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Letter from the editor – April 2020

26 April 2020 Kacper Kolibowski

´On this day, in aviation history…´ – this is how usually begins our Facebook post on Friday, when we share with you some interesting facts from the history of aviation. Today, however, we would like […]

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2020 air show season – cancellations update (3)

19 April 2020 Jacek Domański

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 […]

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2020 air show season – cancellations update (2)

12 April 2020 Jacek Domański

Another update of cancellation list for the 2020 air show season, with some new announcements included. The updates to the list publshed already in two previous articles were highlighted in bold: Historic Helicopters Open Day, […]

MILITARY AVIATION

´Aviadarts-2020´ competition finalized its second phase

11 April 2020 Jacek Domański

The 2020 edition of ´Aviadarts´ international military contest is finalizing its second phase. In March,  many of participating crews were concluding the regional level of the competition – as it happened, for example, in the […]

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2020 Victory Day Parade – preparations are going ahead

5 April 2020 Jacek Domański

At the time when aviation – and any other – events around the world are cancelled one after another due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation still continues with […]

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42nd Sanicole International Airshow – The first announcements (postponed for 2021)

29 March 2020 Jacek Domański

The current circumstances related to the coronavirus outbreak touched almost all countries and triggered the cancellations of many air shows this year. However, the organizers of events scheduled for the second part of the 2020 […]

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2020 airshow season – further cancellations announced

29 March 2020 Jacek Domański

A short supplement to the article published a week ago, containing the list of already cancelled or postponed aviation events, due to the precautions against the coronavirus outbreak. The updated list include the shows already […]

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Letter from the editor – March 2020

22 March 2020 Jacek Domański

Dear Readers, Followers and Friends of Afterburner – the Aviation Magazine, At the very beginning I must admit that postponing our monthly editorial letter for March was a purposeful action. I truly believed the news […]

AIR SHOW NEWS

The 2020 air show season in question

21 March 2020 Jacek Domański

Two months ago we´ve began to share here the first confirmed information related to the upcoming air show season 2020 in Europe. A series, that was intended to follow in March and later, bringing you […]

MILITARY AVIATION

Combat exercise of Russian transport aviation

15 March 2020 Jacek Domański

In early March 2020, the crews of Russian Military Transport Aviation – MTA (Военно-транспортная авиация – ВТА) performed the live-fire combat exercise at Kushalino training ground, Tver region. At first sight, the combination of terms […]

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