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MILITARY AVIATION

Saab and CAE Launch Global AEW Training Collaboration

24 November 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On 21 November 2025, the Swedish company Saab announced that it had signed a global cooperation agreement with Canadian Aviation Electronics Inc. (CAE), to work together on providing advanced training specifically designed for Saab´s Airborne […]

MILITARY AVIATION

From a clean sheet to flight testing in 556 days – YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft takes-off into the skies

12 November 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

The history of aviation, since its very beginning, is characterised by significant technological changes that have been constantly altering the capabilities of aircraft and their applications for both civil and military purposes. For example, in […]

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X-59 QueSST aircraft successfully completes its maiden flight

3 November 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On 28 October 2025, the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, developed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in partnership with NASA, successfully completed its first flight. The revolutionary aircraft is designed to pave the way […]

DREAMERS AND DOERS

Pushing the limits – the “Plane Climb” project

1 October 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On 30th September 2025, professional climber from Slovenia, Domen Škofic, made history by becoming the first person in the world to complete a specially designed climbing route along the wings of a flying glider. This […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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Military Aviation

  • Operation Liberté 250 – Patrouille de France to participate in US anniversary celebrations
    18 May 2026
  • Stingray takes flight – MQ-25A moves US Navy closer to carrier-based autonomy
    6 May 2026
  • Hungarian Air Force receives two additional Gripen C fighters
    4 May 2026

Air Shows

  • The 2026 air show season opens in Plasy
    19 April 2026
  • Aviatická 2026 – a classic revamped
    13 April 2026
  • Expozice pardubického letectví – birth and development of a living aviation heritage collection
    9 April 2026

Space

  • VORTEX-S – Europe’s bid for a reusable orbital spaceplane
    13 May 2026
  • 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

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Civil Aviation

  • Air Canada welcomes its first Airbus A321XLR airliner
    29 April 2026
  • 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

Aviation History

  • 15 May 1918 – the first US regular airmail service commences
    14 May 2026
  • Liberation Festival 2026 – open day at Classic Trainers / Hangar 3
    10 May 2026
  • 8 May 1927 – transatlantic flight of L’Oiseau Blanc begins
    7 May 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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