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Polish Aviation Day 2022 – Aeroplane, Helicopter and Autogyro Rally in Płock
On 28th August, the Polish Aviation Day is observed, on the anniversary of Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura’s victory in the International Tourist Aeroplane Competition Challenge 1932. That national holiday was established in 1993 and, […]
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Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-29AS
Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-29AS, NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´ (c/n 2960535409/4715, ´0921´ of the Slovak Air Force) taxiing at Malacky – Kuchyňa air base, August 2022. Although the MiG-29 was already introduced within our Photo of […]
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Avia B-534 (replica)
Avia B-534 (ultra-light replica, OK-QAB-1), taxiing for the static display of the 24th Aviation Fair air show (Aviatická pouť), Pardubice, May 2014. Avia B-534 was a biplane fighter aircraft, designed in the former Czechoslovakia in […]
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L-60 Brigadýr
L-60 Brigadýr (c/n 150507, OK-LKN), flying display at XVI. European An-2 Meeting, Hradec Králové, August 2012. In the early post-war years, the Czechoslovak Air Force still operated utility and liaison aircraft developed by the Nazi […]
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2022 air show season updates – Letecký den Cheb, Czech Republic
It is only two weeks to another air show event to be held in the Czech Republic – Letecký den Cheb (Aviation day Cheb). The event will be organized on 13th and 14th August at […]
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Farewell to White-Red Sparks
Yesterday, on 27th July 2022, the only Polish military jest aerobatic team White-Red Sparks (Biało-Czerwone Iskry) performed the final display, therefore concluding fifty three years of its history. The farewell ceremony was held at the […]
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Robinson R44 Raven II
Robinson R44 Raven II (SP-SAL, c/n 13130) at static display during the Polish Air Force Day air show, 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, September 2017. In 1979, California-based Robinson Helicopter Company began production of its […]
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Fascinating spectacle – 30th anniversary of Aviation Fair
During the last weekend of May, thousands of aviation enthusiasts headed for Pardubice in the Czech Republic, where this year´s edition of Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) was held. After a two-year hiatus caused by coronavirus […]
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Let Z-37A-C3 Čmelák
Let Z-37A-C3 Čmelák (c/n 25-06, OK-NJD), static display at Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, May 2014. History of crop dusting or, formally speaking, aerial application, in then-Czechoslovakia dates back to year 1926, when two military […]