Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

23rd May 2022

AIR SHOW REPORTS

Perfect opening of the Czech air show season – Den ve vzduchu 2022

Aviation event held annually at Aeroklub Plasy airfield is the traditional opener of the Czech air show season. This year, the show returned after a two-year gap caused by coronavirus outbreak – and it was a great comeback! Den ve [...]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

20 May 1784 – first women to ascend in a tethered balloon

On 20th May 1784, Marchioness and Countess de Montalembert, Countess de Podenas and Miss Lagarde ascended in a tethered balloon of the Montgolfier system and therefore they became the first women ever to fly. In October of 1783, Étienne Montgolfier [...]
AIR SHOW NEWS

2022 air show season updates (5) – Sanicole International Airshow

This year´s air show season is already in full swing, so it is time to provide you even more news and announcements in our fifth article of the series, fully focused on the 43rd edition of Sanicole International Airshow. The [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Zlín XII

Zlín XII (replica of c/n 149 ´OK-IPS´, OK-YUU 81), performing a flying display during Den ve vzduchu s Plzeňským krajem air show, Plasy, April 2022. The story of Zlin – probably the most widely known Czech aviation brand, began in [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Jet trainer and light attack aircraft – a close look at G-4 Super Galeb

One of the latest press releases of the Serbian Ministry of Defence, focused on flight training performed by cadet pilots at Batajnica air base, have created the perfect opportunity to get a closer look at SOKO G-4 Super Galeb aircraft, [...]

A Cold War veteran – the present and the future of MiG-29 with the NATO air forces

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6th April 2022

Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name ´Fulcrum´), although still being in active service, is usually associated as one of the most iconic aircraft of the late Cold War years. And yet, interestingly, that fighter jet returned [...]

Made in Czechoslovakia – Zlín Trenér family

AVIATION HISTORY

27th October 2021

More than 74 years ago, on 20th October 1947, new Czechoslovak monoplane took-off for the first time. Commonly known as Zlín Trenér (English: trainer), the aircraft gave start for an entire series of Czechoslovak aerobatic [...]

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