Bölkow P-166/3 ´Flying Jeep´ experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The P-166/3 was developed in 1960 by Götz Heidelberg, a German aviation engineer, inventor, and aircraft designer who at that […]
On 15th March 1960, the B-58 Hustler supersonic strategic bomber began its operational service with the United States Air Force. That first operational bomber in the world capable of Mach 2 maximum speed, performed its […]
Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational bomber in the world capable of Mach 2 maximum speed. Development and construction of two prototypes was performed in accordance with the highest security standards. Neither the shape […]
Maiden flight of PZL TS-11 ´Iskra´, a Polish jet trainer aircraft. The idea of creating a jet-powered trainer for the Polish Air Force was born in the middle of 1950s, upon the introduction of jet […]
´U-2 incident´ Francis Gary Powers, flying the U-2 spy-aircraft, was shot down near Sverdlovsk. If you want to learn more about the incident and its background, we recommend to check one of our ´Photo of […]
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