Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

6 November 2025

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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 [...]
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X-59 QueSST aircraft successfully completes its maiden flight

On 28 October 2025, the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, developed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in partnership with NASA, successfully completed its first flight. The revolutionary aircraft is designed to pave the way for faster commercial air travel. [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

31 October 1974 – maiden flight of the IAR-93 Vultur / J-22 Orao

On 31 October 1974, the first flights of prototypes of a new ground-attack aircraft – jointly developed by Romania and Yugoslavia – took place in both respective countries. The Romanian- and Yugoslav-built prototypes both flew for the first time on [...]
AIR SHOW REPORTS

The spirit of flight returns to Pardubice – Aviatická pouť 2025

The 2025 edition of Aviatická pouť (Aviation Fair), held on 7 and 8 June 2025 at Pardubice airfield, was one of the most interesting aviation events of the season in the Czech Republic. The country’s largest civilian air show was [...]

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

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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 [...]

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