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1 October 1958 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established

30 September 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Probably everyone, even not being directly interested in aviation and aerospace, has heard about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA. Nevertheless, to tell the story that led to creation of this world’s most […]

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk

7 September 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk ‘WD 322’ (c/n 50/1360, reg. SP-YAC) landing after display during the Central Air Show of the 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, an event organized in Rzeszów, Poland; on the […]

de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

24 August 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

de Havilland DH.82 ´T-7230´ (c/n 83720, reg. SP-YAA) taxiing during the Central Air Show of 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, an event organized in Rzeszów, Poland, on the last day of August 2019. A […]

BAE Systems Hawk Mk 65A

10 August 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

BAE Systems Hawk Mk 65A (8817, 8811, 8806) of the Saudi Hawks Aerobatic Team at LOTOS Gdynia Aerobaltic 2019 Three of seven BAE Systems Hawk Mk 65A of Saudi Hawks Aerobatic Team ready for take-off […]

30 July 1921 – François Durafour lands at Dôme du Goûter

29 July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

François Durafour, a Swiss aviation pioneer, was born on 27th November 1888 in Geneva. After completing his mechanical studies, Durafour initially worked at Ateliers Sécherons and then in 1910 he was employed as Hanriot aeroplane […]

CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX

13 July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX (SP-YHB, c/n CCK-1865-0116), Kruszyn Aerodrome (Aeroclub of Włocławek), 25th April 2019. Carbon Cub is an aeroplane with superb flying capabilities, that may definitely be called a truly 21st century incarnation […]

2 July 1934 – transatlantic flight of Bellanca J-300 Special

2 July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz land their Bellanca J-300 Special in Warsaw, after a successful transatlantic flight from New York. Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz, businessmen and amateur aviators of Polish nationality, were born in 1893 and […]

25 June 1975 – first flight of Yakovlev Yak-50

24 June 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

First flight of Yakovlev Yak-50, aerobatic trainer aircraft. Between 1946 and 1965, Yakovlev design bureau created, under common designation Yak-18, a series of quite different training and aerobatic aircraft. It included a variant designated Yak-18PM, […]

11 June 1937 – first flight of Kawanishi E11K

10 June 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Kawanishi E11K, a Japanese experimental flying boat performed its first flight. The story of this aircraft began in 1936, when the Imperial Japanese Navy drew up a request for a new small flying boat, intended […]

45 years of Boeing E-3 Sentry – a brief history of AWACS

31 May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

25th May 2021 marked exactly 45 years since the first flight of Boeing E-3 Sentry. And that makes a perfect occasion to tell the story of this iconic ‘guardian of the skies’. Origins of the […]