- Light and shadow of Jester – a story of Marineflieger P-3C Orion MPA (1)
- Over the Atlantic Ocean in a suit – Stanisław Skarżyński
- Flying the impossible – an incredible story of daring flights
- In search of the successor – An-2 for the 21st century
- ´Huey´ versus ´Colt´ – the story of unusual aerial combat
- ´The Survivor´- a story of Bravo November
- Barkhane, Serval, Newcombe – the little-known operations in Africa.
- A walk through the resting place of aviation legends
- Failed dreams – unfinished projects of Czech aviation industry (1)
- The return of Rosinenbomber – 70th anniversary of the Berlin airlift.
EDITORIAL
Letter from the editor – July 2020
Dear Friends, Fans and Followers! Writing to you in the middle of summer holidays, we usually should be sharing our experiences from the first part of the air show season. But, and regrettably, not this year… And for the obvious reason that everybody knows. However, we were still hoping that the mass events would be
Photo of the week
Beriev Be-200ES ´Altair´ / Бе-200ЧС «Альтаир»
Beriev Be-200ES (No. 21512, named ´Konstantin Babich´) multipurpose jet amphibious aircraft, at the static display during XIV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019 in Zhukovsky, Moscow area. In 1980s, the Beriev Design Bureau was working on two projects of new amphibious aircraft – a military anti-submarine A-40 ´Albatross´ with the maximum take-off weight of approximately
Afterburner Archives
The newest, the finest and the legendary – the static aircraft display at MAKS-2017
During the six days of its operation more than 450,000 people visited the 13th edition of the biennial Russian biggest aviation event, the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017. The specialised public and other visitors could follow the flight programme with 90 participating aircrafts in solo and team displays, the presentation of the aviation and
Civil aviation
ICAO compliance for Ansat training simulator
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The first civilian Mi-8AMT Arctic helicopter
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Honouring the aviation personalities of Pardubice
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Ansat helicopters with COVID-19 module
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A monumental museum – Victory Park in Moscow
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Over the Atlantic Ocean in a suit – Stanisław Skarżyński
Those roaring twenties, the ´golden years´ of aviation… This was a time when aviators outdo themselves, pushing the limits of what is possible. Aviation...
Flying the impossible – an incredible story of daring flights
Since the beginning of aviation, pulling off the impossible was a quite popular stunt among the pilots. Especially the well-known landmarks were seducing aviators...
´Huey´ versus ´Colt´ – the story of unusual aerial combat
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