Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

22nd December 2024

AVIATION HISTORY

20 December 1942 – bombing of Calcutta begins

On 20th December 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force began its series of aerial raids against Calcutta. With the end of rainy season of 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Twilight of crewed combat aircraft? Perhaps in centuries, expert says.

At the end of November 2024, the tech guru and entrepreneur Elon Musk – and probably the future head of the new US Department of Government Efficiency – posted a series of messages on X social media platform (formerly known [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Mráz M-1C Sokol

Mráz M-1C Sokol (c/n 142, OK-CSR from Točná Aviation Museum), exhibited during the open doors afternoon event at Letiště Točná / Točná Airport, Prague, October 2024. On 9th March 1946, the first post-war Czechoslovak aircraft Mráz M-1 Sokol (English: falcon), [...]
SPACE

The name of the first Polish mission to the International Space Station is… Ignis!

On 2nd December 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology (Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii – MRiT) and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) announced Ignis to be the official name of the Polish technology and [...]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

Friday, the 13th

Today it´s Friday, the 13th – the date usually considered a bad luck day in the Western culture, following the old superstition born someday back in the Middle Ages. This unsubstantiated fear is so strong, that it even has its [...]

Austrian wingsuit pilot pushed boundaries of human flight by breaking three new world records

DREAMERS AND DOERS

6th November 2024

Peter Salzmann is the world-class wingsuit pilot, known for his daring flights and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in human flight. On 29th October 2024, he did it once again, by making [...]

The Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team made aviation history with a world-first stunt

CIVIL AVIATION

30th October 2024

On 8th October 2024, the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team from the Czech Republic have made aviation history by executing the first in history formation inverted loop around a bridge. Their latest stunt is undoubtedly a [...]

AVIATION HISTORY