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2025 European air show season – news and updates (2)

10 March 2025 Jacek Domański

As every year, we would like to bring your attention to some upcoming aviation events in Europe and share our experiences from the previous editions, as well as let you know the reasons, why we […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Pioneer years of the Finnish aviation – tragic flight across the Alps

13 January 2025 Jacek Domański

On 7th September 1920, on their way from Italy to Finland, two crews of the Finnish Air Force made an attempt to fly across the Alps in Savoia S.9 flying boats. Regrettably, they never reached […]

MILITARY AVIATION

And another chapter has been closed – the end of Swiss Hornet Solo Display team

4 December 2024 Jacek Domański

On Friday, 29th November 2024, the Swiss Eidgenössische Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport (the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport – DDPS) officially informed the decision was made to suspend, for an […]

DREAMERS AND DOERS

Austrian wingsuit pilot pushed boundaries of human flight by breaking three new world records

6 November 2024 Kacper Kolibowski

Peter Salzmann is the world-class wingsuit pilot, known for his daring flights and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in human flight. On 29th October 2024, he did it once again, by making […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

12 July 1891 – Oskar Bider is born

11 July 2024 Jacek Domański

On 12th July 1891, Swiss aviation pioneer Oskar Bider was born in Langenbruck, canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland. In the 1910s, Bider repeatedly appeared on the pages of aviation history. He was the first to cross […]

AVIATION EVENTS

2024 air show season in Europe – cancellations (part 4)

29 May 2024 Jacek Domański

The fourth article from our series focused on the European aviation events of the 2024 season, brings – regrettably – some information about recently cancelled or postponed shows. The first of them is Danish Air […]

AVIATION HISTORY

24 May 1910 – death of Émile Taddéoli, Swiss aviation pioneer

23 May 2024 Jacek Domański

On 24th May 1910, Swiss aviation pioneer Émile Taddéoli was killed in an aviation accident, while performing a flying display with SIAI S.13 aeroplane at Romanshorn. Pierre Émile Taddéoli was born on 8th March 1879 […]

AVIATION HISTORY

10 May 1910 – Ernest Failloubaz opens history of the Swiss aviation

9 May 2024 Jacek Domański

On 10th May 1910, the Swiss aviation pioneer Ernest Failloubaz performed his first flight in a copy of Blériot´s aircraft. It was the first flight of Swiss citizen in a domestically built aeroplane therefore is […]

AVIATION HISTORY

Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon

10 April 2024 Jacek Domański

Gondola of Piccard/Kipfer balloon, used during their record flight dated 27th May 1931, exhibited at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, September 2023. Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss […]

AVIATION EVENTS

Nothing lasts forever – a cloudy future of European military display teams (part 2)

3 April 2024 Jacek Domański

In our article issued at the end of February 2024, we made you familiar with current status of several European military display teams. In numerous cases, the generational change that is now taking place in […]

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