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DREAMERS AND DOERS

First ever wingsuit foil soaring flight with altitude gain

26 November 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

In its press release published on 19 November 2025, the Red Bull company announced that Austrian wingsuit pioneer Peter Salzmann had once again pushed the boundaries of what is possible in human flight. This time, […]

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 […]

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Military Aviation

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    14 October 2026
  • First Brazilian-built Gripen E completes maiden flight
    12 October 2026
  • PÉGASE 26 – French Rafales train with US, Japanese and South Korean fighters
    5 October 2026

Aviation Events

  • Šumperk airfield marks 80 years with a special air show
    7 September 2026
  • Letecký den Cheb returns for its tenth edition
    3 August 2026
  • 70th anniversary of the Náměšť air base – open day at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base
    17 June 2026

Space

  • Macron’s vision for European space autonomy — how close is it to reality?
    7 October 2026
  • Europe sets out new ambitions for human spaceflight and lunar exploration
    23 September 2026
  • ESA to send first Czech astronaut to the ISS on private Vast mission
    15 June 2026

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Civil Aviation

  • Boeing wins major new orders from Korean Air, Turkish Airlines and Biman Bangladesh
    28 September 2026
  • TAROM receives its first Boeing 737 MAX
    16 September 2026
  • Boeing 737-7 is finally approved for commercial service
    5 August 2026

Aviation History

  • 16 October 1937 – maiden flight of Fokker T.V
    15 October 2026
  • 2 October 1918 – maiden flight of the Kettering Aerial Torpedo
    1 October 2026
  • 25 September 1909 – La République disaster
    24 September 2026

Other

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    24 August 2026
  • Heart Aerospace X1 completes its first flight  
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    5 July 2026
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