In the middle of November 2022, the Boeing company delivered the twentieth CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter to the Royal Netherlands Air Force. This marked the completion of the country´s latest fleet upgrade. The CH-47F is […]
On 12th November this year, the world of aviation was struck by the news that Franklin Davis Robinson, originator of one of the most popular and successful families of helicopters in the world, had sadly […]
Agusta A109BA (c/n 0345, H45 of the Belgian Air Component) and MD Helicopters MD 500E (c/n 0191E, OK-PKS) in a joint flying display during Czech International Air Show, Hradec Králové, September 2017. The A109 helicopter […]
At the beginning of November 2022, the Swedish Armed Forces Supreme Commander, General Michael Bydén, submitted his latest military recommendations to the Swedish government. As disclosed by the Swedish military authorities, the document includes the […]
On 14th October 1964, YCH-53A – prototype of heavy lift cargo helicopter (later known as Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion), performed its maiden flight. The CH-53 owns its origins to the United States Marine Corps and […]
Robinson R44 Raven II (SP-SAL, c/n 13130) at static display during the Polish Air Force Day air show, 31st Tactical Air Base, Poznań-Krzesiny, September 2017. In 1979, California-based Robinson Helicopter Company began production of its […]
Last Friday, 10th of June, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence has announced the country is going to terminate the contract for NH90 deliveries, as well as to cancel introduction of that rotorcraft into the […]
Shipborne helicopter Kaman SH-2G(P) Super Seasprite (c/n 253, s/n 163543, ´3543´ of the Polish Navy), static display during Płock Aviation Picnic, June 2013. The history of SH-2 helicopter dates back to 1959, when the US […]
Aviation event held annually at Aeroklub Plasy airfield is the traditional opener of the Czech air show season. This year, the show returned after a two-year gap caused by coronavirus outbreak – and it was […]
On Saturday, 30th April 2022, the Serbian Ministry of Defence held a public show at ´Colonel Pilot Milenko Pavlović´ air force base in Batajnica. According to the official releases, the demonstration was organized to show […]
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