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Eurocopter (Airbus) EC135 P2+

7 October 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Eurocopter EC135 P2+, SP-HXO – ´Ratownik 12´, Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (HEMS service in Poland), Płock 2019. The Eurocopter EC135 (now being manufactured by Airbus Helicopters as H135) is a twin-engine, light utility helicopter that made […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

25 September 1903 – Orville and Wilbur Wright

25 September 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

The Wright brothers arrived at Kitty Hawk, to perform the further flights with their 1902 Wright Glider. On 25 September 1903, the brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright came to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to carry […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

11 September 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura

11 September 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Two famous Polish aviators Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura died in a tragic crash of their RWD-6 aircraft on the way to Czechoslovakia. 88 years ago, on 11th September 1932, Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

4 September 1936 – Louise Thaden won the Bendix Trophy Race

4 September 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Louise Thaden became the first woman pilot that won the Bendix Trophy Race. Thaden, together with her co-pilot Blanche Noyes, was flying a Beechcraft C17R ´Staggerwing´, a single engine biplane. Flying at an average speed […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

7 August 1997 – NASA STS-85 mission

7 August 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ launched for the NASA STS-85 mission. The STS-85 mission has begun at 10:41:00 EDT, when ´Discovery´ crewed by astronauts – Commander Curtis L. Brown; Pilot Kent V. Rominger; Mission Specialists N. Jan […]

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM / МиГ-21УМ

5 August 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM (´Mongol-B´) ´9351´, Polish Air Force, exhibited at the static display during a joint event of the 10th anniversary of F-16 service in the Polish Air Force and the Polish Air Force Day, […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

24 July 1969 – Apollo 11 crew came back to Earth

24 July 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

The first men who walked on the Moon, came back on Earth safely. It’s safe to say, that Apollo 11 is considered to be the most significant mission of the whole Apollo programme of NASA […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

3 July 1933 – first flight of Tupolev ANT-16

3 July 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

The first flight of Tupolev ANT-16 The Tupolev ANT-16, also known as TB-4 by its military designation, was a prototype of heavy bomber developer from Tupolev´s earlier bomber design, TB-3. The ANT-16 was built in […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

12 June 1909 – the first passenger flight with two passengers

12 June 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

The first passenger flight with two passengers performed by an aeroplane. The mentioned aircraft was Blériot XII, designed and built by the famous French aviation pioneer Louis Charles Joseph Blériot. He flew this new aeroplane […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

29 May 1951 – P-51 over the North Pole

29 May 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Charles F. Blair Jr. flew a P-51 over the North Pole. Born in Buffalo (NY) in 1909, Blair was one of those pilots for whom flying meant much more than just fast way of travelling. […]

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