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Sopwith Triplane

Sopwith Triplane (c/n N5486), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the middle of the Great War, the Sopwith aviation company developed a single-seat biplane […]

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Boeing/Vertol CH-47D Chinook

Boeing/Vertol CH-47D Chinook (c/n M-3666, D-666 ´the Beast´ of the 299th Squadron, the Royal Netherlands Air Force), static display during the 40th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2017.  On 21st September 1961, a new American […]

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Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey

Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey (c/n D1037, 11-0058 US Air Force, 352nd Special Operations Group), flying display at Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, July 2017. Without any doubts, the V-22 Osprey is one of the most interesting […]

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Robinson R-44 Raven II

Robinson R-44 Raven II (SP-SAL, c/n 13130) at static display during the Polish Air Force Day air show,  31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, September 2017. In 1979, California-based Robinson Helicopter Company began production of its […]

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Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S

Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S (c/n GS016, 30+26 of the Luftwaffe) ‘Atlantic Tiger’, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74, Luftwaffe – 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, September 2017. The history of this unit of the German Air Force dates […]

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MBB Bo 105 CBS-4

Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 CBS-4 (D-HUDM, c/n S-883, Flying Bulls), draining a runway during the 2017 edition of Red Bull Air Race, Lausitzring, September 2017. A light, twin-engine multipurpose helicopter, designated as Bo 105, performed its […]

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Pitts S-2S Special

Pitts S-2S Special (c/n S.18, G-EWIZ) aerobatic biplane, flying display at 40th International Sanicole Airshow, September 2017. Pitts Special is a common name used for light aerobatic biplanes, designed by Curtis Pitts in the 1940s.  […]