On 2nd June 2022, the 221st Helicopter Squadron (221. vrtulníková letka) of the Czech Air Force celebrated its 20th anniversary of full membership in NATO Tiger Association. The 221st Squadron was officially formed in 2008, […]
On 8th July 2011, STS-135 – the final mission within the NASA Space Shuttle programme – was launched, with the space shuttle Atlantis making its final flight into space. The idea of the space shuttle […]
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 […]
On 6th December 2021, the aviation regiment located at Chelyabinsk Shagol air force base, and being a part of the 14th Army of the Air Force and Air Defence (14-я армия ВВС и ПВО), celebrated […]
Probably everyone, even not being directly interested in aviation and aerospace, has heard about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA. Nevertheless, to tell the story that led to creation of this world’s most […]
Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz land their Bellanca J-300 Special in Warsaw, after a successful transatlantic flight from New York. Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz, businessmen and amateur aviators of Polish nationality, were born in 1893 and […]
First flight of Yakovlev Yak-50, aerobatic trainer aircraft. Between 1946 and 1965, Yakovlev design bureau created, under common designation Yak-18, a series of quite different training and aerobatic aircraft. It included a variant designated Yak-18PM, […]
Kawanishi E11K, a Japanese experimental flying boat performed its first flight. The story of this aircraft began in 1936, when the Imperial Japanese Navy drew up a request for a new small flying boat, intended […]
25th May 2021 marked exactly 45 years since the first flight of Boeing E-3 Sentry. And that makes a perfect occasion to tell the story of this iconic ‘guardian of the skies’. Origins of the […]
On 5 May 2021, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (the 74th Tactical Air Force Wing), commonly known as the “Bavarian Tigers”, celebrated its 60th anniversary. Formerly known as Jagdgeschwader 74 (the 74th Fighter Wing), the unit was […]
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