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AIR SHOW NEWS

2020 air show season – news and updates (6)

9 August 2020 Jacek Domański

The first days of August would seem like the good moment for a brief overview of the current air show season. First of all, we are in the middle of summer holidays and secondly, more […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

7 August 1997 – NASA STS-85 mission

7 August 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Space Shuttle ‘Discovery’ launched for the NASA STS-85 mission. The STS-85 mission has begun at 10:41:00 EDT, when ´Discovery´ crewed by astronauts – Commander Curtis L. Brown; Pilot Kent V. Rominger; Mission Specialists N. Jan […]

CIVIL AVIATION

The first flights of Ansat in Mexico

7 August 2020 Jacek Domański

The first flights of Ansat light multipurpose helicopter, owned by a Mexican company Craft Avia Center, were commenced in Guadalajara. During one of those flights, Ansat performed a landing and take-off operation on a skyscraper […]

OTHER

Russia celebrates the 90th anniversary of Airborne Forces

6 August 2020 Jacek Domański

Only a week after the Day of the Russian Navy, this year being celebrated on 26th July, another military holiday was observed in Russia. The feast, officially known as the Airborne Forces Day (День Воздушно-десантных […]

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM / МиГ-21УМ

5 August 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM (´Mongol-B´) ´9351´, 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 Polish Air Force Day, […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

31 July 1944 – death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

31 July 2020 Jacek Domański

On 31st July 1944, Saint-Exupéry took-off for his last flight, a reconnaissance mission over the Rhone Valley. Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry – an aviator that needs no introduction. Who has not heard […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Beriev Be-200ES ´Altair´ / Бе-200ЧС «Альтаир»

28 July 2020 Jacek Domański

Beriev Be-200ES (No. 21512, named ´Konstantin Babich´) multipurpose jet amphibious aircraft, at the static display during XIV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019 in Zhukovsky, Moscow area. In 1980s, the Beriev Design Bureau was working […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Russia celebrates the Navy Day – also with aviation flypasts

26 July 2020 Jacek Domański

As we already announced, another military holiday – the Day of the Russian Navy (День Военно-Морского Флота) was observed today in Russia. And as usual, the Navy Day was highlighted by the main Naval Parade […]

OTHER

Letter from the editor – July 2020

25 July 2020 Jacek Domański

Dear Friends, Fans and Followers! Writing to you in the middle of summer holidays, we usually should be sharing our experiences from the first part of the air show season. But, and regrettably, not this […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

24 July 1969 – Apollo 11 crew came back to Earth

24 July 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

The first men who walked on the Moon, came back on Earth safely. It’s safe to say, that Apollo 11 is considered to be the most significant mission of the whole Apollo programme of NASA […]

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