PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Museum
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
IAR-93A(DC) Vultur
Avioane Craiova IAR-93A(DC) Vultur (c/n 93282182, formerly ´182´ Romanian Air Force), exhibited at Muzeul Naţional al Aviaţiei Române (Romanian National Aviation Museum) in Bucharest, March 2014. Back in the 1970s, Yugoslavia and Romania, although still […]
AVIATION MUSEUMS
New aviation museum to be created in Poland
Recently, we have learned about the new aviation museum that is going to be opened next year in central Poland. Its first exhibit has already arrived to the location, so we were just waiting for […]
AIR SHOW REPORTS
2022 aviation season opener – Točna open day
On 12th March, after a few months´ winter break, gates of Letiště Točna and its hangar opened for general public again. Visitors who came there – for the first aviation event of the 2022 season […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Fairey Gannet AS.4
Fairey Gannet AS.4 (c/n F.9395, formerly XG 853 Royal Navy, then UA+113 German Naval Aviation), static display at open-air exhibition of Aeronauticum (Deutsche Luftschiff und Marineflieger Museum), Nordholz, June 2019. The Fairey Gannet is commonly […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Ilyushin Il-18B
Ilyushin Il-18B (c/n 189001604, OK-NAA, formerly operated by Československé aerolinie), exhibited at Letecké muzeum Kbely (Kbely aviation museum), Prague, September 2021. In the mid-1950s, the piston-powered passenger aircraft were being slowly replaced by faster and […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Douglas A-26B Invader
Douglas A-26B Invader (c/n: 28044, formerly 44-34765 USAAF / NL67160), exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2016. The A-26 was developed in the early 1940s as […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (c/n 580-8967, 94+47), formerly German Air Force, exhibited at Deutsche Museum / Flugwerft Schleissheim, Munich, October 2019. On 22nd March 1948, a new American subsonic jet trainer, successfully performed its maiden […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister
Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister (c/n 1010, G-BUTX), exhibited at Hangar 3 of the Classic Trainers association, Plzeň-Líně airfield, October 2021. At first, there was a Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann (Engl.: freshman, young man), the first […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Cessna T-37 Tweet
Cessna T-37B-CE Tweet (c/n 40978, formerly 66-8002 USAF), exhibited in Luftfahrtmuseum Wernigerode, Germany; June 2018. From its creation in December of 1947, the independent US Air Force struggled with significantly downsized training structures. All primary […]