Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

24th October 2024

AVIATION HISTORY

25 October 1955 – maiden flight of Saab 35 Draken

On 25th October 1955, the Swedish fighter-interceptor Saab 35 Draken, performed its first flight. Development of the new Swedish supersonic interceptor, intended to replace both Saab 29 Tunnan and Saab 32B Lansen fighter aircraft, began already in 1948. It featured [...]
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Spitfire Butterflies

In May of 2024, a new cause célébre attracted attention of Prague citizens and visitors – an installation of two giant ´Spitfire Butterfly´ sculptures mounted on the façade of Máj (English: May) department store. The sculptures have its bodies made [...]
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Fokker S.11-1 Instructor

Fokker S.11-1 Instructor (c/n 6269, OO-MSH, formerly E-26 of Luchtstrijdkrachten), static display at 44th Sanicole International Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. After the World War II, the Dutch aviation industry was being slowly rebuilt from the wartime damage. The country authorities [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

André-Jacques Garnerin and the first frameless parachute in history

227 years ago, on 22nd October 1797, the French aviation pioneer, André-Jacques Garnerin, performed the first successful parachute descent, using the frameless parachute he invented. André-Jacques Garnerin was born on 30th January 1769, in Paris. Already in his youth, he [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

18 October 1909 – Charles de Lambert circles the Eiffel Tower

On 18th October 1909, Charles de Lambert, flying Wright Model A aeroplane, became the first person to circle the Eiffel Tower with an aircraft. Charles Alexandre Maurice Joseph Marie Jules Stanislas Jacques Count de Lambert was born in 1865 in [...]

The last operational flight of the Luftwaffe

AVIATION HISTORY

29th June 2024

In the centre of Schleswig harbour, one may come across an intriguing monument – a boulder with a memorial tablet commemorating the last operational flight of Luftwaffe, the air arm of the German armed forces [...]

Modern Russian airliners – where the mistake was made? (part 2)

CIVIL AVIATION

21st April 2024

Last week, we have published the first part of our review focused on problems that weighing on development of the new Russian passenger aircraft. The article introduced a brief history of the Soviet airliners, the [...]

CIVIL AVIATION