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African air carriers order Boeing 737 MAX airliners at the Dubai Airshow

19 November 2025 Jacek Domański

According to the latest announcement from the Boeing company, Air Sénégal and Ethiopian Airlines have agreed to order a combined total of twenty Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The two agreements – for nine and eleven […]

AVIATION HISTORY

1 March 1926 – the RAF Cairo to Cape Town flight begins

1 March 2024 Jacek Domański

On 1st March 1926, a detachment of four Fairey IIID aircraft left Cairo, beginning the first long-range formation flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF), as well as the first RAF flight to South Africa. […]

AVIATION HISTORY

112 years since the first bomb dropping from an aircraft

1 November 2023 Jacek Domański

In the beginning of November 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War in the Northern Africa, Italian lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades from his Taube aeroplane on Turkish positions at Ain Zara and Tagiura oasis. That […]

CIVIL AVIATION

First delivery of Boeing 767 Freighter to African carrier

5 June 2023 Jacek Domański

On 3rd June 2023, the first Boeing 767-300 Freighter was delivered to Air Tanzania, the flag carrier airline of Tanzania. The aircraft was handed over during a solemn ceremony held at Dar es Salaam, the […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

11 February 1941 – death of Mario Visintini, Italian air ace

11 February 2022 Jacek Domański

On 11th February 1941, flying in a poor weather conditions, Capitano Mario Visintini crashed his Fiat CR.42 fighter into Mount Bizen, Eritrea. Mario Visintini was born on 26th April 1913, in Parenzo d´Istria, now known […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Over the Atlantic Ocean in a suit – Stanisław Skarżyński

17 May 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Those roaring twenties, the ´golden years´ of aviation… This was a time when aviators outdo themselves, pushing the limits of what is possible. Aviation records were set one after another and reports of new outstanding […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Russian rotorcrafts at the Russia-Africa Economic Forum in Sochi

24 October 2019 Jacek Domański

While the eyes of the world are watching the Russian Tu-160 visiting South Africa, we cannot forget about the other event connecting Russia and the African countries, namely the Russia-Africa Economic Forum, which is organized […]

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Military Aviation

  • Saab and CAE Launch Global AEW Training Collaboration
    24 November 2025
  • Czech Air Force bids farewell to its last Mi-8 helicopter
    17 November 2025
  • From a clean sheet to flight testing in 556 days – YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft takes-off into the skies
    12 November 2025

Air Shows

  • The spirit of flight returns to Pardubice – Aviatická pouť 2025
    30 October 2025
  • On the eve of Tag der Bundeswehr 2025 – spotter day in Bückeburg
    22 October 2025
  • Wings over Broumov – Open Day 2025
    22 September 2025

Space

  • Beyond the Solar System – Pioneer 10 and 11
    10 November 2025
  • ViaSat-3 – the second Viasat´s next generation spacecraft
    6 October 2025
  • 3 October 1968 – first flight of the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle
    2 October 2025

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Civil Aviation

  • Farewell to the Bonanza, the aircraft that changed the general aviation
    1 December 2025
  • African air carriers order Boeing 737 MAX airliners at the Dubai Airshow
    19 November 2025
  • Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines
    23 June 2025

Aviation History

  • 5 December 1941 – first flight of Kawanishi E15K Shiun
    4 December 2025
  • Visionary engineer and aviation pioneer – the world of Hugo Junkers by Technikmuseum „Hugo Junkers“ Dessau
    4 December 2025
  • 28 November 1938 – Fw 200 Condor begins its record flight from Berlin to Tokyo
    27 November 2025

Other

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    26 November 2025
  • X-59 QueSST aircraft successfully completes its maiden flight
    3 November 2025
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