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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

PZL 104 ´Wilga 35A´

27 April 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

PZL 104 ‘Wilga 35A’, STOL utility aircraft (SP-EBK c/n 61123), Aero Club of Włocławek, April 2014. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, the need for a modern, lightweight multipurpose aircraft to be used […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

23 April 1953 – NATO aircraft acquiring programme

23 April 2021 Jacek Domański

NATO announced an aircraft acquiring programme, worth over 550 million USD. On 23rd April 1953, during a press conference held at Palais de Chaillot, the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Ismay (General Hastings Lionel ´Pug´ […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Rehearsal flights for 2021 Victory Parade are fully underway

21 April 2021 Jacek Domański

In the beginning of May, Europe is celebrating the end of the World War II. In many countries, the Victory Day is a national holiday, usually connected with various military parades, festivities and other ceremonies. […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Dassault MD 450 Ouragan

20 April 2021 Jacek Domański

Dassault MD 450 Ouragan, formerly ´UQ´ of the French Air Force (c/n 320), exhibited in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, Belgium; September 2016. After the World War II, […]

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Letter from the Editor – April 2021

20 April 2021 Jacek Domański

Dear Friends, Fans and Followers! I´m sure you have noticed that it has been more than for months since our last editorial letter. And that´s because there are no significant changes in situation outside. Previously, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Berkuts´ celebrated their 29th anniversary

19 April 2021 Jacek Domański

On 11th April 2021, the aerobatic group ´Berkuts´ (Беркуты, English: Golden eagles) celebrated the 29th anniversary of its foundation. The team, being a part of the 344th Centre for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

16 April 1969 – first flight of Let L-410 Turbolet

15 April 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

First flight of Let L-410 Turbolet. The L-410 aircraft was developed in the 1960s, being a response to a then emerging need in the USSR for a modern, lightweight, turboprop-powered short-range passenger and transport aircraft. […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

An (almost) complete line up of the Polish Air Force jets.

13 April 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Yak-23, MiG-15 (SBLim-2), MiG-17 (Lim-5/6), MiG-19, TS-11, MiG-21, MiG-29 and F-16 aircraft on static display during the Polish Air Force Day at 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, 2016. Mostly, within our ´Photo of the Week´ […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

A question mark over the 2021 air show season

13 April 2021 Jacek Domański

When, in August last year, we have issued our last update on the 2020 air show season and cancellations, there was a hope that this was just a one-time occurrence and things would go back […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Medical helicopters for Turkmenistan

12 April 2021 Jacek Domański

Rostec has recently informed about the delivery of two medical helicopters for Turkmenistan. As a result of an agreement signed on 31st March 2020, an Ansat rotorcraft and Mi-17-1V were supplied by Kazan Helicopters company […]

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