Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

29 June 2025

AVIATION HISTORY

27 June 1977 – maiden flight of CASA C-101 Aviojet

On 27th June 1977, the Spanish training jet aircraft, CASA C-101 Aviojet, performed its first flight. The Aviojet was developed in response to the Spanish Air Force (since 2022 known as the Spanish Air and Space Force – Ejército del [...]
AIR SHOW REPORTS

A perfect foretaste of the main event – 11th Sanicole Sunset Airshow

The 11th Sanicole Sunset Airshow, held on 21st September 2024, was a perfect foretaste of the main, full day event that took place on the following day. Both the main event and the evening air show returned to Sanicole airfield [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Avro Anson Mk I

Avro Anson Mk I (c/n MH120, ZK-RAA, formerly MH120 of the Royal Australian Air Force, VH-BLP and VH-BAF), flying display during the 33rd Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair) air show, Pardubice, June 2025. In 1933, the A.V.Roe and Company (commonly initialised [...]
CIVIL AVIATION

Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines

On 16th June 2025, Airbus announced via its website that LOT Polish Airlines had placed an order for forty medium-haul, narrow-body aircraft from the A220 family. That order marks the first time in history of the Polish national carrier when [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

20 June 1914 – Fischamend mid-air collision / Körting disaster

On 20th June 1914, two Austro-Hungarian aircraft, M.III Körting airship and Farman F.20 biplane, collided in mid-air near Fischamend, Lower Austria. As a result of the accident, both aircraft were destroyed and none of their crews survived. The M.III Körting [...]

Operation K – the longest bomb raid at the time

AVIATION HISTORY

26 May 2025

Between 3rd and 5th March 1942, the naval aviation of the Japanese Imperial Navy performed the long-range bomb raid on Oahu Island, commonly known as the second attack on Pearl Harbor. Officially codenamed Kē-Sakusen (K作戦 [...]

20th anniversary of Gripen service with the Czech Air Force

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21 April 2025

Twenty years ago, on 18th April 2005, the first Swedish-made supersonic jet fighters arrived to 21. základna taktického letectva (the 21st Tactical Air Force Base) in Čáslav, therefore opening the Gripen era in the Czech [...]

AVIATION HISTORY