Supermarine Seagull V / Walrus (c/n A2-4, formerly ´A2-4´ of the Royal Australian Navy, then VH-ALB), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2014. In May of 1921, the new flying […]
Sustainability is a very popular and important term these days. In broader sense it means merging the economic development with environmental concerns, leading to limit the use of resources such as habitats, raw materials, energy […]
Between 9th and 27th May 2024, the Czech Air Force hosted the multinational live-fly exercise, codenamed Lion Effort 2024. It was already the fifth edition of the training, bringing together the air forces operating JAS-39 […]
On 31st May 1811, Albrecht Berblinger, also known as der Schneider von Ulm (the Tailor of Ulm), made a public presentation of his heavier-than-air flying device, most probably a hang glider. Regrettably, his attempt to […]
The fourth article from our series focused on the European aviation events of the 2024 season, brings – regrettably – some information about recently cancelled or postponed shows. The first of them is Danish Air […]
Raymonde de Laroche, born Élisa Léontine Deroche, was the French aviation pioneer and the first woman ever to pilot a heavier-than-air, powered aircraft, the first female pilot to perform a solo flight, as well as […]
Robin DR400-180R Remorqueur (c/n 1786, OK-PSR), static display at Letiště Točná (Tocna Airport) open day, Prague, May 2024. At the end of the 1950s, Pierre Robin and Jean Délémontez established Centre-Est Aéronautique, an aviation company […]
For many years, the combined show formula – when flying performances of historical aircraft are enhanced by simultaneous reenactment displays on the ground, related to era the aeroplane was in regular service – were the […]
On 13th May 2024, a joint NATO airborne operation was executed in Romania. The parachute drop was part of exercise Swift Response 2024, one of multinational trainings within Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO´s largest collective defence […]
On 24th May 1910, Swiss aviation pioneer Émile Taddéoli was killed in an aviation accident, while performing a flying display with SIAI S.13 aeroplane at Romanshorn. Pierre Émile Taddéoli was born on 8th March 1879 […]
All content on this page is copyrighted © 2018-2025 Afterburner - The Aviation Magazine