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Otto Smik's Spitfire TE184

Posted in Air-Air

... The main difference from the Spitfire Mk.IX has been the US and licence-build Packard Merlin 266 engine. It was optimized to fly at low level, subsequently the Mk.XVI Spitfires also received the LF-designation ...

Duxford Flying Legends 2018

Posted in 2018

... to honor the history of RAF this mixed formation of aircraft featured the F-35 Lightning II, a P-51D Mustang, and a Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V. Never before was the USAF Heritage Flight seen with a non-US-build ...

Wings over Houston Airshow

Posted in 2017

... of currently the world’s only airworthy twin-seater of a (re-build) Messerschmitt Me262 „Schwalbe“. And it was a real treat to see this plane flying in formation with other aircraft from the same era. ...

Fliegerschiessen at Axalp Shooting Range

Posted in 2017

... use that shuttle service. Whereas going uphill the crowd is being distributed throughout the morning up until around midday, one down point are the large queues that build up along the cableway once the ...

Warbirds over the Beach

Posted in 2017

... Havilland DH-89 Mosquito, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane was up as well. Obviously their German counterparts, namely the Junkers Ju-52 and Focke-Wulf FW 190 (this one being a Flugwerk re-build) ...

EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016

Posted in 2016

... anniversary. The Vintage area offers a nice stroll along lines of beautifully restored propeller aircraft, whereas the homebuilds sections always features some rather weird constructions. airshows/16_oshkosh/uscg ...

SIAF Airshow 2016 Sliac

Posted in 2016

The SU-27 Flanker, MiG-21 LanceR and MiG-29 Fulcrum are apart from being three Cold War warriors and rare Russian-build jets three excellent airshow acts that you can hardly argue about. For its 2016 edition ...

Luftwaffe Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister

Posted in Air-Air

... ungmeister was based in Switzerland, where Bücker biplanes were also licence-build. That particular airframe was build in 1940 at the Dornier factory at Altenrhein as C/N 28 and saw service in the Swiss ...

Bücker Bü131 / Tatra T-131 Jungmann OE-APY

Posted in Air-Air

... e build and used by many airforces worldwide, even still after the end of WWII. Many examples are left today in private hands. They are appreciated by their owners for the ease of maintainability and sh ...

Dubai Airshow

Posted in 2015

... already plans a massive expansion into an airport with five parallel runways, and the additional traffic will for sure restrict airshow flying. But though building projects are pushed a lot in the UAE, ...

SIAF 2015

Posted in 2015

...  The sign of the future for the Slovak AF (Sl AF) was the "Flypast in pairs - Slovak Airforce modernization" fly-by on Saturday. As the SlAF is still using former Soviet-build aircraft and helicopter ...

Hokkaido Winter Eagles

Posted in Travel

... e Airport“. It is the island's the main aviation hub and around 45 minutes by car South of Hokkaido's largest city Sapporo. "CTS" hosts apart from the civil terminal building also an airbase of the Jap ...

JASDF 60th Anniversary

Posted in Travel

...  deck of the civil airport building offers a warm waiting room and the possible to get also some nice shots of civil traffic with the Hakusan mountain range in the background. Its peaks with a height o ...

Chino "Planes of Fame" Airshow 2013

Posted in 2013

... airshows/13_chino/b25 Chino is also one of the few places to see one of the FlugWerk-rebuild FW190 in the air. This one of course flew in the "European theatre" together with other USAAF warbirds. Un ...

Hahnweide OTT 2013

Posted in 2013

... is amongst the highlights of the flying program on each of the two main days Saturday and Sunday. This year he also brought his re-build Fokker D.VII to the show that flew in formation with the Fokker D ...

Vietnam Aviation Relics

Posted in Travel

...  of the country has several aircraft spread around the city. Most are serving as heroic landmarks in front of administrative buildings such as the City Museum or the Hi Chi Minh museum, and there is a slightl ...

Russian Air Force

Posted in Air Forces

...  Russian (or shall I say Soviet-build) airliners also the numerous preserved MiGs along the way and some nice evenings in Russias capital, Moscow: onbase/12_russia/civil onbase/12_russia/monuments onbase/12_russ ...

Taiwan Air Force

Posted in Travel

... eye at Pingtung and of course the locally-build fighter-bomber AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo based in strength at Taitung. special/12_taiwan/pts2 special/12_taiwan/pte2 special/12_taiwan/ptherc Many days ...

Aeromiting Batajnica

Posted in 2012

...  between a MiG-21 and two MiG-29s, or local build and rare types such as the Orao and the Super Galeb. Where? Belgrade, Serbia When? 02/09/2012 However, as I try to bring back memories and photo ...

Weizmann's Israeli Black Spitfire

Posted in Air-Air

... that planned sale of Israeli Spitfires that became the birthday of 'Ezer's Spitfire'. air2air/11_spitfire/1 Of course only the best parts of the then existing aircraft were chosen to build up the best p ...

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Otto Smik's Spitfire TE184

Nine Balkenkreuze and three silhouettes of the Fieseler Fi 103, aka „Vergeltungswaffe 1 (V1)“ as kill markings depict this Spitfire Mk.XVI as the personal plane of Otto Smik. Smik was one of the most successfully Czechoslovakian pilots in service of the RAF during WW II.… Read More
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Hyakuri Airshow 2018

Ten (R)F-4EJ Phantoms lined up in front of the crowd was a sight to behold! The Hyakuri Airshow 2018 was the last ever opportunity to see such a large number of mighty Phantoms in action as JASDF Phantom operations will dwindle down rapidly in the… Read More
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Bucharest International Air Show 2018 - BIAS

It’s free, it’s fun, and it is a day packed with a nearly 12 hour long lasting flying display. The Bucharest International Air Show (BIAS 2018) is the largest air show in Romania and took place on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Bucharest International Airport… Read More
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Tornado GR.4 FINale at RAF Marham

Nine GR4 Tornados with their wings swept to 25° flying overhead in a close diamond nine formation was a sight to behold! The Royal Air  Force bid farewell to its Tornado Force in style at RAF Marham on 28th February 2019. Read More
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