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MILITARY AVIATION
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV makes the aviation history by operation from a short-runway vessel
On 19th November 2024, Bayraktar TB3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) completed its open-sea shipboard testing programme, according to statement released by the Baykar company, manufacturer of the aircraft. Within the test, the Turkish UCAV […]
AVIATION HISTORY
22 November 1954 – the French Army Light Aviation was formed
On 22nd November 1954, Aviation légère de l’armée de Terre – ALAT (the French Army Light Aviation) was formed to provide observation, reconnaissance, assault and supply duties for Armée de Terre (the French ground forces). […]
CIVIL AVIATION
Global air cargo traffic to double by 2043 – Boeing forecast says
In the Boeing´s 2024 World Air Cargo Forecast published recently, the company indicated that air cargo traffic is to double by 2043, due to emerging markets drive growth, boosted by e-commerce and geographically shifted supply […]
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Schleicher ASH 26 E
Schleicher ASH 26 E (c/n 26145, D-KSBS) self-powered glider, static exhibition during open doors event at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, August 2024 At the beginning of the 1990s, Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. aviation company developed […]
CIVIL AVIATION
Air China to become the first customer for new C929 wide-body airliner
On 12th November 2024, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) officially announced Air China to become the first customer for the company´s new wide-body airliner, C929. The purchase agreement between Comac and the airline […]
AVIATION HISTORY
15 November 1957 – first flight of Tupolev Tu-114 airliner
On 15th November 1957, the Soviet long-haul passenger airliner Tupolev Tu-114, performed its maiden flight. In August of 1955, in response for market demand, Совет министров СССР (the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union) […]
CIVIL AVIATION
On a new course – Aeroflot strategy for 2030 versus the reality of the Russian market
At the end of October 2024, the largest air carrier of Russia, the Aeroflot group (ПАО Аэрофлот – Российские авиалинии / PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines) announced its results for the Q2 2024, as well […]
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Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol
Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol (c/n 150905, OK-NOR), taking-off from Letiště Točná / Točná Airport, after the open doors day held there, Prague, October 2024. On 9th March 1946, the first post-war Czechoslovak aircraft Mráz M-1 […]
AIR SHOW REPORTS
Afternoon with the iconic Czechoslovak aircraft – October Zlín Meeting at Točná Airport
On Saturday, 12th October 2024 another edition of open doors afternoon event was held at Letiště Točná / Točná Airport in Prague, the Czech Republic. This time, the event was organised in the eve of […]