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2024 air show season in Europe – news and updates (part 1)
Spring is already here, and this is high time to begin with our annual series focused on news and updates regarding the current air show season in Europe. Traditionally, our selection of events is very […]
AVIATION EVENTS
Nothing lasts forever – a cloudy future of European military display teams (part 1)
Flying displays of military aircraft are among highlights of any aviation events and, without a doubt, they are some of the most loved by both aviation enthusiasts and general public. However, in recent years we […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Christen Industries A-1 Husky
Christen Industries A-1 Husky (c/n 1079, HB-KCI), operated as a glider towing aircraft at Flugtage Fricktal-Schupfart 2018, Schupfart, July 2018. In 1972, Frank L. Christensen, the pioneer of modern kit planes for homebuilding, founded Christen […]
AVIATION EVENTS
2023 air show season – news and updates (3)
The first half of 2023 has passed and this is the best moment to take a closer look at aviation events planned for the remaining months of the year. In other words, it is the […]
AVIATION HISTORY
7 July 1919 – death of Oskar Bider, Swiss aviation pioneer
On 7th July 1919, Oskar Bider, the famous Swiss aviation pioneer, died crashing his Nieuport 21 during an aerobatic performance in Dübendorf. Oskar Bider was born in 1891, in Langenbruck, Basel-Land. From his early years, […]
OTHER
Will ´Connie´ fly again?
It was exactly four years ago, when we wrote about the sole airworthy ´Connie´ in Europe – and, at that time, one of only two such aeroplanes in the world that were still able to […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Eurocopter EC635 P2+
Eurocopter EC635 P2+ (c/n 0608, T-354 of the Swiss Air Force), static display at the 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. If you think that silhouette of the EC635 strongly resembles an another, […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Pilatus P-3-05
Pilatus P-3-05 (c/n 511-60, HB-RCL of the P-3 Flyers aerobatic team, formerly A-873 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at Den ve vzduchu air show, Plasy, April 2016. In the early 1950s, increasing popularity […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Pilatus PC-21
Pilatus PC-21 (c/n 104, A-102 of the Swiss Air Force), flying display at 75th Anniversary of Meiringen airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. The story of training aircraft made by Pilatus company started already in the early […]