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Red Arrows Aerobatic Team bid farewell to RAF Scampton station

26 October 2022 Kacper Kolibowski

As reported by the Royal Air Force on its official website, on 21st October 2022, the last aircraft of the Red Arrows Aerobatic Team had left RAF Scampton station, taking-off from there for the last […]

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Miles M.14A Magister I

5 July 2022 Jacek Domański

Miles M.14A Magister I / Hawk Trainer III (c/n 873, G-CLHY, formerly N3827 of the RAF / LV-XSG), flying display at 30th edition of Aviation Fair air show, Pardubice, May 2022. In order to tell […]

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1 April 1954 – last operational sortie of the RAF Spitfire

31 March 2022 Jacek Domański

On the 1st April 1954, a Spitfire Mk. XIX of the No. 81 Squadron RAF performed the last operational sortie of that type of aircraft within the RAF. That final flight was a reconnaissance mission […]

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4 February 1943 – first flight of Bristol Buckingham medium bomber

3 February 2022 Jacek Domański

On 4th February 1943, prototype of a twin-engine medium bomber, the Bristol Type 163 ´Buckingham´, performed its maiden flight. An idea to create a medium bomber based on Beaufighter originally came from its manufacturer, the […]

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de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk

7 September 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk ‘WD 322’ (c/n 50/1360, reg. SP-YAC) landing after display during the Central Air Show of the 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, an event organized in Rzeszów, Poland; on […]

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de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

24 August 2021 Kacper Kolibowski

de Havilland DH.82 ´T-7230´ (c/n 83720, reg. SP-YAA) taxiing during the Central Air Show of 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aeroclub, an event organized in Rzeszów, Poland, on the last day of August 2019. A […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

18 June 1951 – ´Black day´ at the RAF Biggin Hill station

17 June 2021 Jacek Domański

´Black day´ at the RAF Biggin Hill station, with three crew fatalities and three Gloster Meteor aircraft lost within a few minutes. The Royal Air Force station at Biggin Hill was an airfield well known […]

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4 June 1943 – Jaroslav Čermák

3 June 2021 Jacek Domański

Flying Officer Jaroslav Čermák from No. 313 (Czech) Squadron RAF, crashes with his Spitfire Mk.V (AR512) near Taunton, after colliding with a train. Complicated wartime fortunes of Jaroslav Čermák may work as a perfect example […]

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13 November 1940 – Handley Page Halifax entered service

13 November 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

Handley Page Halifax entered service with No. 35 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. The Handley Page Halifax was a heavy bomber with a double vertical stabilizer, developed in response to Specification P.13/36 issued by the British […]

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