Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine

28 September 2026

CIVIL AVIATION

Boeing wins major new orders from Korean Air, Turkish Airlines and Biman Bangladesh

Boeing has secured a series of major new orders from airlines in Asia and Europe. Korean Air, Turkish Airlines and Biman Bangladesh Airlines have all announced agreements covering more than 260 aircraft in total. The orders include both single-aisle and [...]
AVIATION HISTORY

25 September 1909 – La République disaster

On 25 September 1909, the French airship La République crashed near the Château of Avrilly on her return from a military exercise, killing the entire crew. La République was one of three semi-rigid military airships built as subsequent examples of [...]
FEATURED

Europe sets out new ambitions for human spaceflight and lunar exploration

On 9 and 10 September 2026, the International Space Summit took place in Paris, bringing together world leaders, government ministers, representatives of the space industry and astronauts to discuss the future of global space activities. Hosted by France and co-chaired [...]
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 [...]

Europe sets out new ambitions for human spaceflight and lunar exploration

FEATURED

23 September 2026

On 9 and 10 September 2026, the International Space Summit took place in Paris, bringing together world leaders, government ministers, representatives of the space industry and astronauts to discuss the future of global space activities. [...]

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 [...]

DREAMERS AND DOERS