Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

18 September 2025

DREAMERS AND DOERS

Austrian wingsuit pilot sets the new world speed record

It was in early November 2024 that we first wrote about wingsuit flyer Peter Salzmann and his feat of breaking three world records in a single flight. Now, almost a year later, the Austrian skydiver has once again pushed the [...]
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HC-2 Heli Baby

HC-2 Heli Baby (c/n 002 – 2nd prototype, RA-05 of the Czechoslovak Air Force, formerly OK-10), light utility helicopter, on display at the National Technical Museum, Prague, April 2025. In the late 1940s, the development team led by Jaroslav Šlechta, [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Singapore to acquire four P-8 Poseidon aircraft

On Wednesday, 10th September 2025, the Singaporean government officially announced its decision to acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). The announcement followed a meeting held that day at Pentagon between Chan Chun Sing, Singapore’s Minister for Defence, [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

12 September 1934 – maiden flight of Gloster Gladiator

On 12th September 1934, prototype of Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter performed its first flight. Developed by Gloster as a private company venture, the Gladiator became a quite popular fighter aircraft of the late 1930s. In the United Kingdom, the aeroplane [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Poland says farewell to Mi-14 anti-submarine helicopters

In early September 2025, the Polish Naval Air Brigade officially retired its last Mil Mi-14PŁ anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter. The Mi-14PŁ (the Polish designation for the Mi-14PL) served as the primary ASW (anti-submarine warfare) rotorcraft of the Polish Navy for [...]

Austrian wingsuit pilot sets the new world speed record

DREAMERS AND DOERS

17 September 2025

It was in early November 2024 that we first wrote about wingsuit flyer Peter Salzmann and his feat of breaking three world records in a single flight. Now, almost a year later, the Austrian skydiver [...]

RWD-8 – the most-produced pre-war Polish aircraft

AVIATION HISTORY

19 August 2025

Among Polish interwar aircraft, those designed by Stanisław Rogalski, Stanisław Wigura, and Jerzy Drzewiecki — designated RWD, the name coming from the initials of their surnames — hold a special place in aviation history. Notable [...]

AVIATION HISTORY