´On this day, in aviation history…´ – this is how usually begins our Facebook post on Friday, when we share with you some interesting facts from the history of aviation. Today, however, we would like […]
Since the beginning of aviation, pulling off the impossible was a quite popular stunt among the pilots. Especially the well-known landmarks were seducing aviators for a spectacular flight around or through them, that could bring […]
Kirby Chambliss in Zivko Edge 540 V3 streaking through the racetrack – Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Gdynia 2014 The history of the fastest motorsport in the world, as the Red Bull Air Race […]
The highlight of the past week was the cancellation of the Victory Day Parade in Russia. The 75th jubilee of the victory over the Nazi Germany had to be a spectacular show, however the confirmed […]
Howard Hughes and Jack Frye set a west-to-east US transcontinental record, flying from Burbank, California to Washington, D.C. in 6 hours and 58 minutes. Howard Hughes, a legendary entrepreneur, millionaire and aviator, was also the […]
Northrop F-5E Tiger II ´J – 3030´, Swiss Air Force – flying display during the 75th anniversary of Flugplatz Meiringnen (Meiringen Air Base), June 2016. In the 1950s, Northrop Corporation developed a privately-founded project of […]
Another update of cancellation list for the 2020 air show season, with some new announcements included. The updates to the list publshed already in two previous articles were highlighted in bold: Historic Helicopters Open Day, […]
The 2020 edition of ´Aviadarts´ international military contest is finalizing its second phase. In March, many of participating crews were concluding the regional level of the competition – as it happened, for example, in the […]
Maiden flight of EWR VJ 101, a German experimental VTOL jet fighter. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of jet-powered VTOL aeroplane has spread around the world. Several nations with developed […]
Mil Mi-24V (for export purposes also designed as Mi-35) 7353 ´Night Tiger´ of Czech Air Force, performing the flying display at Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF), September 2012. The operational service of Mi-24 attack helicopters […]
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