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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 outdid themselves, pushing the limits of what was 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

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    17 August 2026
  • Three nations, one mission – historic RC-135 integration over France
    12 August 2026
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    10 August 2026

Air Shows

  • Letecký den Cheb returns for its tenth edition
    3 August 2026
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    17 June 2026
  • A flying start to the air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2026
    1 June 2026

Space

  • ESA to send first Czech astronaut to the ISS on private Vast mission
    15 June 2026
  • UK astronaut John McFall moves closer to historic space mission
    9 June 2026
  • VORTEX-S – Europe’s bid for a reusable orbital spaceplane
    13 May 2026

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Civil Aviation

  • Boeing 737-7 is finally approved for commercial service
    5 August 2026
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    22 July 2026
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Aviation History

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    20 August 2026
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Other

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    24 June 2026
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