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1 April 1954 – last operational sortie of the RAF Spitfire

31st March 2022 Jacek Domański

On the 1st April 1954, a Spitfire Mk. XIX of the No. 81 Squadron RAF performed the last operational sortie of that type of aircraft within the RAF. That final flight was a reconnaissance mission […]

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55 years in the sky – Aérospatiale Gazelle

28th March 2022 Jacek Domański

For a number of years, Aérospatiale Gazelle was a well-known icon of the French helicopter industry. Designed and developed in the late 1960s, as a successor of Alouette rotorcraft family, the Gazelle was widely used […]

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Mihajlo Petrović – Serbian aviation pioneer

7th March 2022 Jacek Domański

In March of this year, it will be 109 years since the death of Mihajlo Petrović, the first Serbian pilot, one of the first Serbian military aviators, as well as one of the first pilots […]

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21 January 1885 – Umberto Nobile is born

21st January 2022 Jacek Domański

On 21st January 1885, Italian aviation pioneer and designer, as well as famous explorer of the Arctic areas, was born in Lauro, Italy. Umberto Nobile became famous thanks to his technical skills and passion for […]

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7 January 1785 – first balloon crossing of the English Channel

6th January 2022 Jacek Domański

On 7th January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries performed the very first successful balloon flight across the English Channel (La Manche), covering the route from Dover Castle to Guînes (Guisines), Pas-de-Calais. Since the childhood, […]

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10 December 1919 – the first flight from England to Australia

9th December 2021 Jacek Domański

On 10th December 1919, a modified Vickers Vimy heavy bomber with a crew of Keith Macpherson Smith, Ross Macpherson Smith, W.H. Shiers and J.M. Bennet, successfully landed at Darwin, completing the 17,911 kilometres journey from […]

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12 November 1906 – the first officially observed flight in Europe

11th November 2021 Jacek Domański

On 12th November 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont performed a series of public flights, in one of them covering a distance of 200 metres. That was the very first flight officially observed by the FAI and, in […]

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5 November 1917 – French record-breaking aviatrix, Jacqueline Auriol, was born.

4th November 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

5th November 1917 – French record-breaking aviatrix, Jacqueline Auriol, was born. Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet, as was her maiden name, was born on 5th November 1917 in Challans, Vendée in France. She was a daughter […]

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Made in Czechoslovakia – Zlín Trenér family

27th October 2021 Jacek Domański

More than 74 years ago, on 20th October 1947, new Czechoslovak monoplane took-off for the first time. Commonly known as Zlín Trenér (English: trainer), the aircraft gave start for an entire series of Czechoslovak aerobatic […]

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22 October 1909 – Raymonde de Laroche, the first female pilot

21st October 2021 Jacek Domański

On 22nd October 1909, Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman ever to pilot a heavier-than-air, powered aircraft and also the first female pilot that performed a solo flight. Élisa Léontine Deroche, as that was […]

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