Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

13th January 2025

AVIATION HISTORY

Pioneer years of the Finnish aviation – tragic flight across the Alps

On 7th September 1920, on their way from Italy to Finland, two crews of the Finnish Air Force made an attempt to fly across the Alps in Savoia S.9 flying boats. Regrettably, they never reached their destination, as both aircraft [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

10 January 1935 – maiden flight of Latécoère 521

On 10th January 1935, the French six engine, double deck long-range flying boat Latécoère 521, performed its first flight. The Latécoère 521 was one of many seaplanes designed and built by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, the French aviation pioneer and the founder [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Operation Estrella Polar III – presidential visit at the South Pole

On 3rd January 2025, the President of Chile Gabriel Boric, landed at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, therefore beginning the first official visit of Latin American president at the South Pole. The presidential flight was organized by the Chilean armed [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

PZL M18A Dromader

PZL M18A Dromader (c/n 1Z021-13, OK-TGH), part of the Agroair company fleet, Chrudim airfield, December 2024. Do dromedary camels hibernate in winter? Definitely yes, when it comes to those made of metal and able to fly, as proved on the [...]
SPACE

NASA conducts first investigation on aircraft accident on another planet

We are, obviously, referring to the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, which, on 18th January 2024, made its final, 72nd flight over the surface of the Red Planet. The flight which marked the end of its Martian sky adventure, due to damage [...]

Pioneer years of the Finnish aviation – tragic flight across the Alps

AVIATION HISTORY

13th January 2025

On 7th September 1920, on their way from Italy to Finland, two crews of the Finnish Air Force made an attempt to fly across the Alps in Savoia S.9 flying boats. Regrettably, they never reached [...]

Austrian wingsuit pilot pushed boundaries of human flight by breaking three new world records

DREAMERS AND DOERS

6th November 2024

Peter Salzmann is the world-class wingsuit pilot, known for his daring flights and pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved in human flight. On 29th October 2024, he did it once again, by making [...]

CIVIL AVIATION