PHOTO OF THE WEEK
2022
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
TL Ultralight TL-3000 Sirius
TL Ultralight TL-3000 Sirius (c/n ?, OK-TAA 54), landing at LKBR / Broumov airfield, Broumov, September 2022. In 2007, during the Aero Fredrichshafen aviation fair, the TL Ultralight company for the first time disclosed to […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Orličan VT-16 Orlík
Orličan VT-16 Orlík (c/n 150702, OK-2141), single-seat glider, static display during open doors day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, October 2022. At the end of the 1950s, a well-known Czechoslovak aviation designer, Jiří Matějček, developed a […]
AIR SHOW REPORTS
The rain and the sun – 30th anniversary of Memorial Air Show
The jubilee, 30th anniversary edition of Memorial Air Show took place on 25th and 26th June 2022, at Roudnice nad Labem airfield in the Czech Republic. That year´s event was really exceptional, and this was […]
SPACE
John McFall – the first parastronaut in the history of human spaceflight
On 22nd – 23rd November 2022, at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, France, the ESA Council at Ministerial level took place. At the conclusion of this two-day meeting, ESA Director General Josef Aschenbacher announced […]
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Lockheed 12A Electra Junior
Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior (c/n 1252, NC14999), flying display at the 30th edition of Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, May 2022. The Lockheed Model 12 was developed as a smaller derivative of Model 10, […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Delivery of the first Boeing P-8A Poseidon to New Zealand
On 7th December 2022, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) received its first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). The official solemn ceremony was held at the Museum of Flight, in Seattle, USA. […]
SPACE
A great chance for Poland to have its second ever man in space
On 23rd November 2022, the European Space Agency – for the first time in thirteen years – selected a group of new candidates for astronauts. Their names were announced at the conclusion of the two-day […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Iron Shadow over Korea
On 20th December, F-22 Raptor 5th generation fighters of the United States Air Force arrived to Kunsan air base, Republic of Korea, where they will participate in exercise Iron Shadow. The Raptors are assigned to […]
CIVIL AVIATION
Certain era comes to an end – the last Jumbo Jet had rolled off the production line
According to press release issued by the Boeing company on 6th December 2022, the last manufactured aircraft of legendary 747 family had left the manufacturer’s factory in Everett, Washington. The most famous four-engine airliner in […]