Já, UPÍR, přistání povoluji! (English: This is Vampire, you´re cleared for landing) is a temporary exhibition at the Museum of Eastern Bohemia (Muzeum východních Čech) in Hradec Králové. The display is dedicated to Czechoslovak Air […]
On 20th January 1974, during a high-speed taxi test with prototype of YF-16 fighter aircraft, its test pilot Phil Oestricher was forced to take-off to avoid a potential crash. The first, although unofficial, flight of […]
At the beginning of January, Boeing announced that the US Army awarded the company a contract to produce twelve CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Egyptian Air Force. That purchase, worth 426 million USD, will allow […]
NATO authorities have decided to deploy its Boeing E-3A Sentry (also known as Airborne Warning and Control System – AWACS) surveillance aeroplanes to Bucharest, Romania. The aircraft are expected to arrive there on 17th January […]
A few days ago, we have welcomed the new year 2023. And we think it is a very good opportunity to issue a short summary of our recent activities and latest changes to our web […]
Grunau Baby IIb (c/n 41, OE-0448), single-seat sailplane, static exhibition at open doors event in Aeroklub Jaroměř, May 2015. Grunau Baby sailplane was created during the winter of 1930/31 by Edmund Schneider, German aircraft designer […]
Winter is here. And, as usual, brings usual season characteristics such as snow, low temperatures and ice. They may cause problems in many sectors, but aviation is the one to be particularly sensitive to winter […]
Coincidentally, on the sixth day of January (in various years), several flying aces of the First World War were born. They came from different countries and served on different fronts, but they shared the same […]
Let L-200D Morava (c/n 171206, OK-NXX), flying display during an open doors event in Aeroklub Jaroměř, May 2015. In 1955, aviation plant in Kunovice, then known as Strojírny první pětiletky (Machine Works of the First […]
On 7th December 2022, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) received its first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). The official solemn ceremony was held at the Museum of Flight, in Seattle, USA. […]
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