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MILITARY AVIATION
Submarine hunt and tactical recovery missions – exercise Northern Viking 2022
A few days ago, this year´s edition of multinational, Iceland-hosted exercise Northern Viking was successfully concluded. The training was held between 2nd and 14th April in Iceland and surrounding waters, with participation of the Icelandic […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
15 April 1965 – first flight of Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma helicopter
On 15th April 1965, the first of two prototypes of SA 330 Puma helicopter, registered F-ZWWN, performed its maiden flight. The rotorcraft was flown by Jean Boulet and Roland Coffignot, with an assistance of onboard […]
AVIATION EVENTS
2022 air show season update – Aviation Fair in Pardubice
We are pleased to announce that the 30th anniversary edition of Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) was already officially confirmed to be organized this year. The show is returning after a two-year gap, caused by coronavirus […]
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General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (c/n 4R-91, 91-0011 Turkish Air Force, Solo Türk demonstration team), performing flying display at the 2012 edition of NATO Days, Ostrava- Mošnov, September 2012. The idea of creating an official […]
AVIATION EVENTS
2022 season update – Tag der Bundeswehr cancelled
In the beginning of this year it seemed that – after a two-year gap caused by coronavirus outbreak – things are finally getting back to normal. Aviation events that in previous years were cancelled or […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
8 April 1950 – four Soviet La-11 fighters shot down a US Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer over the Baltic Sea
On 8th April 1950, four Lavochkin La-11 fighters intercepted a US Navy aircraft, performing signal intelligence (SIGNIT) mission off the Soviet coast of the Baltic Sea. That aircraft, a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, was shot down […]
FEATURED
A Cold War veteran – the present and the future of MiG-29 with the NATO air forces
Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´), although still being in active service, is usually associated as one of the most iconic aircraft of the late Cold War years. And yet, interestingly, that fighter jet returned […]
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IAR-93A(DC) Vultur
Avioane Craiova IAR-93A(DC) Vultur (c/n 93282182, formerly ´182´ Romanian Air Force), exhibited at Muzeul Naţional al Aviaţiei Române (Romanian National Aviation Museum) in Bucharest, March 2014. Back in the 1970s, Yugoslavia and Romania, although still […]
AVIATION MUSEUMS
New aviation museum to be created in Poland
Recently, we have learned about the new aviation museum that is going to be opened next year in central Poland. Its first exhibit has already arrived to the location, so we were just waiting for […]