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NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft officially revealed

15 January 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

On Friday, 12th January 2024, NASA and Lockheed Martin conducted official ceremony to present the X-59 quiet supersonic aeroplane to general public. The aircraft was created within the NASA Quesst Mission research programme and is […]

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Zephatali Walsh becomes the 2023 Airspeeder EXA Series Champion

20 December 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

After double win in the first and second eVTOL EXA Circuit Races in 2022, Zephatali Walsh won the Airspeeder race held earlier this month at Stonefield Airfield in South Australia. That victory emerged him as […]

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6th Włocławek Model Festival – amazing world of (not only) aviation miniatures

27 November 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 22nd and 23rd October 2023, in the Cultural Centre ‘Browar B’ (Centrum Kultury ‘Browar B’) in Włocławek, the 6th Włocławek Model Festival took place. The event was organised by the Włocławek Modeling Club ‘Iskra’ […]

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MD-90 becomes X-66A – the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing test aircraft

30 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 17th August 2023, a MD-90 aircraft arrived to one of the Boeing company facilities, located at Palmdale, California. There, the aircraft will undergo extensive modifications to become Transonic Truss-Braced Wing testbed jet, as part […]

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Military airlift units in support of airborne firefighting – the MAFFS aircraft

9 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Wildland fires are recently a common subject of news headlines. They are one of the most feared forces of nature due to being nearly impossible to prevent, difficult to control and causing significant damage. It […]

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Will ´Connie´ fly again?

16 June 2023 Jacek Domański

It was exactly four years ago, when we wrote about the sole airworthy ´Connie´ in Europe – and, at that time, one of only two such aeroplanes in the world that were still able to […]

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Alauda Aeronautics unveiled Airspeeder Mk 4

24 February 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 21st February, Alauda Aeronautics officially unveiled its fourth, but first manned, flying race car, the Airspeeder Mk 4. Designed and built in Adelaide, South Australia, the new vehicle is the fastest hydrogen-powered eVTOL (Electric […]

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Letter from the Editor – January 2023

11 January 2023 Jacek Domański

A few days ago, we have welcomed the new year 2023. And we think it is a very good opportunity to issue a short summary of our recent activities and latest changes to our web […]

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Basic facts about aircraft de-icing

9 January 2023 Jacek Domański

Winter is here. And, as usual, brings usual season characteristics such as snow, low temperatures and ice. They may cause problems in many sectors, but aviation is the one to be particularly sensitive to winter […]

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Red Arrows Aerobatic Team bid farewell to RAF Scampton station

26 October 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

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 […]

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