Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

6th November 2024

DREAMERS AND DOERS

Austrian wingsuit pilot pushed boundaries of human flight by breaking three new world records

Peter Salzmann is the world-class wingsuit pilot, known for his daring flights and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in human flight. On 29th October 2024, he did it once again, by making his debut flight from Jungfrau [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Sopwith Triplane

Sopwith Triplane (c/n N5486), exhibited at the Central Air Force Museum (Центральный музей Военно-воздушных сил РФ) in Monino, July 2017. In the middle of the Great War, the Sopwith aviation company developed a single-seat biplane fighter aircraft, designated Pup. The [...]
CIVIL AVIATION

End of the hundred years´ history – the final flight of Czech Airlines

On 26th October 2024, the Czech Airlines (CSA) company performed its final commercial operation – the flight from Paris to Prague, codenamed OK 767. The fifth oldest airline in the world ceased its record of independent activity, eventually completing its [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

113 years since the first bomb dropping from an aircraft

In the beginning of November 1911, during the Italo-Turkish War in the Northern Africa, Italian lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four grenades from his Taube aeroplane on Turkish positions at Ain Zara and Tagiura oasis. That event is usually recognized as [...]
CIVIL AVIATION

The Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team made aviation history with a world-first stunt

On 8th October 2024, the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team from the Czech Republic have made aviation history by executing the first in history formation inverted loop around a bridge. Their latest stunt is undoubtedly a remarkable milestone for aviation, as [...]

Austrian wingsuit pilot pushed boundaries of human flight by breaking three new world records

DREAMERS AND DOERS

6th November 2024

Peter Salzmann is the world-class wingsuit pilot, known for his daring flights and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in human flight. On 29th October 2024, he did it once again, by making [...]

The Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team made aviation history with a world-first stunt

CIVIL AVIATION

30th October 2024

On 8th October 2024, the Flying Bulls Aerobatic Team from the Czech Republic have made aviation history by executing the first in history formation inverted loop around a bridge. Their latest stunt is undoubtedly a [...]

AVIATION HISTORY