During the 2023 edition of the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Switzerland, the Boeing company announced that up to four Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) were recently ordered by undisclosed VIP customers. The […]
On 9th May 2023, Ryanair and Boeing informed about concluding new purchase agreement, for delivery of the largest Boeing 737 variant to that leading low-cost airline in Europe. The deal includes a firm order for […]
At the end of April 2023, the Boeing company announced its plan of accelerating technology development for sustainability, including the test flight programme of ´Explorer´ aircraft for 2023. The first ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 787-10 Dreamliner, […]
On 7th April 1922, a Farman F.60 and a de Havilland DH.18A airliners collided in mid-air over Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine in France, killing all persons on board of both aircraft. That accident is considered the first mid-air […]
According to press release issued by the Boeing company on 6th December 2022, the last manufactured aircraft of legendary 747 family had left the manufacturer’s factory in Everett, Washington. The most famous four-engine airliner in […]
On 11th March 1993, Airbus A321, being one of the most successful airliners made by the company, performed a maiden flight. The A321 is a member of a popular A320 family of passenger aircraft, produced […]
Lockheed Model 10 Electra (Electra 10-A, c/n 1091, N241M), flying display at Airport Točna open day, September 2021. In the early 1931, the American public was shocked by a tragic aviation accident. A Fokker F-10 […]
Ilyushin Il-18B (c/n 189001604, OK-NAA, formerly operated by Československé aerolinie), exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely aviation museum), Prague, September 2021. In the mid-1950s, the piston-powered passenger aircraft were being slowly replaced by faster and […]
Douglas DC-3A (c/n 2204, HB-IRJ, Super Constellation Flyers Association), flying display at Red Bull Air Race, Gdynia, July 2014. The story of the legendary aeroplane the DC-3 undoubtedly is, began in the first half of […]
Lisunov Li-2 (c/n 18433209, HA-LIX – Goldtimer Foundation) utility and passenger aircraft, performing a flying display during the 2019 Memorial Air Show, Roudnice nad Labem, June 2019 In 1935, the Soviet aviation authorities have acquired […]
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