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Yakovlev Yak-27R

9 September 2025 Jacek Domański

Yakovlev Yak-27R / Як-27Р, NATO reporting name “Mangrove” (c/n 477, formerly “0708” – “red 28” of the Soviet Air Force), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. In the early 1950s, the Soviet […]

Tag der Bundeswehr 2026 – date and locations officially announced

1 September 2025 Jacek Domański

Although only about two months have passed since this year’s edition of Tag der Bundeswehr – the annual open-doors event of the German armed forces – the German Ministry of Defence has already announced the […]

Bölkow P-166/3

19 August 2025 Jacek Domański

Bölkow P-166/3 ´Flying Jeep´ experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The P-166/3 was developed in 1960 by Götz Heidelberg, a German aviation engineer, inventor, and aircraft designer who at that […]

Kaman HH-43F Huskie

29 July 2025 Jacek Domański

Kaman HH-43F Huskie (c/n 174, formerly 62-4547 of the United States Air Force – USAF), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The HH-43 Huskie, one of the most interesting helicopters developed in […]

Hispano HA-200D Saeta

22 July 2025 Jacek Domański

Hispano HA-200D Saeta (c/n 20/73, formerly in service with Ejército del Aire / the Spanish Air Force, D-IWMS of Messerschmitt Stiftung), departure from Neuburg air base, July 2025. In the late 1940s, with the beginning […]

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze

15 July 2025 Jacek Domański

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze (c/n 100406, formerly operated by Kriegsmarine / the German Navy), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2025. The idea of using an aircraft to improve observation range of submarines […]