Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

12 November 2025

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

MX Aircraft MXS-R

The MX Aircraft MXS-R (c/n 2, N540XS), flew by Mikaël Brageot during the 2017 edition of the Red Bull Air Race, Lausitzring, September 2017. The Australian aviation manufacturer MX Aircraft was established in 2001, following the buyout of Giles Aircraft, [...]
SPACE

Beyond the Solar System – Pioneer 10 and 11

In about half a year, the Pioneer 10 space probe will reach another milestone in its journey into space – the distance of 21 billion kilometres (13.048 billion miles/ 140.376 Astronomical Units) from Earth. Pioneer 10, originally designated Pioneer F, [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

7 November 1910 – the first flight test of Todd’s aeroplane

On 7 November 1910, an aeroplane designed by Emma Lilian Todd performed a powered hop at the Garden City airfield in New York. Emma Lilian (Lily) Todd was born in Washington, D.C. on 12 June 1865. Regrettably, little is known [...]
FEATURED

End of the tale – Poland retires its Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft

On 11 September 2025, after more than four decades of service, the Siły Powietrzne (Polish Air Force) officially retired its last examples of the Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber. Once again, one of the iconic aircraft of the Cold War disappeared from [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

AgustaWestland AW109SP

AgustaWestland AW109SP (c/n 22213, HB-ZRP of Schweizerische Luft-Ambulanz AG / Swiss Air Ambulance Ltd.) on static display at the 75th Anniversary of Meiringen Airfield, Meiringen, June 2016. The lightweight, multi-purpose Italian rotorcraft, initially known as the A109, was developed by [...]

End of the tale – Poland retires its Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft

FEATURED

5 November 2025

On 11 September 2025, after more than four decades of service, the Siły Powietrzne (Polish Air Force) officially retired its last examples of the Sukhoi Su-22 fighter-bomber. Once again, one of the iconic aircraft of [...]

Austrian wingsuit pilot sets the new world speed record

DREAMERS AND DOERS

17 September 2025

It was in early November 2024 that we first wrote about wingsuit flyer Peter Salzmann and his feat of breaking three world records in a single flight. Now, almost a year later, the Austrian skydiver [...]

AVIATION HISTORY