On 23rd December 1972 ended rescue mission of victims of a plane crash that occurred on 13th October in Andes Mountains. Fairchild FH-227 aircraft that belonged to Uruguayan Air Force was transporting a team of rugby players from Montevideo to Santiago de Chile. The catastrophe resulted in 17 deaths. Another 27 people were trapped in … Dowiedz się więcej
On 22nd December 1964 there was made a test flight of SR-71 Blackbird. This two-engine delta mid-wing was used in strategy long distance intelligence. Thanks to maximum speed of 3.5 Ma, true air speed of 3.2 Ma and maximum height of 36000 m was very difficult to detect and intercept. The total production run of … Dowiedz się więcej
On 21st December 1988 there was made a test flight of a transport aircraft An-225 Mrija. It is currently the biggest and heaviest aircraft. It was originally designed to transport space shuttle called Buran, but now it is used for commercial flights. Construction of An-225 is a little smaller that An-124. Mrija has 6 jet … Dowiedz się więcej
On 20th December 1918 in Warsaw School of Air Force was officially opened. It was located in airport in Mokotów, and its first commander became captain Jan Malczewski. The school ran until the fall of 1919 (it changed its name in May 1919 – II School of Pilots) because of fire and a lot of … Dowiedz się więcej
On 19th December 1962 occured a catastrophe of Vickers Viscount plane which belonged to PLL LOT during an attempt to landing in Okęcie Airport. The catastrophe resulted in 33 deaths – 28 passengers and 5 members of the staff. The Vickers Viscount was a British four-engine turboprop. Three of those plane were purchased in 1962 by … Dowiedz się więcej
On 18th December 1970 the Airbus Industry international consortium was officially established. The enterprise was created by France’s Aerospatiale and Deutsche Airbus: Messerschmittwerke, Hamburger Flugzeugbau, VFW GmbHoraz Siebelwerke ATG. Spanish enterprise Construcciones Aeronauticas SA joined them few years later. Currently the Airbus has its branches in Germany, France, Great Britain, Spain and China and subsidiaries in USA, Japan, … Dowiedz się więcej