Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

28/01/2025

The new season, we all are probably looking forward to, is just around the corner. And to make the wait a little more pleasant, we´re now launching a series of on from the 2024 season.
32nd edition of Aviatická pouť in Pardubice, the Czech Republic is the first event and here are our impressions from the show:

The 32nd edition of Aviatická pouť (the Aviation Fair) air show took place during the weekend of 1st and 2nd June 2024. Despite the challenging weather conditions, the biggest civilian aviation event in the Czech Republic attracted more than 27,000 visitors who enjoyed an excessive static exhibiti...

27/01/2025

Following yesterday's post, we remain on the theme and today on our , for a good start to the week, we are presenting an F-16AM from the Royal Netherlands Air Force ( ) Solo Display Team. The photo was taken during the International Air Show 2013 in Radom, Poland.

26/01/2025

The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for another Photo of the Week from our archives - General Dynamics Fighting Falcon of Solo Türk demonstration team, performing flying display at the NATO Days 2012 (Dny NATO v Ostravě / NATO Days in Ostrava). If you are interested in learning the story of creating the official F-16 display team of the , be sure to check the link in the comments below.

25/01/2025

Last Tuesday it's been 140 years since Umberto Nobile, Italian and , as well as famous of the Arctic areas, was born in Lauro, Italy. That makes a good opportunity to recall his story within our series.

On 21st January 1885, Italian aviation pioneer and designer, as well as famous explorer of the Arctic areas, was born in Lauro, Italy.

24/01/2025

with - Goldsboro incident
On this day, 64 years ago, the B-52 bomber broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina. The carried two Mark 39 bombs on board - bothh were dropped and almost caused a disaster.
More information in our article below:

On 24th January 1961, a B-52 Stratofortress broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina, dropping two Mark 39 nuclear bombs it carried.

23/01/2025

On 16th January 2025, at Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, extreme big-air Lasse Walker performed a world-first stunt by jumping with a in the water over a low-flying with world-wide-known aerobatic and stunt pilot Lukasz „Luke” Czepiela at the controls. If you want to learn more details, you can find it in our latest article:

On Thursday, 16th January 2025, at Dolphin Beach in Cape Town, extreme big-air kitesurfer Lasse Walker performed a world-first stunt by jumping with a kite in the water over a low-flying aircraft with world-wide-known aerobatic and stunt pilot Łukasz Czepiela at the controls.

22/01/2025

This time in our series, we are introducing you to Siemetzki ASRO 4 experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at ̈ckeburg , photographed in June 2023. If you want to learn the story of that created by Alfons Siemetzki, be sure to read our latest article.

Siemetzki ASRO 4 (c/n 1, no registration) experimental rotorcraft, exhibited at Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg (Bückeburg Helicopter Museum), June 2023.

21/01/2025

And today we have got for you some news about Ilmavoimat - Flygvapnet - Finnish Air Force debut during the upcoming NATO Air Policing mission.

In February this year, the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) will, for the first time, participate in the NATO Iceland Air Policing mission. The Finnish deployment will consist of four F/A-18 Hornet fighters and about 50 airmen.

20/01/2025

And here is our new photo for :

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(RAF Typhoon Display Team at Sanicole Airshow 2024)

19/01/2025

This time within our series we are recalling IAR-93A(DC) Vultur formerly ´182´ of the , exhibited at Romanian National Aviation Museum in Bucharest, photographed in March 2014. The history of that Romanian we have covered in our first Photo of the Week article of April 2022. In case if you missed it, check the link in the comments below.

18/01/2025

Last Wednesday marked the 88th anniversary of the of Model 18. Therefore, it is a good occasion to recall, as part of with Afterburner archives, our article from 2021 in which we covered the of this .

Maiden flight of Beechcraft Model 18, commonly known as ´Twin Beech´ – a six to eleven seat, twin-engine light aircraft, developed by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. In the late 1930s, after being [...]

17/01/2025

177 years ago, Nikolay Zhukovsky, a , and , as well as founding father of , was born. Check our latest article from series to find out his story.

On 17th January 1847, a Russian scientist, mathematician and engineer, as well as founding father of aerodynamics, was born.

16/01/2025

Today we have got for you an article about operation in .

Since 2023, French Guiana – an overseas department of France located in the northern part of South America, between Suriname and Brazil – is suffering from extreme drought.

15/01/2025

The subject of our current is the Wolfsberg Aircraft Sparrow ML. If you want to know the story of how this unique-looking was created and developed, we invite you to read our latest article.

Wolfsberg Aircraft Sparrow ML (c/n 011, OK-YUL 36) waiting for permission to take-off from Roudnice nad Labem airfield, June 2019.

14/01/2025

Today we have for you our article about a story from the period of regarding a tragic over the .

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 their destination, as both aircraft crashed in Switzerland, with all aviators dead on the spot.

13/01/2025

It is time for our next photo. This time we start the new week by recalling the flying display of the C-130E ‘1501’ from the 33rd Airlift Base (33. Baza Lotnictwa Transportowego) in Powidz, during the International Air Show 2013 in Radom, .

12/01/2025

It is time for our another within series of posts and this time we are recalling Klemm Kl 35D, taxiing after flying display at 23rd Aviatická pouť / Aviation Fair in Pardubice, in June 2013. If you would like to read the full story of this German sport and training , please follow the link in the comments section below.

11/01/2025

Next Tuesday will mark 82 years since R-4 performed its . Therefore, today within our with Afterburner archives we are recalling the story of that rotorcraft covered in one of our articles from 2022.

On 14th January 1942 (or 13th January, according to some sources), a helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky and designated Vought-Sikorsky VS-316 (aka XR-4, under its USAAF designation) performed its maiden flight, piloted by Les [...]