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DREAMERS AND DOERS

Austrian wingsuit pilot sets the new world speed record

17 September 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

It was in early November 2024 that we first wrote about wingsuit flyer Peter Salzmann and his feat of breaking three world records in a single flight. Now, almost a year later, the Austrian skydiver […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Canadian Car and Foundry AT-6 Harvard Mk IV

2 September 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Canadian Car and Foundry AT-6 Harvard Mk IV (c/n CCF-4-409, SP-YIX, formerly ´51-17227´ of the United States Air Force and ´MM5384´ of the Italian Air Force), performing an evening flying display in the golden light […]

AVIATION HISTORY

RWD-8 – the most-produced pre-war Polish aircraft

19 August 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Among Polish interwar aircraft, those designed by Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura, and Jerzy Drzewiecki — designated RWD, the name coming from the initials of their surnames — hold a special place in aviation history. Notable […]

OTHER

Slam dunk from the sky – how basketball merged with aviation in Poland

13 August 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Two Polish athletes, Piotr ´Grabo´ Grabowski – FIBA 3×3 World Champion in slam dunks, and Łukasz Czepiela – aerobatic pilot and winner of the 2018 Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, teamed up to perform […]

SPACE

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski – the second Pole in space and the first aboard the ISS

21 July 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski flew to the International Space Station (ISS) within the Polish science mission Ignis, as European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut. He worked as mission specialist participating in the private Ax-4 mission by Axiom […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines

23 June 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On 16th June 2025, Airbus announced via its website that LOT Polish Airlines had placed an order for forty medium-haul, narrow-body aircraft from the A220 family. That order marks the first time in history of […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Royal Navy to consider the possibility of implementing MQ-9B SkyGuardian into service

28 May 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

The UK Ministry of Defence recently confirmed that the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is being assessed as a potential carrier-based airborne early warning (AEW) platform for the Royal Navy. Ben Obese-Jecty, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Operation Boxtop 2025 – RAF C-17 crews in the Arctic Circle

14 May 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

At the turn of April and May 2025, twelve members of No. 99 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) spent a week in the Arctic Circle delivering supplies to the world’s northernmost located base. The C-17 […]

MILITARY AVIATION

The first OA-1K Skyraider II handed over to the USAF Special Operations Command

7 May 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

In the beginning of April 2025, the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) announced on its website that the first OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft officially joined their fleet. The ceremony marking acceptance of the […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Salaknib 2025 – developing MEDEVAC skills on the Philippines

16 April 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Between 24th March and 11th April, at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, the Philippine Army (PA) and the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) conducted a joint training called ‘Salaknib’. It was part of ‘Salaknib and […]

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Military Aviation

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    15 April 2026
  • Where Tigers meet the Middle Ages – the Neuburg Mini Tiger Meet 2025
    1 April 2026
  • Two decades of Polish F-16 operations – A pillar of NATO’s eastern flank
    30 March 2026

Air Shows

  • Aviatická 2026 – a classic revamped
    13 April 2026
  • Expozice pardubického letectví – birth and development of a living aviation heritage collection
    9 April 2026
  • Aviation Fair goes to Hradec Králové!
    2 February 2026

Space

  • 40th anniversary of the launch of Mir’s core module
    18 February 2026
  • 16 January 2003 – launch of STS-107, the final flight of Columbia
    15 January 2026
  • Beyond the Solar System – Pioneer 10 and 11
    10 November 2025

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Civil Aviation

  • Iconic Jumbo Jet joins Lufthansa’s 100th anniversary “XXL Crane” fleet
    9 March 2026
  • Farewell to the Bonanza, the aircraft that changed the general aviation
    1 December 2025
  • African air carriers order Boeing 737 MAX airliners at the Dubai Airshow
    19 November 2025

Aviation History

  • 17 April 1934 – first flight of the Fairey Swordfish
    16 April 2026
  • 10 April 1963 – maiden flight of EWR VJ 101
    10 April 2026
  • 3 April 1933 – the first flight over Mount Everest
    2 April 2026

Other

  • NASA’s X-59 Advances Flight Test Campaign with the second and third flights
    6 April 2026
  • DART AE – the hypersonic pioneer aircraft achieves first flight
    4 March 2026
  • Red Bull Train Landing Project – the world’s first landing and take-off with an aeroplane from a moving train
    25 February 2026
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