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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 […]

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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

  • Poland says farewell to Mi-14 anti-submarine helicopters
    10 September 2025
  • Ghost Bat completed the RAAF tests
    8 September 2025
  • Caracal for the French Forces in Guiana
    27 August 2025

Air Shows

  • Tag der Bundeswehr 2026 – date and locations officially announced
    1 September 2025
  • Viper demo at F-AIR 2025
    11 August 2025
  • A breathtaking start to the air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2025
    30 July 2025

Space

  • Schriever Wargame 2025 – getting ready for future space operations
    3 September 2025
  • X-37B is back in space
    25 August 2025
  • Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle set for its eighth mission
    4 August 2025

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Civil Aviation

  • Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines
    23 June 2025
  • Global airliner fleet to reach 50,000 aircraft by 2044
    16 June 2025
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    20 November 2024

Aviation History

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  • 29 August 1947 – first free flight of the XH-20 Little Henry
    28 August 2025

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    13 August 2025
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    6 August 2025
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    5 May 2025

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