Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

4th March 2021

MILITARY AVIATION

More UCAVs for the Russian armed forces in 2021

In the end of February 2021, the Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu has visited the JSC Kronstadt company, a specialized military manufacturer being the leader of Russian unmanned aircraft industry. This visit was broadly commented by press services of [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Aero Ae-145

Aero Ae-145 (c/n 171911, OK-DAJ), on apron of Pardubice airfield, awaiting departure from Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2017. Aero – továrna létadel (Aero – the aircraft manufacturer) company was founded in 1919 and today is usually considered to [...]
AIR SHOW NEWS

42nd Sanicole International Airshow and XTM Joint Jubilee 2021

After a one year gap caused by coronavirus outbreak, the Sanicole International Airshow is going to return in September 2021, with the 42nd edition of the show. And, certainly, the two other related events – Kleine-Brogel spotter day and Sunset [...]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

26 February 1937

First flight of Fiat G.50 Freccia (English: Arrow), an Italian fighter aircraft. The Fiat G.50 Freccia was created to meet the demand of Regia Aeronautica (the Italian Air Force) for a modern interceptor aircraft. In April 1935 the Fiat Aviazione [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

On the Arctic Circle duty

Approximately a month ago we have informed about the first regular, although still called ´experimental´, deployment of the Northern Fleet fighter aircraft to Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Now, MiG-31BM interceptors of the 98th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment clocked their first month [...]

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 [...]

Light and shadow of Jester – a story of Marineflieger P-3C Orion MPA (1)

FEATURED

17th July 2020

Already shortly after its creation, the post-World War II German naval aviation (Marineflieger), started to play a significant role within the NATO structure in Northern Europe. Officially established in 1956, the naval aviation arm of [...]

AVIATION HISTORY