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5 June 1969 – Tupolev Tu-144 went supersonic for the first time

5 June 2020 Jacek Domański

A prototype of Tupolev Tu-144 passenger jet went supersonic for the first time, becoming the first passenger jet to break the sound barrier. Tupolev´s jet did this a four months before its only competitor – […]

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2020 air show season – cancellations update (5)

24 May 2020 Jacek Domański

Even though it has been only three weeks since the previous edition of air show cancellations list was published, some latest announcement resulted in the need to publish another update. Obviously, most of the events […]

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Cub Crafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub SS / PPG

20 May 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

A powered paraglider (PPG) is standing on the wing of Carbon Cub during the joint flying display at the Central Air Show, organized in 2019 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aero Club. […]

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Victory air show at Kubinka

10 May 2020 Jacek Domański

Holding an air show without any spectators may seem like a crazy idea, but nowadays it became a fact of life. We never would have though that we would write a report from such event, […]

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2020 air show season – cancellations update (4)

2 May 2020 Jacek Domański

Another update to the air show calendar for 2020 is bringing even more cancelled or postponed events – caused by the coronavirus outbreak and anti-pandemic measures. The last couple of days have brought a new […]

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2020 air show season – cancellations update (3)

19 April 2020 Jacek Domański

The highlight of the past week was the cancellation of the Victory Day Parade in Russia. The 75th jubilee of the victory over the Nazi Germany had to be a spectacular show, however the confirmed […]

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2020 air show season – cancellations update (2)

12 April 2020 Jacek Domański

Another update of cancellation list for the 2020 air show season, with some new announcements included. The updates to the list publshed already in two previous articles were highlighted in bold: Historic Helicopters Open Day, […]

AIR SHOW REPORTS

A spectacular aviation evening – 8th Sanicole Sunset Airshow

4 April 2020 Jacek Domański

In September 2019, Sanicole Sunset Airshow and Sanicole International Airshow returned after the one-year gap, caused by the Belgian Air Force Days – the biennial event rotating among the Belgian air force bases and in […]

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Messerschmitt Me-262A-1C ´Schwalbe´

31 March 2020 Jacek Domański

Messerschmitt Me-262A-1C ´Schwalbe´ (replica) D-IMTT, rehearsal for Aviatická pout air show in Pardubice (Czech Republic), May 2016. Although the idea of jet-powered aeroplane is practically as old as the aircraft itself, the first constructions of […]

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42nd Sanicole International Airshow – The first announcements (postponed for 2021)

29 March 2020 Jacek Domański

The current circumstances related to the coronavirus outbreak touched almost all countries and triggered the cancellations of many air shows this year. However, the organizers of events scheduled for the second part of the 2020 […]

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