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WSK SM-1Sz
WSK SM-1Sz (c/n not confirmed – probably 402017, formerly ´4028´ of the Polish Air Force), exhibited at Museum of the Polish Navy, Gdynia, July 2014. The SM-1 helicopter is a Polish, licensed version of a […]
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MILITARY AVIATION
Green light for Germany to buy sixty CH-47 heavy-lift helicopters
On 5th July, the office of German Ministry of Defence announced that budget committee of Bundestag, the German parliament, finally approved the purchase of sixty heavy light CH-47F Chinook rotorcraft. It is supposed that the […]
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Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12
Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12 (c/n S2/7154, formerly XN348 of the Army Air Corps, UK), exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2023. History of that small helicopter can be said to begin with Juan de […]
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Eurocopter Tiger UHT / HAD
Eurocopter Tiger (Airbus EC665) UHT and HAD variants operated by Internationale Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum (International Helicopter Training Centre) of the German Armed Forces in Bückeburg, taking-off for flying display during Tag der Bundeswehr open doors event, Bückeburg, […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Serbian delegation to Cyprus – will Mi-35 deal be completed soon?
Last week, the official Serbian delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense Miloš Vučević visited the Republic of Cyprus. During their several-day-long stay, the Serbian high-ranked officials toured Andreas Papandreou […]
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Eurocopter AS350 B3e Écureuil
Eurocopter AS350 B3e Écureuil (c/n 7545, OK-DSW, operated by DSA a.s.), taking-off for a flying display during open doors day at Aeroklub Jaroměř airfield, Jaroměř, June 2023. The AS350 helicopter was designed in the early […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Farewell to ´flying tank´ – final live-fire training of the Czech Mi-24 helicopters
At the beginning of June, the 221st Helicopter Squadron (221. vrtulníková letka) of the Czech Air Force performed the last live-fire training with their Mi-24V (NATO reporting name Hind) attack helicopters. The exercise was held […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Tamber Shield – new military exercise in the northern Europe
In the second half of April 2023, coastal waters of Norway turned into a simulated battleground between helicopters and superfast vessels. That´s because of a new joint military exercise codenamed ´Tamber Shield 2023´, held in […]
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Eurocopter AS332 L1 Super Puma
Eurocopter AS332 L1 Super Puma (c/n 2050, German Federal Police / Bundespolizei) static display at spotter day organized on the eve of the 100th Anniversary of the German Naval Aviation (Marineflieger), Nordholz air base, August […]
SPACE
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completes its 50th flight
19th April 2023 marked exactly two years since NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter performed its first flight on Mars. And yet a week before that second anniversary, on 13th April, the pioneering rotorcraft achieved its unprecedented […]