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Ikarus Orkan was born as a private venture of the two young designers in attempt to create twin engine sleek bomber with low power engines. By the end of 1937 was released most of the prototype documentation and the wooden model was tested in the early 1938 in the wind tunnel in Paris. General Staff [...]

Ilja Arizanov, pilot of Yugoslav MiG-29, gave its best in defeat of advancing strange enemy force. This is one of the scenes which actually happen in the war against Yugoslavia in 1999. Lone pilot against the massive attack and just few moments from disaster. Aircraft was down but pilot safely ejected and after few day [...]

One of my greatest pleasures was personal conversation and interview with the former Yugoslav Kingdom fighter pilot, Sergeant Djordje Stojanovic. This old man, who have came in Serbia from Canada, where he lived after the WW2, have brief memories about the events and operations in which he was engaged and what he was seen in [...]

In the late 1937 Yugoslavia began to receive first modern warplanes Do17K and Blenheim Mk.I. That was the beginning of the complete modernization of the Yugoslav aviation. The Royal Yugoslavian inventory slowly began to out date as well the front line types were Ikarus BH 33, Fury, IK-2, Breguet XIX, and Potez XXV, via Fokker [...]

Not much is published about the brave pilots from Yugoslav Kingdom who combat flew Hawker Hurricanes against much numbered enemy in April War, 1941. But from the available materials, documents as well veteran memories, is well know that they give their best and even managed to shoot down Bf109 fly by German pilot. Combat like [...]

Rogozarski IK-3 became operational in 1939. It was the only type to wear proposed fighter overall grey scheme. Problem is that this color was hand mixed ( and hand brush painted) so paint were differ from plane to plane. The same color was enamel based and was mixture of base white color with added Cobalt [...]

Vazduhoplovstvo VojnoAir Arm of the Yugoslav Kingdom had its roots in the aviation of Serbian Kingdom. After WWI on Balkan was constituted the new state which first name was Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians but later replaced with shorter name, Yugoslav Kingdom. For a first time, units were made from material and personality from [...]

This art present my earliest attempt to start design and art in Adobe Photoshop. In that moment I was very limited with tool experience in that editor so this is very advanced result in regard to my digital capabilities in the moment. Same art is the result of my inspiration with the very brave actions [...]