Praga E-114B ´Air Baby´ (OK-TAU 05, c/n 122), flying display at ´Den ve vzduchu´ air show, Plasy 2016. In August of 1934, prototype of E-114 aircraft took-off for its maiden flight. This light, all-wood single […]
Flying Officer Jaroslav Čermák from No. 313 (Czech) Squadron RAF, crashes with his Spitfire Mk.V (AR512) near Taunton, after colliding with a train. Complicated wartime fortunes of Jaroslav Čermák may work as a perfect example […]
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger ´Charlie´s Heavy´ (HB-RDG, c/n 3381), taking-off for a flying display at Memorial Air Show, Roudnice nad Labem, June 2015. Distinctive silhouette and characteristic sound of TBM-3 Avenger, nicknamed ´Charlie´s Heavy´, is well […]
On 25th May 2021, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has informed about deployment of three strategic, nuclear-capable and long-range Tu-22M3 bombers (NATO reporting name: Backfire) to Syria. It is the very first […]
Retired aircraft can often be seen at aviation monuments, in museums or in a role of air base gate guards. Usually they reach their final destination after a complicated logistic operation and being carried there […]
On 21st May 2021, the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence (Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије) has officially retired their MiG-21 fighters (NATO reporting name: Fishbed). A sentimental goodbye to this legendary aircraft, […]
Eurocopter (now: Airbus Helicopters) EC120B Colibri (English: hummingbird), HE.25-11 of the Spanish Air Force helicopter aerobatic team Patrulla ASPA, Kleine-Brogel air base, September 2017. In order to introduce the roots of EC120 light utility helicopter, […]
Antonov An-26, a twin-engine, turboprop transport aircraft, performed its maiden flight. Antonov An-26 is one of the most-known aircraft designed by the Antonov construction bureau and, at the same time, stays among the best remembered […]
Beriev A-50 / А-50У airborne early warning and control aircraft, NATO reporting name: Mainstay (´41´ Taganrog / Таганрог), static display at International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Zhukovsky, July 2017. The story of Soviet airborne […]
On 5 May 2021, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (the 74th Tactical Air Force Wing), commonly known as the “Bavarian Tigers”, celebrated its 60th anniversary. Formerly known as Jagdgeschwader 74 (the 74th Fighter Wing), the unit was […]
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