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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

  • PÉGASE 26 – French Rafales train with US, Japanese and South Korean fighters
    5 October 2026
  • Boeing selected to develop U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX fighter
    30 September 2026
  • PEGASE 26 opens a new route to the Indo-Pacific through the Arctic
    14 September 2026

Aviation Events

  • Šumperk airfield marks 80 years with a special air show
    7 September 2026
  • Letecký den Cheb returns for its tenth edition
    3 August 2026
  • 70th anniversary of the Náměšť air base – open day at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base
    17 June 2026

Space

  • Macron’s vision for European space autonomy — how close is it to reality?
    7 October 2026
  • Europe sets out new ambitions for human spaceflight and lunar exploration
    23 September 2026
  • ESA to send first Czech astronaut to the ISS on private Vast mission
    15 June 2026

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Civil Aviation

  • Boeing wins major new orders from Korean Air, Turkish Airlines and Biman Bangladesh
    28 September 2026
  • TAROM receives its first Boeing 737 MAX
    16 September 2026
  • Boeing 737-7 is finally approved for commercial service
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Aviation History

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  • Operation Halyard – 82nd anniversary commemorated in Serbia
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Other

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    5 July 2026
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