PHOTO OF THE WEEK Archives

28 August 2025

Aero Ae 270 Ibis

26 August 2025 Jacek Domański

Aero Ae 270 Ibis (c/n 008, OK-ALE), performing a flying display during the Open Doors Day at the 21st Tactical Air Force Base, Čáslav, May 2013. Somewhere in the 1980s, the idea of creating a […]

Bölkow P-166/3 ´Flying Jeep´ experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The P-166/3 was developed in 1960 by Götz Heidelberg, a German aviation engineer, inventor, and aircraft designer who at that […]

AgustaWestland AW101 SAR Queen

12 August 2025 Jacek Domański

AgustaWestland AW101 Mk 612 (c/n 0265 of Luftforsvaret / the Royal Norwegian Air Force), taking part in a hoisting challenge during the Galileo SAR Meet 2025 at Kbely Air Force Base, Prague, August 2025. The […]

Swift S-1

5 August 2025 Jacek Domański

Swift S-1 (c/n 124, D-6081), flying display at Den ve vzduchu 2025 air show, Plasy, April 2025. The post-war history of Polish aerobatic gliders began with the IS-4 Jastrząb (English: hawk), developed in 1949 by […]

Kaman HH-43F Huskie

29 July 2025 Jacek Domański

Kaman HH-43F Huskie (c/n 174, formerly 62-4547 of the United States Air Force – USAF), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The HH-43 Huskie, one of the most interesting helicopters developed in […]

Hispano HA-200D Saeta

22 July 2025 Jacek Domański

Hispano HA-200D Saeta (c/n 20/73, formerly in service with Ejército del Aire / the Spanish Air Force, D-IWMS of Messerschmitt Stiftung), departure from Neuburg air base, July 2025. In the late 1940s, with the beginning […]

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze

15 July 2025 Jacek Domański

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (c/n 100406, formerly operated by Kriegsmarine / the German Navy), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The idea of using an aircraft to improve observation range of submarines […]