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Westland Super Lynx Mk 88A

5 September 2023 Jacek Domański

Westland Super Lynx Mk 88A (c/n WA.397, ´83+26´ of the German Naval Aviation / Marineflieger), static display during spotter day at Galileo SAR Meet 2023, Nordholz, August 2023. In the mid-1960s, the Westland company developed […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Portugal to acquire German P-3C Orion aircraft

4 September 2023 Jacek Domański

On 30th August 2023, the Portuguese Council of Ministers (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros) issued the resolution No. 102/2023, authorizing the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) to buy six P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft […]

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MD-90 becomes X-66A – the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing test aircraft

30 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 17th August 2023, a MD-90 aircraft arrived to one of the Boeing company facilities, located at Palmdale, California. There, the aircraft will undergo extensive modifications to become Transonic Truss-Braced Wing testbed jet, as part […]

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Schulgleiter SG 38 (replica)

29 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Schulgleiter SG 38 (OK-ZKD 35, an airworthy replica of German training glider from the 1930s), static display at open doors event at 21st Tactical Air Base, Čáslav, May 2023. In 1936, Edmund Schneider, a German […]

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Indonesia looks towards F-15EX

29 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 21st August 2023, the Republic of Indonesia and the Boeing company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with regards to future sale of twenty-four F-15EX aircraft. The MoU was concluded at one of Boeing´s […]

MILITARY AVIATION

JetZero Inc. selected for further development of blended wing body aircraft

29 August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 16th August 2023, the United States Air Force announced on its website that JetZero Inc. has been selected by the Department of the Air Force for the next phase of a blended wing body […]

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A nice day among rotorcraft – World Helicopter Rally 2023 in Płock

23 August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 12th August 2023 – less than a year after Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally – Stowarzyszenie Aeroklub Ziemi Mazowieckiej (Mazovia Land Aeroclub Association) hosted another interesting aviation event organized at their airfield in Płock, […]

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Sukhoi Su-7BM (Су-7БМ)

22 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Sukhoi Su-7BM (c/n 5516, formerly ´5516´ of the Czechoslovak Air Force), static display at open doors event at 21st Tactical Air Base, Čáslav, May 2023. On 14th May 1953, Pavel Sukhoi was appointed the Chief […]

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Serbian MoD in Egypt – another step towards Rafale acquirement?

21 August 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of August 2023, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Miloš Vučević paid an official visit in the Arab Republic of Egypt. During that visit, the Serbian MoD and his […]

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European armed forces help Slovenia after deadly flooding

15 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Two weeks ago, massive floods caused by heavy rainfall hit Slovenia. According to the local authorities, the country is currently facing the worst natural disaster in the history of independent Slovenia, affecting two-thirds of the […]

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