Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

18 September 2026

AVIATION HISTORY

18 September 1913 – maiden flight of Avro 504

On 18 September 1913, the Avro 504 biplane bomber made its first flight. Alliott Verdon Roe, a British aircraft manufacturer and pioneering pilot, started his aviation career in the early 1900s with experiments on model aeroplanes. In 1907, one of [...]
CIVIL AVIATION

TAROM receives its first Boeing 737 MAX

TAROM, the Romanian national carrier, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8, making it the first Romanian airline to operate the 737 MAX. The aircraft, leased from CDB Aviation, marks an important step in TAROM’s fleet modernisation and long-term [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Scheibe SF 25C Falke

Scheibe SF 25C Falke (c/n 4457, OK-9101), flying display during the air show held at the 80th anniversary of Aeroklub Šumperk, Šumperk, September 2026. The SF 25 Falke (Falcon) was a further step in the development of self-powered gliders designed [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

PEGASE 26 opens a new route to the Indo-Pacific through the Arctic

As previously reported, Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (the French Air and Space Force – FASF) began its seventh long-range air power projection mission, PEGASE 26, on 8 September 2026. The first stage of the deployment has now taken [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

11 September 1911 – Robert G. Fowler begins the flight across the United States

On 11 September 1911, Robert G. Fowler took off on the first coast-to-coast flight across the United States. Robert Grant “Bob” Fowler was born on 10 August 1884 in San Francisco, California. In the early 1900s, he developed an interest [...]

Marco Waltenspiel’s “Fairy Slalom” over Cappadocia

DREAMERS AND DOERS

24 August 2026

In early August 2026, Red Bull Skydive Team member Marco Waltenspiel turned the sky above Cappadocia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with balloons, into a high-altitude slalom course. The project saw the Austrian skydiver complete [...]

The world-first wingsuit formation flight over Mont Blanc

DREAMERS AND DOERS

5 July 2026

On 25 June 2026, Red Bull issued a press release announcing that a group of eight of the world’s best wingsuit pilots had completed the longest terrain formation flight ever, launching from above Mont Blanc. [...]

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