Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

19th May 2021

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Beriev A-50U / А-50У

Beriev A-50 / А-50У airborne early warning and control aircraft, NATO reporting name: Mainstay (´41´ Taganrog / Таганрог), static display at International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Zhukovsky, July 2017. The story of Soviet airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

60 years of ´Bavarian Tigers´

On 5th May 2021, Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74 (74th Tactical Wing), commonly known as the ´Bavarian Tigers´, has celebrated its 60th anniversary. Formerly known as Jagdgeschwader 74 (74th Fighter Wing), the unit was founded in 1961, being the last formed fighter [...]
AIR SHOW NEWS

Airshow in a time of pandemic – Sanicole show sheds some light on its 42nd edition

Although most of aviation events that were initially planned for the first half of the 2021 season were already cancelled (or turned into online broadcasting), organizers of air shows scheduled for July and beyond are still continue their work – [...]
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26th anniversary of EMERCOM aviation component

On 10th May 2021, aviation component of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (usually abbreviated in Russian as Министерство по чрезвычайным ситуациям – МЧС, and in English as the [...]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

14 May 1915

US Secretary of the Navy Josepus Daniels approved a contract for the first dirigible baloon for the United States Navy. The First World War was a period marked by a rapid and intensive development of aeroplanes and their use in [...]

Space Station ´Mir´ – the symbol of Soviet supremacy in space, that reconciliated nations

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21st March 2021

Space stations… The very first attempt of mankind to create a space habitat. Our dream to establish an orbital station allowing humans to stay in space for a longer period of time began to take [...]

Aircraft and a whole lot more – Vadim Zadorozhny´s Museum of Vehicles

AVIATION HISTORY

15th November 2020

Just about five kilometres from the Moscow city limits, located in the small settlement called Arkhangelskoye, there is one of the most amazing museums in Russia and even in Europe – Vadim Zadorozhny´s Museum of [...]

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