First flight of Let L-410 Turbolet. The L-410 aircraft was developed in the 1960s, being a response to a then emerging need in the USSR for a modern, lightweight, turboprop-powered short-range passenger and transport aircraft. […]
Yak-23, MiG-15 (SBLim-2), MiG-17 (Lim-5/6), MiG-19, TS-11, MiG-21, MiG-29 and F-16 aircraft on static display during the Polish Air Force Day at 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, 2016. Mostly, within our ´Photo of the Week´ […]
When, in August last year, we have issued our last update on the 2020 air show season and cancellations, there was a hope that this was just a one-time occurrence and things would go back […]
Rostec has recently informed about the delivery of two medical helicopters for Turkmenistan. As a result of an agreement signed on 31st March 2020, an Ansat rotorcraft and Mi-17-1V were supplied by Kazan Helicopters company […]
The F-22 fighter aircraft was unveiled during an official roll out ceremony at Marietta, Georgia. The roots of an Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) programme go back to 1981. At that time, the USAF issued an […]
Thirty years ago, on 5th April 1991, one of the most famous military aerobatic groups – Русские Витязи (English: Russian Knights) of the Russian Aerospace Forces – was established. The team celebrated its 30th anniversary […]
Saab 29 Tunnan (c/n 29-670, SE-DXB), operated by the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight, during a flying display at NATO Days, Ostrava-Mošnov, September 2016. The first flight of a jet-powered aircraft in Sweden took place […]
Svenska Aeroplan AktieBolag (SAAB) company is founded. ´Our country should manufacture its own weapons as much as possible. We have good shipyards and armouries but we have no production in the country for warplanes.´ These […]
The first meeting of Organizing Committee for the preparation and carrying out the 15th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021 was held on 22nd March, traditionally a four months before date of this event. The […]
PZL TS-8 ‘Bies‘ (c/n: 1E0306), formerly ´0306´ of the Polish Air Force, exhibited at the static display during a joint event of the 10th anniversary of F-16 service in the Polish Air Force and the […]
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