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Stampe-Vertongen SV.4

26th September 2023 Jacek Domański

Stampe-Vertongen SV.4 (c/n 1175, formerly V-33 of the Belgian Air Force), exhibited in the aviation section of the Royal Museum of Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. Stampe et Vertongen aviation manufacturing company […]

Once was not enough – another visit in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History

25th September 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of September, we again had the opportunity to visit the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Musée royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire militaire / Koninklijk Museum van het Leger […]

An incredible journey through rotorcraft history, from an aerial screw to the Mars Helicopter – Bückeburg Helicopter Museum

2nd August 2023 Jacek Domański

At the foothills of the Weser Uplands, in German land of Lower Saxony, there is a small but picturesque town named Bückeburg. Apart from the interesting Bückeburg Palace, the former residence of the Princes of […]

WSK SM-1Sz

1st August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

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 […]

Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP.12

4th July 2023 Jacek Domański

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 […]

Czechoslovak Air Force exhibition in Hradec Králové

23rd January 2023 Jacek Domański

Já, UPÍR, přistání povoluji! (English: This is Vampire, you´re cleared for landing) is a temporary exhibition at the Museum of Eastern Bohemia (Muzeum východních Čech) in Hradec Králové. The display is dedicated to Czechoslovak Air […]

Wagner DOWA 81

20th December 2022 Jacek Domański

Wagner DOWA 81, home-made aircraft, exhibited at Deutsche Museum / Flugwerft Schleissheim, Munich, October 2019. Between 1945 and 1989, approximately four million East Germans moved to the West Germany. Majority of them, 3.45 million people, […]

Canadair CF-104 Starfighter

14th December 2022 Jacek Domański

Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (c/n 683A-1033, ´8-733´ of the Turkish Air Force), exhibited at Harbiye Military Museum and Cultural Site Command (Harbiye Askeri Müze ve Kültür Sitesi Komutanlığı), Istanbul, December 2022. CF-104 was a late development […]

Avia 14-32A (Ilyushin Il-14)

13th September 2022 Jacek Domański

Avia 14-32A / Ilyushin Il-14, manufactured under licence in Czechoslovakia (c/n 805119, formerly OK-MCI of the Czechoslovak Airlines), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), August 2022. A short story of development […]

Aerostar / DASA MiG-29 Sniper

26th April 2022 Jacek Domański

Aerostar / DASA MiG-29 Sniper (MiG-29 9.12A, c/n 4305, formerly ´67´ of the Romanian Air Force), exhibited at Muzeul Naţional al Aviaţiei Române (National Romanian Aviation Museum) in Bucharest, March 2012. Romania, likewise other Eastern […]