AIR SHOW NEWS
2023 air show season – news and updates (3)
The first half of 2023 has passed and this is the best moment to take a closer look at aviation events planned for the remaining months of the year. In other words, it is the […]
Articles by Jacek Domański
MILITARY AVIATION
USAF and JASDF joint flight to emphasize the Pacific partnership
Yesterday, on 12th July 2023, F-15C Eagles of the United States Air Force and Mitsubishi F-2s of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force performed a joint formation flight over the Sea of Japan to demonstrate US-Japan […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Morane-Saulnier (SOCATA) MS 893A Rallye Commodore
Morane-Saulnier (SOCATA) MS 893A Rallye Commodore (c/n 10638, OK-CZM), taxiing to runway at Plzeň-Líně airfield, Líně, May 2023. It is very rare in general aviation sector that new aeroplanes are made because of government-organized competition. […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Green light for Germany to buy sixty CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters
On 5th July, the office of German Ministry of Defence announced that budget committee of Bundestag, the German parliament, finally approved the purchase of sixty heavy light CH-47F Chinook rotorcraft. It is supposed that the […]
AVIATION HISTORY
7 July 1919 – death of Oskar Bider, Swiss aviation pioneer
On 7th July 1919, Oskar Bider, the famous Swiss aviation pioneer, died crashing his Nieuport 21 during an aerobatic performance in Dübendorf. Oskar Bider was born in 1891, in Langenbruck, Basel-Land. From his early years, […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Focus on interoperability – Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023
In the early June, this year´s edition of Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE) was successfully concluded. Held every two years, the exercise already became an integral part of Nordic air forces combat training and also one […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12
Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12 (c/n S2/7154, formerly XN348 of the Army Air Corps, UK), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2023. History of that small helicopter can be said to begin with Juan de […]
MILITARY AVIATION
First flight of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk with the USAF
On 28th June 2023, the first Boeing T-7A training aircraft delivered to the United States Air Force performed its maiden flight, marking the start of engineering and manufacturing (EMD) stage of the Red Hawk development […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
30 June 1956 – Grand Canyon mid-air collision
On 30th June 1956, a United Airlines DC-7 and a Trans World Airlines L-1049 Super Constellation collided in the air over Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. All 128 people on board of both airliners […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Eurocopter Tiger UHT / HAD
Eurocopter Tiger (Airbus EC665) UHT and HAD variants operated by Internationale Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum (International Helicopter Training Centre) of the German Armed Forces in Bückeburg, taking-off for flying display during Tag der Bundeswehr open doors event, Bückeburg, […]