Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

22nd October 2024

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 [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Maiden flight of the first P-8A Poseidon for Germany planned for November this year

On 9th October 2024, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr – BAAINBw) informed about the current status of manufacturing process of the three Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft [...]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK

SkyHawks parachute team

SkyHawks Canadian parachute team, performing its display at Sanicole Sunset (part of the 44th Sanicole International Airshow), Hechtel-Eksel, September 2024. Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, the SkyHawks, was officially established in 1971. Nevertheless, tradition of the country´s parachute display team [...]
MILITARY AVIATION

Pilatus PC-9M – twenty years of service with the Irish Air Corps

At the beginning of October 2024, the Irish Air Corps (IAC) celebrated the milestone of twenty years of operations with Pilatus PC-9M. The official commemoration event was held on Friday, 4th of October, bringing together the country´s present and past [...]

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