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5 November 1917 – French record-breaking aviatrix, Jacqueline Auriol, was born.

4th November 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

5th November 1917 – French record-breaking aviatrix, Jacqueline Auriol, was born. Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet, as was her maiden name, was born on 5th November 1917 in Challans, Vendée in France. She was a daughter […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

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

30th 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 […]

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de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk

7th 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 […]

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de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

24th 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 […]

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BAE Systems Hawk Mk.65A

10th 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 at Gdynia-Kosakowo […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

30 July 1921 – François Durafour lands at Dôme du Goûter

29th 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 […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX

13th 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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

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

2nd 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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

25 June 1975 – first flight of Yakovlev Yak-50

24th 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, […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

11 June 1937 – first flight of Kawanishi E11K

10th 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 […]

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