Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

8th May 2024

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Bell AH-1Z Viper

Bell AH-1Z Viper (c/n ?, ´0486´ of the Czech Air Force), flying display during open doors day at 22nd Helicopter Air Base in Náměšt nad Oslavou, May 2024. The AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine attack helicopter from the Bell-developed family [...]
AIR SHOW NEWS

PC-9M and L-39NG – premiere flying displays at Aviation Fair 2024

Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť), the biggest civilian aviation event in the Czech Republic, will this year host two interesting premiere displays. According to the recent information disclosed by organizers of the air show, the flying programme of the Aviation Fair [...]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

3 May 1695 – Henri Pitot is born

On 3rd May 1695, French hydraulic engineer Henri Pitot was born in Aramon, France. For more than four years, our Aviation History Friday section is travelling back in time to bring you interesting facts from the early years of aviation [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Tupolev Tu-104A / Ту-104А

Tupolev Tu-104A (c/n 76600503, formerly OK-LDA, operated by Československé Aerolinie / Czechoslovak Airlines – ČSA), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), April 2013. Since the early 1950s, the turbojet propulsion was no longer reserved only for [...]
AIR SHOW NEWS

Aviation Fair will celebrate the 20th anniversary of CLV Pardubice

During the forthcoming 32nd edition of Aviation Fair (Aviatická pouť) air show, a part of the flying display programme will be performed by pilots from Centrum Leteckého Výcviku (Flight Training Centre – CLV) in Pardubice. The Czech military pilots´ school [...]

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 [...]

Modern Russian airliners – where the mistake was made?

CIVIL AVIATION

13th April 2024

In the Cold War era, the Soviet Union developed and then introduced into active service several aircraft of the whole range of passenger air transport – from short regional travels to long haul, transcontinental flights. [...]

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