PHOTO OF THE WEEK

SkyHawks parachute team

SkyHawks Canadian parachute team, performing its display at Sanicole Sunset (part of the 44th Sanicole International Airshow), Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, the SkyHawks, was officially established in 1971. Nevertheless, tradition of […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Socata TB-10 Tobago GT

Socata TB-10 Tobago GT (c/n 2113, PH-COP), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. In the mid-1970s, the French aviation company Société de construction d’avions de tourisme et d’affaires – SOCATA, developed […]

SHORT AVIATION STORIES

Charles de Lambert

Charles Alexandre Maurice Joseph Marie Jules Stanislas Jacques, Count de Lambert, was one of the first French aviation pioneers. He was born in 1865 in Funchal, the largest city of Madeira, but spent his childhood […]

SHORT AVIATION STORIES

Roland Garros

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros, the French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot, was born on 6th October 1888, in Saint-Denis, Réunion island. In 1909, Garros bought his first aircraft, an old Demoiselle, and began learning […]