Siemetzki ASRO 4 (c/n 1, no registration) experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2023. The story of amateur-built ASRO rotorcraft begins on 4th September 1930. On that day, Alfons Siemetzki was […]
In February this year, the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) will, for the first time, participate in the NATO Iceland Air Policing mission. The Finnish deployment will consist of four F/A-18 Hornet fighters and about 50 […]
On 17th January 1847, a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, as well as founding father of aerodynamics, was born. Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (Николай Егорович Жуковский, sometimes transliterated Joukovsky) was born in Orekhovo village, in the […]
Charles Toussaint Védrines, commonly known as Jules Védrines, was born in December 1881 in Saint-Denis, France. His aviation career began with an apprenticeship at Société des Moteurs Gnome (the Gnome Motor Company), after which he […]
Since 2023, French Guiana – an overseas department of France located in the northern part of South America, between Suriname and Brazil – is suffering from extreme drought. In addition, the eighteen-month-long dry season French […]
Wolfsberg Aircraft Sparrow ML (c/n 011, OK-YUL 36) waiting for permission to take-off from Roudnice nad Labem airfield, June 2019. The beginnings of Wolfsberg Aircraft aviation manufacturer date back to 1995, when the company was […]
On 7th September 1920, on their way from Italy to Finland, two crews of the Finnish Air Force made an attempt to fly across the Alps in Savoia S.9 flying boats. Regrettably, they never reached […]
On 10th January 1935, the French six engine, double deck long-range flying boat Latécoère 521, performed its first flight. The Latécoère 521 was one of many seaplanes designed and built by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, the French […]
On 3rd January 2025, the President of Chile Gabriel Boric, landed at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, therefore beginning the first official visit of Latin American president at the South Pole. The presidential flight was […]
PZL M18A Dromader (c/n 1Z021-13, OK-TGH), part of the Agroair company fleet, Chrudim airfield, December 2024. Do dromedary camels hibernate in winter? Definitely yes, when it comes to those made of metal and able to […]
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