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MILITARY AVIATION
Jet trainer and light attack aircraft – a close look at G-4 Super Galeb
One of the latest press releases of the Serbian Ministry of Defence, focused on flight training performed by cadet pilots at Batajnica air base, have created the perfect opportunity to get a closer look at […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
13 May 1930 – Jean Mermoz completed the first south transatlantic postal flight
On 13th May 1930, Jean Mermoz, French aviation pioneer, opened the south transatlantic postal line, from Saint-Louis in Senegal to Natal, Brazil, flying in Latécoère 28 floatplane. Jean Mermoz was born on 9th December 1901 […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Tactical airlift dexterity practised over the Pacific Ocean
At the beginning of May, the Royal Australian Air Force and the US Air Force concluded a bilateral tactical airlift and airdrop exercise, codenamed Global Dexterity 2022. The training was performed in the Hawaii operational […]
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The Flying Dragons Team
The Flying Dragons Team, paramotor display group, performing night display at LOTOS Gdynia Aerobaltic air show, August 2019. Paragliding is nowadays definitely one of the most accessible forms of recreational flying. Relatively low cost of […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
2022 air show season updates (4)
And this is our fourth news with updates and information related to this year´s air show season in Europe. First of all, the sad information about Tag der Bundeswehr 2022 that we have already shared […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
6 May 1937 – the Hindenburg disaster
On 6th May 1937, German airship Hindenburg caught fire while landing at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, USA and was completely destroyed, killing thirty six people. Rigid and semirigid airships appeared in the late 19th century […]
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Short S-312 Tucano T1
Short S-312 Tucano T1 (c/n S122/T93, ZF379 of the Royal Air Force), taxiing after arrival to Hradec Králové airfield – CIAF air show, August 2018. Short Tucano (English: toucan) is a licence-built variant of popular […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
SHIELD 2022 in Batajnica
On Saturday, 30th April 2022, the Serbian Ministry of Defence held a public show at ´Colonel Pilot Milenko Pavlović´ air force base in Batajnica. According to the official releases, the demonstration was organized to show […]
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Aerostar / DASA MiG-29 Sniper
Aerostar / DASA MiG-29 Sniper (MiG-29 9.12A, c/n 4305, formerly ´67´ of the Romanian Air Force), exhibited at Muzeul Naţional al Aviaţiei Române (National Romanian Aviation Museum) in Bucharest, March 2012. Romania, likewise other Eastern […]