AIR SHOW REPORTS
Victory air show at Kubinka
Holding an air show without any spectators may seem like a crazy idea, but nowadays it became a fact of life. We never would have though that we would write a report from such event, […]
Articles by Jacek Domański
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Bell (Dornier) UH-1D Iroquois
Bell (Dornier) UH-1D Iroquois, formerly of Hubschraubergeschwader 64, exhibited at static display in Holzdorf air base, Tag der Bundeswehr 2018. Introduced in 1959, Bell UH-1 Iroquois quickly become one of the most-recognized helicopters in the […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Russian northernmost air base now has the all-year runway
Nagurskoye, a remote Arctic air base located in Alexandra Land (an island in Franz Josef Land archipelago), is the northernmost airfield of the Eastern hemisphere and the second-northernmost in the world (after the Alert Air […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
2020 air show season – cancellations update (4)
Another update to the air show calendar for 2020 is bringing even more cancelled or postponed events – caused by the coronavirus outbreak and anti-pandemic measures. The last couple of days have brought a new […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
1 May 1960 – U-2 incident
´U-2 incident´ Francis Gary Powers, flying the U-2 spy-aircraft, was shot down near Sverdlovsk. If you want to learn more about the incident and its background, we recommend to check one of our ´Photo of […]
MILITARY AVIATION
Victory Day Parade goes airborne
Over the past few weeks we were reporting the preparations for the biggest Russian military holiday, the Victory Day Parade held annually on 9th May. Despite the coronavirus outbreak and strict measures against the pandemic […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Our images from the first year – ´Photo of the Week´ special edition
Among the Afterburner´s regular columns, ´Photo of the Week´ is the oldest one. The first image, introducing Su-25, was published on 27th April 2019 – almost exactly one year ago. Since that time, on every […]
AVIATION HISTORY
Flying the impossible – an incredible story of daring flights
Since the beginning of aviation, pulling off the impossible was a quite popular stunt among the pilots. Especially the well-known landmarks were seducing aviators for a spectacular flight around or through them, that could bring […]
AIR SHOW NEWS
2020 air show season – cancellations update (3)
The highlight of the past week was the cancellation of the Victory Day Parade in Russia. The 75th jubilee of the victory over the Nazi Germany had to be a spectacular show, however the confirmed […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
17 April 1944 – west-to-east US transcontinental record
Howard Hughes and Jack Frye set a west-to-east US transcontinental record, flying from Burbank, California to Washington, D.C. in 6 hours and 58 minutes. Howard Hughes, a legendary entrepreneur, millionaire and aviator, was also the […]