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Slam dunk from the sky – how basketball merged with aviation in Poland

13 August 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

Two Polish athletes, Piotr ´Grabo´ Grabowski – FIBA 3×3 World Champion in slam dunks, and Łukasz Czepiela – aerobatic pilot and winner of the 2018 Red Bull Air Race Challenger Cup, teamed up to perform […]

DREAMERS AND DOERS

Dutch big-air kitesurfer and Polish pilot perform historic feat in South Africa

22 January 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On Thursday, 16th January 2025, at Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, extreme big-air kitesurfer Lasse Walker performed a world-first stunt by jumping with a kite in the water over a low-flying aircraft with world-wide-known aerobatic […]

AIR SHOW REPORTS

Aerobatic masters and a lot more exciting displays – Aviation Fair 2023

13 March 2024 Jacek Domański

On the last weekend of May 2023, the Pardubice airfield once again hosted the Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show. It was already the 31st edition of the biggest civilian aviation event in the Czech […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

Łukasz Czepiela and other aerobatic masters at Aviation Fair 2023

16 May 2023 Jacek Domański

The world-famous Polish aviator, Łukasz ´Luke´ Czepiela will be one of the stars of the upcoming 31st edition of Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show, performing a flying display with his famous STOL aircraft, Carbon […]

CIVIL AVIATION

Łukasz Czepiela makes aviation history again!

19 March 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

Polish aviator Łukasz Czepiela is one of those pilots who likes to break aviation records and push beyond the boundaries. It is therefore not surprising he did it again and, on 14th March this year, […]

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CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX

13 July 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub EX (SP-YHB, c/n CCK-1865-0116), Kruszyn Aerodrome (Aeroclub of Włocławek), 25th April 2019.  Carbon Cub is an aeroplane with superb flying capabilities, that may definitely be called a truly 21st century incarnation […]

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Military Aviation

  • Galileo SAR Meet 2025 – Prague-Kbely hosts Europe’s leading SAR crews
    16 February 2026
  • RNoAF expands its SAR capability with new Tromsø AW101 base
    11 February 2026
  • MH-139A Grey Wolf programme grows with new USAF order
    9 February 2026

Air Shows

  • Aviation Fair goes to Hradec Králové!
    2 February 2026
  • Heritage and modern capability – Tag der Bundeswehr 2025 at Internationales Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum in Bückeburg.
    7 January 2026
  • The spirit of flight returns to Pardubice – Aviatická pouť 2025
    30 October 2025

Space

  • 40th anniversary of the launch of Mir’s core module
    18 February 2026
  • 16 January 2003 – launch of STS-107, the final flight of Columbia
    15 January 2026
  • Beyond the Solar System – Pioneer 10 and 11
    10 November 2025

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Civil Aviation

  • Farewell to the Bonanza, the aircraft that changed the general aviation
    1 December 2025
  • African air carriers order Boeing 737 MAX airliners at the Dubai Airshow
    19 November 2025
  • Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines
    23 June 2025

Aviation History

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    19 February 2026
  • 13 February 1923 – Chuck Yeager is born
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Other

  • Human power transferred into lift force – the Peloton Takeoff Project
    17 December 2025
  • First ever wingsuit foil soaring flight with altitude gain
    26 November 2025
  • X-59 QueSST aircraft successfully completes its maiden flight
    3 November 2025
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