Cessna 152 (c/n 15282399, SP-NID, Aeroklub Ziemi Mazowieckiej), static display at Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally in Płock, August 2022. The Cessna 152 is a two-seat training and tourist aeroplane, introduced in 1977. It was […]
On 12th November this year, the world of aviation was struck by the news that Franklin Davis Robinson, originator of one of the most popular and successful families of helicopters in the world, had sadly […]
On Saturday 12th November 2022, the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, operated by the US Space Force, returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 5:22 am ET (10:22 […]
As reported by the Royal Air Force on its official website, on 21st October 2022, the last aircraft of the Red Arrows Aerobatic Team had left RAF Scampton station, taking-off from there for the last […]
At the end of August 2022, we informed you that Airspeeder electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flying race car had completed its 250th test flight. Then, its manufacturer, Alauda Aeronautics, had confirmed its readiness […]
Van’s Aircraft RV-10 (SP-YKW, home kit-built aeroplane), static display at Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally in Płock, August 2022. The RV-10 aircraft, was designed by Richard VanGrunsven, founder and chief designer of the Van’s Aircraft […]
On 28th August, the Polish Aviation Day is observed, on the anniversary of Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura’s victory in the International Tourist Aeroplane Competition Challenge 1932. That national holiday was established in 1993 and, […]
Since the turn of the first two decades of the 21st century we are witnessing creation of a new aerial sport of the now near future – Airspeeder electric flying vehicles racing series. Earlier this […]
PZL-130 TC-II Orlik (Zespół Akrobacyjny Orlik of the Polish Air Force), flypast during opening ceremony of the 2022 FAI F2 World Championship for Control Line Model Aircraft for Seniors and Juniors in Włocławek, July 2022. […]
On 5th August 1930, Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, was born. Neil Alden Armstrong was born as the son of Stephen and Viola Armstrong, on a farm belonging to his […]
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