On 19 February 1986, a new chapter in human space exploration began with the successful launch of the DOS-7 core module of the Soviet space station “Mir”, marking the beginning of the first modular orbital […]
Extra 330SC (c/n SC018, OK-KOP), rehearsal for the Red Bull Air Race demo, on the eve of the 29th Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show, Pardubice, May 2019. A series of aerobatic aeroplanes manufactured under […]
The 2025 edition of the Galileo SAR Meet took place from 4 to 8 August at Kbely Air Force Base in Prague, Czech Republic. Organised in cooperation with the European Union Space Programme and the […]
On 13 February 1923, Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager, a USAF officer, combat ace, and test pilot, was born in Myra, West Virginia. Chuck Yeager was born into a farming family. He spent his youth in […]
At the end of January 2026, the Norwegian government officially announced its decision to exercise the option for two additional AgustaWestland AW101 SAR Queen helicopters. This decision will allow a permanent rescue helicopter base to […]
The Aerotechnik WGM.21 prototype, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. In the 1960s, the German company Aerotechnik Entwicklung und Apparatebau GmbH (Aerotechnik Development and Equipment Manufacturing Ltd.), based in Frankfurt am Main, […]
At the end of January 2026, Boeing announced that it would produce four additional MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters for the United States Air Force (USAF). The latest order, concluded between the company and the US […]
On 6 February 1916, the Russian naval aviation carried out an airstrike on the Turkish port of Zonguldak and sank the German cargo vessel SS Irmingard, the largest ship to be sunk by an air […]
On 29 January 2026, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, the company that coordinates the Eurofighter programme, officially announced that the fleet of European-made fighters had reached the historic milestone of one million cumulative flying hours. The information […]
Knoller C.II (c/n 119.15, formerly in service with Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen / the Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops), on display at the National Technical Museum in Prague, April 2025. The outbreak of the Great War led […]
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