On 11 September 2025, after more than four decades of service, the Siły Powietrzne (Polish Air Force) officially retired its last examples of the Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber. Once again, one of the iconic aircraft of […]
In early September 2025, the Polish Naval Air Brigade officially retired its last Mil Mi-14PŁ anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter. The Mi-14PŁ (the Polish designation for the Mi-14PL) served as the primary ASW (anti-submarine warfare) rotorcraft […]
Canadian Car and Foundry AT-6 Harvard Mk IV (c/n CCF-4-409, SP-YIX, formerly ´51-17227´ of the United States Air Force and ´MM5384´ of the Italian Air Force), performing an evening flying display in the golden light […]
Among Polish interwar aircraft, those designed by Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura, and Jerzy Drzewiecki — designated RWD, the name coming from the initials of their surnames — hold a special place in aviation history. Notable […]
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 […]
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski flew to the International Space Station (ISS) within the Polish science mission Ignis, as European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut. He worked as mission specialist participating in the private Ax-4 mission by Axiom […]
On 16th June 2025, Airbus announced via its website that LOT Polish Airlines had placed an order for forty medium-haul, narrow-body aircraft from the A220 family. That order marks the first time in history of […]
The successful Ignis mission to the International Space Station in June and July 2025 marked a historic milestone for Poland. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski became the second Pole in history to fly into space, after Mirosław Hermaszewski, […]
Every year, we are bringing your attention to some of the upcoming aviation events in Europe and sharing our experiences from their previous editions, as well as telling you the reasons, why we consider them […]
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