On 16th June 1963, Vostok 6 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, with just one cosmonaut on board – Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Валентина Владимировна Терешкова) was […]
Bell OH-58B Kiowa (c/n 42249, 3C-OK of the Austrian Air Force / Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte), static display during open doors day at 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base of the Czech Air Force, Náměšť nad Oslavou, May […]
Just like in previous years, we started new aviation season at Aeroklub Plasy airfield, in the West Bohemia region. For more than twenty years, that small but picturesque town hosts Den ve vzduchu (English: Day […]
On 7th June 1919, the French aviation pioneer Raymonde de Laroche set a women´s world altitude record, flying in her Caudron G.3 to altitude of nearly 13,000 feet (3,962 m). Élisa Léontine Deroche, as that […]
On 15th June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Brown successfully landed their Vickers Vimy aircraft in County Galway in Ireland, completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight in aviation history. In April of 1913, the Daily […]
Sustainability is a very popular and important term these days. In broader sense it means merging the economic development with environmental concerns, leading to limit the use of resources such as habitats, raw materials, energy […]
Between 9th and 27th May 2024, the Czech Air Force hosted the multinational live-fly exercise, codenamed Lion Effort 2024. It was already the fifth edition of the training, bringing together the air forces operating JAS-39 […]
On 31st May 1811, Albrecht Berblinger, also known as der Schneider von Ulm (the Tailor of Ulm), made a public presentation of his heavier-than-air flying device, most probably a hang glider. Regrettably, his attempt to […]
The fourth article from our series focused on the European aviation events of the 2024 season, brings – regrettably – some information about recently cancelled or postponed shows. The first of them is Danish Air […]
Raymonde de Laroche, born Élisa Léontine Deroche, was the French aviation pioneer and the first woman ever to pilot a heavier-than-air, powered aircraft, the first female pilot to perform a solo flight, as well as […]
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