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Max Immelmann – one of the first aerial aces of the Great War

18 June 2019 Kacper Kolibowski

On this day, June 18th, it’s been 103 years since the death of Max Immelmann – one of the most famous German aerial aces of the Great War, and the “godfather” of one of the […]

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30 years of the world’s famous aeroplane manoeuvre – „The Pugachev’s Cobra”

2 May 2019 Kacper Kolibowski

In June of 1989, during Paris Le Bourget Air Show, the Soviet Union for presented their new single-seat, highly-manoeuvrable jet fighter aeroplane, designed and built by Sukhoi Design Bureau and named Su-27 (NATO reporting name […]

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Aviation adventure in the heart of Harz – Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode.

15 June 2018 Jacek Domański

Wernigerode is a relatively small town situated in the heart of the Harz mountains. The city is a well-known holiday destination, famous for its picturesque old town with the medieval city hall and other historic […]

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Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History – Brussels

24 September 2016 Jacek Domański

The history of the royal Belgian military museum dates back to 1910, when the first historical military exhibition was held in the area of Parc du Cinquantenaire / Jubelpark in Brussels. The Cinquantenaire complex was […]

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Auf Wiedersehen Phantom – Moin Eurofighter! Phantom Pharewell, June 2013

22 June 2013 Jacek Domański

It all began in the late 1960s, approximately ten years from the establishment of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), when the first 88 McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom supersonic jets were bought for the air force […]

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