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45 years of Boeing E-3 Sentry – a brief history of AWACS

31st May 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

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 […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

21 May 1969 – first flight of Antonov An-26

20th May 2021 Jacek Domański

Antonov An-26, a twin-engine, turboprop transport aircraft, performed its maiden flight. Antonov An-26 is one of the most-known aircraft designed by the Antonov construction bureau and, at the same time, stays among the best remembered […]

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PZL 104 ´Wilga 35A´

27th April 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

PZL 104 ‘Wilga 35A’, STOL utility aircraft (SP-EBK c/n 61123), Aero Club of Włocławek, April 2014. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, the need for a modern, lightweight multipurpose aircraft to be used […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

12 March 1938 – first flight of PZL.44 Wicher

11th March 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

Maiden flight of PZL.44 Wicher (English: Gale), a prototype of Polish two-engine airliner. The inter-war years were a period when aviation truly boomed all over the world. Especially in the 1930s, the popularity of air […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

26 February 1937 – First flight of Fiat G.50 Freccia

26th February 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

First flight of Fiat G.50 Freccia (English: Arrow), an Italian fighter aircraft. The Fiat G.50 Freccia was created to meet the demand of Regia Aeronautica (the Italian Air Force) for a modern interceptor aircraft. In […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

5 February 1960 – maiden flight of PZL TS-11 ´Iskra´

5th February 2021 Jacek Domański

Maiden flight of PZL TS-11 ´Iskra´, a Polish jet trainer aircraft. The idea of creating a jet-powered trainer for the Polish Air Force was born in the middle of 1950s, upon the introduction of jet […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

29 January 2010 – maiden flight of Sukhoi PAK FA

29th January 2021 Jacek Domański

Maiden flight of Sukhoi PAK FA prototype, the aircraft also known as Sukhoi T-50 (company designation) and then as Su-57 (NATO reporting name: Felon, although unconfirmed). The roots of a Russian new generation fighter programme […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

8 January 1948 – maiden flight of Lavochkin La-15

8th January 2021 Jacek Domański

Maiden flight of ´aircraft 174´, the jet aeroplane being a base for an early Soviet fighter, Lavochkin La-15 (Ла-15, NATO reporting name: Fantail) Lavochkin construction bureau, also known as OKB-301, is usually being associated with […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

4 December 1938 – maiden flight of Miles M.18

4th December 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Miles M.18 aeroplane performed its maiden flight The Miles M.18 was a British light civil utility aircraft designed in late 1930s by Walter G. Capley. This single-engine, twin-seat, low-winged and fixed undercarriage aeroplane was built […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

10 April 1963 – maiden flight of EWR VJ 101

10th April 2020 Jacek Domański

Maiden flight of EWR VJ 101, a German experimental VTOL jet fighter. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, the idea of jet-powered VTOL aeroplane has spread around the world. Several nations with developed […]

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