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2023 air show season – news and updates (1)

1 March 2023 Jacek Domański

March is knocking at our doors now, and it means the 2023 aviation season in Europe is right around the corner. Therefore, similarly to the previous years, we bring you the first batch of air […]

AIR SHOW REPORTS

Aero India 2023 – the Asia´s largest aviation event

22 February 2023 Jacek Domański

The 2023 edition of Aero India biennial air show and aviation exhibition took place between 13th and 17th February at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru. It was already the 14th edition of that Aerospace, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Sea trials of CH-53K King Stallion

20 February 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of February 2023, Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopter performed a series of evaluation flights at sea. The example of the rotorcraft, assigned to the US Navy, successfully completed its sea […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Another fifteen Boeing KC-46A air tankers for the USAF

14 February 2023 Jacek Domański

At the end of January, Boeing announced that the company was awarded a USD 2.3 billion worth contract for fifteen KC-46A Pegasus multi-mission aerial refuelling aircraft for the United States Air Force. That agreement will […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

The Blades Aerobatic Team to be disbanded

6 February 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 23rd January 2023, The Blades Aerobatic Display Team officially announced that, by decision of the team’s parent company 2Excell Aviation, 2022 was regrettably the last full season for the group. The Blades team have […]

MILITARY AVIATION

End of an era – last flight of Czech Mi-2

6 February 2023 Jacek Domański

On 2nd February 2023, the last airworthy Mil Mi-2 helicopter in the Czech Republic (c/n 5110711088, ´0711´ of the CLV Pardubice) performed its final flight at Pardubice airfield. During the event, the already historical rotorcraft […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Boeing selected for NASA Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Award

30 January 2023 Jacek Domański

On 18th January 2023, Boeing announced that the company was selected by NASA to lead the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator aircraft. The TTBW airframe concept is the […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

Thunderbirds kickstart the 2023 season by Winter Training in New Mexico

25 January 2023 Jacek Domański

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron ´Thunderbirds´ has just opened its anniversary season with a winter training trip to New Mexico. Between 9th and 20th January, the team´s pilots practiced their show at […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Czechoslovak Air Force exhibition in Hradec Králové

23 January 2023 Jacek Domański

Já, UPÍR, přistání povoluji! (English: This is Vampire, you´re cleared for landing) is a temporary exhibition at the Museum of Eastern Bohemia (Muzeum východních Čech) in Hradec Králové. The display is dedicated to Czechoslovak Air […]

MILITARY AVIATION

A dozen new Chinooks for Egyptian Air Force

17 January 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of January, Boeing announced that the US Army awarded the company a contract to produce twelve CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Egyptian Air Force. That purchase, worth 426 million USD, will allow […]

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