... US Navy inventory three years later. After a total of more than 3,500 flight hours, its service to the nation was over, and she was about to continue her life in the civil hands like many other military ...
... civil aviation authorities (Direction générale de l'Aviation civile - DGAC), wearing the fitting French registration „F-AZJU“ that had already been registered by the AJBS in May 2003. And with its S/N 24 ...
... of the civil airport‘s terminal. It offers convenient facilities, good photo possibilities for any night flying activities and on the civil apron, furthermore during winter you can warm up inside the terminal. ...
... approached our Dornier Do-27 photoship from behind, it’s not-so-nice nickname “Rata” – which literally means rat – became obvious. During the Spanish civil war the Nationalists gave her that name. In the ...
... 2015. One and a half years later, on 26 June 2017, the delivery of the total fleet of 15 aircraft of this military version of the originally civil Airbus Helicopters H145 was complete. This smooth and ...
... in the South of the Negev desert at the Uvda (or Ovda) Air Force Base. The formerly civilian airfield is now purely used for the training of the Israeli Air Force. Israeli units regularly fight here against ...
... International Airshow 2018 (FIA18) as an economic barometer. Of course the major part of orders was on the civil side and split up amongst Airbus and Boeing. As always the two rivals had a fierce competition ...
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But two Polish formations really stood out, and were both set up with civil support. They really showed the potential of what would have been possible.
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... are advantageous for photography, as the civil airport fenced off with high walls and barbed wire just as the military airfields are. Obviously any airfield is considered as an asset worth to protect in ...
... 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 ...
... packed with flying displays sufficient for two days. Actually most participants flew twice that day, and this was not only valid for the civil presentations, but also for the fast jets and military display ...
... amazes me it the great diversity of aircraft that can be seen at Oshkosh. The British Royal Air Force for example brought the Airbus A400M on its first civilian air show appearance for a day.
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... the F-5 Tiger II. Contrary to F/A-18 Hornet pilots the Tiger pilots are not military personnel, but hold down a civil job that is not mandatory aviation-related. During a repetition course they fly and ...
... Beluga’s that are used to transport component parts of the civil airliners all around the European continent.
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airshows/16_manching/nora
Tornados and Eurofighters could ...
... and put into the civil register as HB-MKP until the move to Germany.
air2air/15_bu133/4
The Bücker Jungmeister and Jungmann are obviously very popular amongst their pilots. Very rarely they change ...
... other rare civilian participant was the P-51D Mustang “Excalibur” of Martin Nepovím from the Czech Republic.
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airshows/15_siaf/p51
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Patrouille de France ...
... la Ferté-Alais in this year was the presentation by the “Securité Civile”, demonstrating the rescue of civilians with the EC145 and firefighting using the Canadair CL-415 and Tracker S2FT. After years ...
... the help of the local spotting community a lot of chances and opportunites for some great photos would have remained locked up.
special/13_bd/civil
Talking about the local spotters: yes, there are ...
... vintage aircraft in the morning. But luckily got better in the afternoon for the main part of the airshow. It featured South African civil and military displays, while unfortunately foreign flying display ...
... of civil and military air traffic alike.
Where? Hokkaido, Japan When? 02/2014
special/14_hokkaido/winter2
Regarding aviation the first contact with Hokkaido will most probably be the „New Chitose ...