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1. Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2017: (2017); ... 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. airshows/17_oshkosh/static ...; Created on 01 October 2017
2. Meiringen WK 2017: (Airbases); ... ry 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 train their skills on t ...; Created on 24 March 2017
3. Airbus Manching Family Day: (2016); ... France and of one the Airbus Beluga’s that are used to transport component parts of the civil airliners all around the European continent. airshows/16_manching/beluga airshows/16_manching/nora Tornados ...; Created on 19 June 2016
4. Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister: (Air-Air); ... 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 their o ...; Created on 20 February 2016
5. SIAF 2015: (2015); ... other rare civilian participant was the P-51D Mustang “Excalibur” of Martin Nepovím from the Czech Republic. airshows/15_siaf/blanik airshows/15_siaf/p51 airshows/15_siaf/zoltan Patrouille de Franc ...; Created on 14 September 2015
6. La Ferté-Alais: (2015); ... 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 ...; Created on 23 August 2015
7. Bangladesh Specials: (Air Forces); ... 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 some - nicel ...; Created on 19 May 2015
8. Africa Aerospace & Defence 2014: (2014); ... 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 ...; Created on 14 March 2015
9. Hokkaido Winter Eagles: (Airbases); ... h winter operations, assuring the safe handling of civil and military air traffic alike. special/14_hokkaido/winter2 Regarding aviation the first contact with Hokkaido will most probably be the „N ...; Created on 06 March 2015
10. CAF Airsho 2014: (2014); ... George W. Bush as an attraction. At the civilian airport the Air Power museum of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is located, which is for the airplane enthusiast clearly a more interesting alternative. ...; Created on 15 February 2015
11. JASDF 60th Anniversary: (Air Forces); ... onbase/14_jasdf60th/komso2 onbase/14_jasdf60th/komcivil About 200km on the highway North of Nagoya and on the shore to the Japan Sea lays Komatsu, which is not only the birthplace of the world-famou ...; Created on 08 January 2015
12. Farnborough Airshow: (2014); ... small to large business jets, civil and military helicopters up to the latest airliners all of the major new projects have been present. airshows/14_fia/s5 airshows/14_fia/ef airshows/14_fia/s3 ...; Created on 18 July 2014
13. Russian Air Force: (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 ...; Created on 25 October 2013
14. NATO Days Ostrava: (2012); ... 2 The "Flying Bulls" B-25 was the only civil act and followed shortly afterwards just before the demonstration of an assault with hostage taking with heliborne drop off including Mi-171 and assault of Mi- ...; Created on 24 September 2012
15. KADEX 2012: (2012); ... rt without also showing the diversity of civil aircraft photographed during these few days: airshows/12_kadex/af airshows/12_kadex/astana airshows/12_kadex/tse airshows/12_kadex/zivil And of cou ...; Created on 05 May 2012
16. Bahrain Airshow 2012: (2012); Where? Sakhir Airbase, Bahrain When? 19-21/01/2012 The Meteorology Department at the Civil Aviation Affairs expected a rather cold weather today with some clouds at times. The forecast was for maximum ...; Created on 18 January 2012
17. Korea / Japan: (Air Forces); ... as no problem and after a short hop I arrived in Japan. One day of civil spotting at Haneda was planned to relax a little after the week in Korea and before the following - most probably exhaustin ...; Created on 05 December 2011
18. Komaki Airshow: (2011); ... as well as the KC-767 tanker fleet. With the opening of the Kansai International Airport (KIX) airport the busy civil days of this former Nagoya/Komaki airport are long gone and part of the apron ...; Created on 10 November 2011
19. Seoul ADEX: (2011); ... s2 All this was completed by a very extensive static display presenting the large variety of different aircraft types in the RoKAF. This was completed by a small selection of civil aircraft, clearly show ...; Created on 10 November 2011
20. CoNA Oceana: (2011); ... day. And the rarest sight as well! Due to the lack of Warbirds in the air the US Tailhook Legacy Flight was also not shown, as well as many of the civilian airshow acts. airshows/11_oceana/a-4 airshows/11_oceana/skyr ...; Created on 28 September 2011

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Bell Cobra Flight

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Where? Oshkosh, WI, USA
When?July 2017

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When?02-03/09/2016

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