tupolev Tu-144 went supersonic for the first time
A prototype of Tupolev Tu-144 passenger jet went supersonic for the first time, becoming the first passenger jet to break the sound barrier. Tupolev´s jet did this a four months before its only competitor – […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter ´FX-94´, serial 683-9164, formerly the Belgian Air Force, now displayed on a pole at Starfighter Rotonde in Peer, Belgium (a roundabout at crossing of N73 and N748). Belgium acquired the first Starfighters […]
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Westland Whirlwind HAR.10
Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 helicopter, formerly the Royal Air Force ´XP339´, currently exhibited in Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode, Germany. In 1946, the Westland company bought the licence rights to manufacture the Sikorsky S-51 helicopter, under the name of […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
2020 air show season – cancellations update (5)
Even though it has been only three weeks since the previous edition of air show cancellations list was published, some latest announcement resulted in the need to publish another update. Obviously, most of the events […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
22 May 1991 – last operational flight of German F-104 Starfighter
The last operational flight of F-104 Starfighter in the German Air Force. Lockheed F-104G Starfighter ´98+04´, operated by the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (Technical and Airworthiness Centre) in Manching, took-off for the last operational flight of […]