Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

20 March 2025

AVIATION HISTORY

21 March 1971 – maiden flight of Westland Lynx

On 21st March 1971, the new British multi-purpose helicopter, designated Westland Lynx, performed its first flight. Development process focused on creation of the new British rotorcraft, named WG.13 and intended for both civil and military sectors, began already in the [...]
AIR SHOW REPORTS

Launch of the 2025 aviation season – Točná open day

With March already here, the first signs of spring made it clear that grey and gloomy days are over, and it was finally the time to launch the 2025 season. And, similarly to 2022, for the first aviation event this [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Wright Flyer III

Wright Flyer III (replica), flying display during the 21st edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2011. On 17th December 1903, near Kill Devil Hills in the vicinity of Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, for the first time in [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Airbus A400M Atlas in the Far North – part two: Beyond the Polar Circle

At the beginning of this month, the French Equipe de Marque Avion de Transport Tactique (Test and Evaluation Squadron for Tactical Airlift – EMATT) has started another stage of the cold weather test operation programme for the Airbus A400M Atlas [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

14 March 1927 – Pan American Airways airline is founded

On 14th March 1927, Pan American Airways, Incorporated was founded to provide US mail service to Cuba. Within a few decades, the company became the largest international air carrier in the world, as well as unofficial flag airline of the [...]

Pioneer years of the Finnish aviation – tragic flight across the Alps

AVIATION HISTORY

13 January 2025

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 [...]

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

DREAMERS AND DOERS

6 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 [...]

CIVIL AVIATION