Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

22 September 2026

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Grob G 120TP

Grob G 120TP (c/n 11112, G-CJYG), performing a flypast over Penzing Air Base during the Tag der Bundeswehr 2017 spotter day, Penzing, June 2017. The Grob G 120TP is the third aircraft in the family of basic trainer aeroplanes developed [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

Operation Halyard – 82nd anniversary commemorated in Serbia

Eighty-two years ago, Operation „Ваздушни мост“ (Vazdušni most – Air Bridge, also known as Operation Halyard) was launched in German-occupied Yugoslavia. It became one of the largest Allied operations to rescue airmen stranded behind enemy lines during the Second World [...]
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 [...]

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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