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Fokker S.11-1 Instructor

Fokker S.11-1 Instructor (c/n 6269, OO-MSH, formerly E-26 of Luchtstrijdkrachten), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. After the World War II, the Dutch aviation industry was being slowly rebuilt from the […]

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SkyHawks parachute team

SkyHawks Canadian parachute team, performing its display at Sanicole Sunset (part of the 44th Sanicole International Airshow), Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, the SkyHawks, was officially established in 1971. Nevertheless, tradition of […]

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Socata TB-10 Tobago GT

Socata TB-10 Tobago GT (c/n 2113, PH-COP), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. In the mid-1970s, the French aviation company Société de construction d’avions de tourisme et d’affaires – SOCATA, developed […]

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Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian

Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian (c/n NL012, Q-42 of Koninklijke Luchtmacht – the Royal Netherlands Air Force/RNLAF), static display during the 44th Sanicole International Airshow / Sanicole Sunset, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. At the end of the […]

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Sikorsky S-76B

Sikorsky S-76B (c/n 760344, N280TR), dynamic performance at the 2023 World Helicopter Rally, Płock, August 2023. Development of the S-76 helicopter, began in the mid-1970s and, initially, the rotorcraft was known as S-74. However, over […]

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Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri

Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri (c/n 248, F-PYTX), flying display at Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), Cheb, August 2024. In the early 1970s, French aeronautical engineer, Michel Colomban – who was working for Morane-Saulnier and then […]

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S-7 Pirát

S-7 Pirát (c/n ?, OK-GUD 07), static display at open doors day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, August 2024. In 1982, Randy Schlitter developed a single-seat ultralight aircraft, designated S-2 Coyote. It was the first aeroplane […]

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Taylorcraft Auster Mk V

Taylorcraft Auster Mk V (c/n 1753, OK-BTA), flying display at Letecký den Cheb (Aviation Day Cheb), Cheb, August 2024. In 1930, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, the Chief Engineer of Taylor Aircraft Company developed a small, low-powered […]

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Westland Sea King Mk 41

Westland Sea King Mk 41 (c/n 768, 89+64 of the German Naval Aviation / Marineflieger, Marinefliegergeschwader 5), static display during spotter day at Galileo SAR Meet 2023, Nordholz, August 2023. The end of August 2024 […]