Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B (c/n B3-14-67, formerly XV865 of the Royal Navy), on display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In June of 1952, the British Admiralty issued specification of a new naval aircraft, […]
The upcoming edition of Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show will take on 1st and 2nd June 2024. This year, the East Bohemian airfield in Pardubice will be hosting that biggest civilian aviation event in […]
On 14th February 2024, the Serbian Armed Forces for the first time officially disclosed to public its latest acquirement – Repellent electronic warfare system. That Russian-made weapon address the increasing threat from light unmanned aerial […]
On 16th February 1903, Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer, Traian Vuia, presented his concept of the flying machine, described as the ´aeroplane-car´, to the French Academy of Science. In July of previous year, Vuia decided […]
On 16th February 1903, Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer, Traian Vuia, presented his concept of the flying machine, described as the ´aeroplane-car´, to the French Academy of Science. Regrettably, his idea was rejected with the […]
On 6th June 2023, Aeroklub Jaroměř held another edition of its traditional open-door event, combined with Children’s Day festival. The show returned after a long, four-year gap caused by coronavirus restrictions and, as usual, was […]
Percival Proctor Mk III (c/n H.536, formerly LZ766 of the Royal Air Force and then G-ALCK), on display with Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In November of 1935, Vega Gull four-seat touring aircraft performed […]
On 4th February 2024, another milestone is space exploration was achieved. That very day, cosmonaut Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko (Олег Дмитриевич Кононенко), onboard of the International Space Station (ISS) broke the cumulative most-in-space record of 878.480 […]
On 9th February 1897, an Australian aviation pioneer, Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, was born in Brisbane. In 1928, Kingsford Smith successfully completed the first transpacific flight in aviation history. His over 11,500-kilometre-long trip was […]
The polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are mainly responsible for weather and climate monitoring. However, being a part of global COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system, they additionally contributed to rescuing 350 […]
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