biplane Archives — Page 4 of 5

Fairey Swordfish

15 May 2024 Jacek Domański

The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber developed in the early 1930s. However, yet during the World War II, the aircraft – with its open cockpit, struts and braces, as well as maximum speed […]

Gloster Gladiator Mk I

2 April 2024 Milan Doležal

Gloster Gladiator Mk I (c/n 40468, formerly K8042 of the Royal Air Force), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. Developed by Gloster as a private company venture, the Gladiator […]

Avro 500

23 February 2024 Jacek Domański

On 3rd March 1912, Avro 500 military utility biplane designed by A.V. Roe, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was assessed as perfectly designed and having exceptional flight characteristics, apart from its top speed and […]

Hawker Nimrod II

23 January 2024 Milan Doležal

Hawker Nimrod II (c/n 41H-59890, formerly K3661 of the Fleet Air Arm), exhibited at Hangar 2 of the Imperial War Museum Duxford, June 2014. In the middle of 1920s, the Air Ministry began to look […]

Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA

24 October 2023 Milan Doležal

Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA (c/n 7446, formerly G-ABBB), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2018. At the beginning of the 1920s, the Royal Air Force fighter tactics were focused on […]

Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing

18 April 2023 Jacek Domański

Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing (c/n 4896, N69H), static display at spotter day organized on the eve of 100th Anniversary of the German Naval Aviation (Marineflieger), Nordholz air base, August 2013. The aircraft, officially designated Model 17, […]

3 March 1912 – first flight of Avro 500

2 March 2023 Jacek Domański

On 3rd March 1912, Avro 500 military utility biplane designed by A.V. Roe, performed its maiden flight. Alliott Verdon Roe, the British aircraft manufacturer and pioneer pilot, started his aviation career in the early 1900s, […]

Great collection of classic aircraft – Classic Trainers (Hangar 3)

24 April 2022 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of October 2021 we had a possibility to visit a historical aircraft collection located in western Bohemia, at Plzeň-Lině airfield. The Classic Trainers association – similarly to Točna aviation museum we have […]

11 February 1941 – death of Mario Visintini, Italian air ace

11 February 2022 Jacek Domański

On 11th February 1941, flying in a poor weather conditions, Capitano Mario Visintini crashed his Fiat CR.42 fighter into Mount Bizen, Eritrea. Mario Visintini was born on 26th April 1913, in Parenzo d´Istria, now known […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 44J

8 February 2022 Jacek Domański

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 […]