Klemm Kl 35D (c/n 5050, D-EQXD), taxiing after flying display at 23rd Aviatická pouť / Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, June 2013. In the late 1920s, Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm GmbH developed a light sport and training […]
For a number of years, Aérospatiale Gazelle was a well-known icon of the French helicopter industry. Designed and developed in the late 1960s, as a successor of Alouette rotorcraft family, the Gazelle was widely used […]
On 25th March 2006, the second successful test flight of HyShot III, a revolutionary supersonic combustion ramjet engine was performed at Woomera, South Australia. In 1947, Charles Yeager, flying the Bell X-1 rocket aircraft, broke […]
On 12th March, after a few months´ winter break, gates of Letiště Točna and its hangar opened for general public again. Visitors who came there – for the first aviation event of the 2022 season […]
Fairey Gannet AS.4 (c/n F.9395, formerly XG 853 Royal Navy, then UA+113 German Naval Aviation), static display at open-air exhibition of Aeronauticum (Deutsche Luftschiff und Marineflieger Museum), Nordholz, June 2019. The Fairey Gannet is commonly […]
A fortnight ago, we have written about preparations for Cold Response 2022 – a NATO military exercise organized in Norway. Although being organized biannually since 2006, this year the training reached its largest significance. It […]
On 18th March 1916, Ernst Udet achieved his first of 62 air victories in the Great War, shooting down a French Farman F.40 aircraft. Ernst Udet, born on 26th April 1896 in Frankfurt am Main, […]
A first-of-its-kind joint exercise was hosted between 3rd and 6th March 2022 by the Hawaii Air National Guard. The training, codenamed ´Ho’oikaika´, was focused on creating a stealth airpower while operating from three separate locations […]
Beech B35 Bonanza (c/n D-2444, N5159C), static display at Airport Točna / Letiště Točna open doors day, March 2022. In aviation, the term ´milestone´ is typically being used to describe advanced military jets, record-breaking prototypes […]
On 12th March 2022, the first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft intended for the Japanese Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) has landed at Misawa air force base. That UAV is the first out of […]
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