Douglas DC-3A (c/n 2204, HB-IRJ, Super Constellation Flyers Association), flying display at Red Bull Air Race, Gdynia, July 2014. The story of the legendary aeroplane the DC-3 undoubtedly is, began in the first half of […]
Nearly a year ago, we have published a photo report from a day in Khotilovo (Хотилово) air base, a home of the 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment (790-й истребительный авиационный полк). That report met with the […]
On 14th January 1942 (or 13th January, according to some sources), a helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky and designated Vought-Sikorsky VS-316 (aka XR-4, under its USAAF designation) performed its maiden flight, piloted by Les […]
Between 7th and 9th January 2022, the 124th Fighter Wing hosted a joint training of F-35B and A-10 crews, organized at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Idaho. During that exercise, pilots from the US […]
Douglas A-26B Invader (c/n: 28044, formerly 44-34765 USAAF / NL67160), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2016. The A-26 was developed in the early 1940s as […]
Beginning of the year is usually a great opportunity to summarise the activities taken in the past twelve months. It is no different in the military world and that´s why the Russian Aerospace Forces have […]
On 7th January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries performed the very first successful balloon flight across the English Channel (La Manche), covering the route from Dover Castle to Guînes (Guisines), Pas-de-Calais. Since the childhood, […]
At the end of last year, more than forty young pilots who recently graduated from aviation schools of the Russian Aerospace Forces, have arrived to aviation regiments in the Tver area. There, within the training […]
Lisunov Li-2 (c/n 18433209, HA-LIX – Goldtimer Foundation) utility and passenger aircraft, performing a flying display during the 2019 Memorial Air Show, Roudnice nad Labem, June 2019 In 1935, the Soviet aviation authorities have acquired […]
More than year ago, we have informed about the first Mi-8AMT semi-knock-down (SKD) kits delivered by the Russian Helicopters holding to Kazakhstan. Those kits, intended for self-assembly, have launched a series of 17 Mi-8AMT / […]
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