Fieseler Fi 103 (also known as Vergeltungswaffe 1 / V-1) flying bomb, exhibited at Deutsches Museum in Munich, October 2012. The idea of an unmanned aircraft able to strike on remote targets is virtually as […]
Professional skills of young pilots of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army have been recently tested in a series of training flights, held this month in the Leningrad region. The 6th Red Banner […]
In the last two years, ´Russian Helicopters´ holding has overhauled six Mi-17-1V military transport helicopters at Lima Peruvian Air Force base SEMAN. Maintenance works were carried out by Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP) and under […]
Ilyushin Il-78M-90A / Ил-78М-90А, NATO reporting name ´Midas´ (c/n 02-01, Russian Aerospace Forces RF-78741), prototype of aerial tanker based on an Ilyushin Il-76MD-90 strategic airlifter, static display at MAKS aviation fair, August/September 2019. The first […]
On 29th October 1936 (or 28th October, depending on the source), four Tupolev SB-2 bombers raided Tablada airfield near Sevilla, in support of Republican forces. It was the very first time during the Spanish Civil […]
More than 74 years ago, on 20th October 1947, new Czechoslovak monoplane took-off for the first time. Commonly known as Zlín Trenér (English: trainer), the aircraft gave start for an entire series of Czechoslovak aerobatic […]
Waco YKS-6 (c/n 4504, NC16512), static exhibition during an open-doors event at Točná airfield, September 2021. Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio, as the company was initially named, was founded in 1920. It was a joint […]
In the middle of October, fighter aviation of the 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces (6-я Краснознамённая Ленинградская армия Военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны) took part in a live-fly training […]
On 22nd October 1909, Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman ever to pilot a heavier-than-air, powered aircraft and also the first female pilot that performed a solo flight. Élisa Léontine Deroche, as that was […]
Last week, another Ansat helicopter equipped with medical module was delivered to its customer. The rotorcraft, produced by Kazan Helicopter Plant (Казанский вертолетный завод) will be operated by JSC Kostroma Aviation Enterprise (АО “Костромское авиапредприятие”). […]
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