PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Bell AH-1Z Viper
Bell AH-1Z Viper (c/n ?, ´0486´ of the Czech Air Force), flying display during open doors day at 22nd Helicopter Air Base in Náměšt nad Oslavou, May 2024. The AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack […]
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SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Boulton Paul Defiant
The Boulton Paul Defiant was designed in the mid-1930s, as a response to rapid development of fast bomber aircraft and aerial warfare model based on theories created by General Giulio Douhet. According to Specification F.9/35 […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
PC-9M and L-39NG – premiere flying displays at Aviation Fair 2024
Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť), the biggest civilian aviation event in the Czech Republic, will this year host two interesting premiere displays. According to the recent information disclosed by organizers of the air show, the flying […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Henri Pitot
Henri Pitot, the French hydraulic engineer, was born on 3rd May 1695 in Aramon, France. Although he was actually not an aviation pioneer, the Pitot´s name is well known to literally all aviators, due to […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
3 May 1695 – Henri Pitot is born
On 3rd May 1695, French hydraulic engineer Henri Pitot was born in Aramon, France. For more than four years, our Aviation History Friday section is travelling back in time to bring you interesting facts from […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Tupolev Tu-104A / Ту-104А
Tupolev Tu-104A (c/n 76600503, formerly OK-LDA, operated by Československé Aerolinie / Czechoslovak Airlines – ČSA), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), April 2013. Since the early 1950s, the turbojet propulsion was […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
Aviation Fair will celebrate the 20th anniversary of CLV Pardubice
During the forthcoming 32nd edition of Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show, a part of the flying display programme will be performed by pilots from Centrum Leteckého Výcviku (Flight Training Centre – CLV) in Pardubice. […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
2024 air show season in Europe – news and updates (part 3)
In addition to the previous two articles focused on upcoming aviation events in Europe, here is a short list of last-minute updates. In other words, a few recently announced air shows or spotter days that […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
26 April 1896 – Ernst Udet is born
On 26th April 1896, Ernst Udet, a German Great War air ace, aerobatic and stunt pilot, as well as one of developers of the re-created German air force and Colonel-General of Luftwaffe, was born. Ernst […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Embraer EMB 121A Xingu
Embraer EMB 121A Xingu (c/n 121-078, 078-YE of the French Air and Space Force) on static display during the Belgian Air Force Days 2023, Kleine-Brogel, September 2023. In the middle of 1960s, the Brazilian authorities […]