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The participants list of 41st Sanicole International Airshow is almost completed

19 August 2019 Jacek Domański

In addition to the two previous releases about the already confirmed participants of 41st Sanicole International Airshow and 8th Sanicole Sunset Airshow, here is the short information about a few other interesting aircraft worth seeing […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Russia wins the 2019 edition of ´Aviadarts´ International Contest

17 August 2019 Jacek Domański

Forty-three crews from four countries participated in the 2019 edition of International Contest ´Aviadarts´ that was organized between 3rd and 17th August 2019 at Diaghilevo airfield, Ryazan region. An overall winner of the contest was […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Airbus EC665 Tiger helicopters grounded, following a safety warning from the manufacturer

9 August 2019 Jacek Domański

Two days ago, on 7th August, the Bundeswehr (German federal armed forces) ceased all operational and training flights of the EC665 Tiger fleet. This decision was caused by the safety warning issued by Airbus Helicopters, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Another step towards integration of the 5th generation – exercise Astral Knight 2019

4 August 2019 Jacek Domański

Deepening the integration of the fifth generation F-35A Lightning II jets was one of the goals for the Astral Knight 2019 joint multinational exercise, that was organized late May and early June 2019, at Aviano […]

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Letter from the editor – July 2019

29 July 2019 Piotr Dudek

Dear Friends, When we started our project few months ago, we were full of true enthusiasm, we were driven by adrenaline and sincere passion. On the other hand, we were also anxious whether Afterburner would […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Kamov Ka-32 helicopters fighting with fire in Turkey

25 July 2019 Jacek Domański

Russian Helicopters Holding Company has just delivered three Ka-32A-11BC multipurpose helicopters to Turkey. All of them will be used for firefighting purposes. In July 2018 contracts were signed with KAAN Air (Turkey) for delivery of […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21(MF-75) LanceR C

23 July 2019 Milan Toman

The Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR C ´6824´ is landing for refuelling at Pardubice airfield (Czech Republic), during the way back home to Romania from RIAT 2019 – 22nd July 2019. Two RoAF MiG-21s (6824 […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

The BUFF and WWII warbirds – several new announcements for the Sanicole air show

22 July 2019 Jacek Domański

The ´Big Ugly Fat Fellow´, as the B-52 Stratofortress is sometimes nicknamed, was already announced as one of the participants of Sanicole Sunset, the Friday evening show. This flying display will be a great addendum […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

More details from the European premiere of Ansat helicopter at Le Bourget

12 July 2019 Jacek Domański

As we have informed in one of the previous news, Russian Helicopters Holding Company was exhibiting their multi-purpose Ansat helicopters for the first time in Europe at the 53th International Paris Air Show, held in […]

AVIATION HISTORY

The return of Rosinenbomber – 70th anniversary of the Berlin airlift.

2 July 2019 Jacek Domański

On 26th June 1948, thirty-two C-47 transport aircraft took-off from the airfields located in the Allied occupation zones of Germany and headed for Berlin. Carrying 80 tonnes of cargo, including milk, flour and medicines, those […]

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