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Otto Smik's Spitfire TE184

Posted in Air-Air

...  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!) happen ...

Bucharest International Air Show 2018 - BIAS

Posted in 2018

... s 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 displ ...

Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2017

Posted in 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 ...

Meiringen WK 2017

Posted in Air Forces

... lying 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 f ...

Airbus Manching Family Day

Posted in 2016

... 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 and Eurofighters could ...

Luftwaffe Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister

Posted in 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 ...

SIAF 2015

Posted in 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 ...

La Ferté-Alais

Posted in 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 ...

Bangladesh Specials

Posted in Travel

...  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 ar ...

Africa Aerospace & Defence 2014

Posted in 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 ...

Hokkaido Winter Eagles

Posted in Travel

... g 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 Chito ...

CAF Airsho 2014

Posted in 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. ...

JASDF 60th Anniversary

Posted in Travel

...  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 ...

Farnborough Airshow

Posted in 2014

... From 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 ...

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 ...

NATO Days Ostrava

Posted in 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- ...

KADEX 2012

Posted in 2012

... ut an excellent final with a flare excessive break. airshows/12_kadex/f27 airshows/12_kadex/f271 I will not conclude this report from Astana airport without also showing the diversity of civil aircr ...

Bahrain International Airshow 2012

Posted in 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 temperature of 20°C and minimums around 15°C - at the ...

Korea / Japan

Posted in Travel

... as no problem and after a short hop I arrived in Japan. Flying to Japan One day of civil spotting at Haneda was planned to relax a little after the week in Korea and before the following - m ...

Komaki Airshow

Posted in 2011

... Where? Komaki/Nagoya, Japan When? 23/10/2011  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 ...

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18 Pilsen 1809 8264

Pilsen Air Show

This airshow was held to celebrate 100 years of aviation in Pilsen / Plzeň. Even though this fourth most populous city in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic, is undeniably better known for the type of blond lager beer to which the city gave its name, it also… Read More
18 Houston Airshow 1810 4192

Wings over Houston 2018

Wings over Houston 2018 was headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels display team. With a big concentration of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) warbirds all around the oil-rich state of Texas the line-up of WW II airplanes was also strong. The most impressive airshow act… Read More
18 Pilsen 1809 8699

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
18 Hyakuri Show 1812 5433

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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