Focke-Wulf Fw 44J ´Stieglitz´ (c/n: 663, formerly ´663´ of the Swedish Air Force, D-ENAY / Quax Flieger association), taxiing at Fliegerhorst Wittmundhafen air force base, June 2013. At first, there was ´Kiebitz´ (English: lapwing), a […]
On 12th November 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont performed a series of public flights, in one of them covering a distance of 200 metres. That was the very first flight officially observed by the FAI and, in […]
Waco YKS-6 (c/n 4504, NC16512), static exhibition during an open-doors event at Točná airfield, September 2021. Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio, as the company was initially named, was founded in 1920. It was a joint […]
Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister (c/n 1010, G-BUTX), exhibited at Hangar 3 of the Classic Trainers association, Plzeň-Líně airfield, October 2021. At first, there was a Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann (Engl.: freshman, young man), the first […]
Pitts S-2S Special (c/n S.18, G-EWIZ) aerobatic biplane, flying display at 40th International Sanicole Airshow, September 2017. Pitts Special is a common name used for light aerobatic biplanes, designed by Curtis Pitts in the 1940s. […]
de Havilland DH.82 ´T-7230´ (c/n 83720, reg. SP-YAA) taxiing during the Central Air Show of 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, an event organized in Rzeszów, Poland, on the last day of August 2019. A […]
Boeing A-75N1 Stearman / PT-17 Kaydet (built 1941, c/n c/n 75-717, N74189), during a wing walking flying display at the 6th Sanicole Sunset Airshow, September 2016. A daredevil aviation stunt known as ´wing walking´ is […]
The famous Stearman Model 75 begins its military career. The Stearman Model 75, also known as just Stearman, Boeing Stearman or Kaydet, is definitely an aeroplane that does not need to be especially introduced to […]
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