... 1986 Nick Grace bought the aircraft to bring it back to flying condition. The first flight under the civil registration G-MXVI (can't imagine a better matching registration for this aircraft!) happened ...
... but of course well worth it. Seeing these massive machines being handled and in action can't be easily described, thus I hope the images do justice:
onbase/12_russia/tu22
onbase/12_russia/tu95
onbase/12_russia/tu160 ...
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airshows/12_ostrava/tucano
I still can't believe they arranged such a great and densely packed aerial display... Nearly the only down point of the show was the static display. Though there are some ...
... there once. You should not regret it, because more than 200.000 visitors can't be wrong!
Hunters & Vampire
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DC-6 & SUper ...
... and F-16s, nothing you can't see as well on other shows. More interesting was the static display with numerous types of the FAF and other nations. Among them 4 s/c Mirages and some Jaguars, and a colourful ...