AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
26 June 1948 – Berlin airlift begins
The Berlin airlift begins. For more information about the airlift and the celebrations of its 70th anniversary, please check one of our featured stories.
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Hol´s der Teufel (replica)
A replica of Jacobs – Lippisch ´Hol´s der Teufel´ glider designed in 1928, performing the flying display at Den ve vzduchu 2016 air show, Plasy (Czech Republic). In 1928, Alexander Lippisch and Hans Jacobs, two […]
CIVIL AVIATION
The first civilian Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopter
Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) started serial production of Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopters for civilian customers. The company recently issued a press release stating that the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant already completed the […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
19 June 1952 – maiden flight of Yakovlev Yak-25
The maiden flight of Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO reporting name Flashlight), turbojet interceptor aircraft. Yak-25 (initially developed as Yak-120) was answering the requirements for a long-range, high-altitude interceptor fighter, to be used in the northern and […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
AVIATION HISTORY
A monumental museum – Victory Park in Moscow
On 9th May 1995, at the 50th anniversary of the Victory Day in Europe, during the grand ceremony and with participation of 55 official foreign delegations, the memorial complex at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow was […]
MILITARY AVIATION
When the sky is not blue – all-weather pilot training
Since the beginning of military aviation, an all-weather capability was a desired objective of any air force. The dream came true in 1950s, with introduction of first all-weather jets, but still it has taken awhile […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
12 June 1909 – the first passenger flight with two passengers
The first passenger flight with two passengers performed by an aeroplane. The mentioned aircraft was Blériot XII, designed and built by the famous French aviation pioneer Louis Charles Joseph Blériot. He flew this new aeroplane […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Doflug D-3801 (M.S. 406)
Dornier Werke Altenrhein D-3801 (Swiss licence-manufactured Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406), HB-RCF, during a display at Flugtage Schupfart, Switzerland, in June/July 2018. Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 was the first modern fighter aircraft of the French Air Force, introduced […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
Air shows go online!
As the year advanced, it became clear that anti-coronavirus measures would last with us at least until the end of 2020. The limit of participants for public events is one of them, together with keeping […]