... were a sight to behold! Especially on Saturday their take-off was most impressive, as the prop wash stirred up the grass on the dry runway.
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... led by two special marked jets, of which especially serial number ‚508‘ of 8 Hikotai with its black tail stood out. With no special occasion for this scheme, the Hikotai jet wore the announcement of the ...
... flight’, showcasing the F-2s flight performance. Of course some of these display were suited to give the crowd a nice view of the aircraft, especially when the jets turned tightly around the apron, trailing ...
... , or just "WK" in Swiss abbreviation slang, is a yearly event of high intensity training. During a WK reservists train their skills during this three week course. This includes especially militia pilots ...
... is also at the twilight of its career. The LanceR’s appearance with a flying display was thus more than welcome, especially as the arrow-shaped silhouette and the striking ‘bump’ when engaging the afterburner ...
... s predecessor, the Jungmeister is a very different aircraft. Its single seat layout and especially the prominent Siemens-Halske Sh 14 seven cylinder radial engine give not only a more powerfull appearance, but ...
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Especially in the air military aviation was pre-dominant, with the only exception being the Airbus A350 performing a fly-by on its tour around South America, which coincided with F-AIR.
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... as the Hellenic Air Force F-16 Demo Team “Zeus”, presenting the Air Force’s pride with their special marked jet and a fast display routine. Especially during Sunday’s performance the ample use of the afterburner ...
... 7-ship formation of Stearman biplanes, and the great fly-by of an “Europe Airpost” B737, especially marked with a “loves La Ferté” sticker to celebrate the event.
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... two days it impressed several times with stunning flying displays!
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... temperatures. Hard to believe that after a sunburn the day before five layers of cloths were barely enough to keep warm! Due to these conditions flying was restrained, especially for the SAAF museum’s ...
... aken care of. Especially at that tie of the year you can witness the spectacle of the cranes gracefully dancing on the snowfields, with seemingly choreographed dips and jumps.
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... fly-bys and low photo passes in front of the audience are hard to beat, especially if compared to the standards on European airshows.
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... g take-off and landing, especially on Old Warden’s relatively short grass runway. But to cut a long story short: the Comet’s show was just amazing: one photo pass after another in splendid evening lig ...
... spring or autumn are the preferred travel season to Japan. The climate is then bearable again, and especially in autumn the red and yellow colors of the trees transform the landscape into nice paintings. ...
... but striking with the orange tail and the 60th anniversary markings. The usual range of transport aircraft included a C-1, T-400, Gulfstream and a YS-11. Especially seeing and hearing that latter one was ...
... those on the flightline, which was a bit disappointing, especially as I was in the hope to spot the (nowadays already put out of service) T-2CCV, which was still put on display during the last shows.
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... t was flying in the US before, but was this year finally shipped to its actual owner. As it could be witnessed during the show the bare metal scheme looked especially good not only with a clear Califori ...
... the world!
Especially for the “Spotters Day” the day before the actual event. This event was very well laid out with many different photo possibilities, a canteen selling good coffee and sandwiches ...
... use the big show for a visit and meetings, and in every second year RIAT coincides quite well with the big trade fair at Farnborough. Especially trans-Atlantic companies use this possibility to kill tw ...
Back in 1917 Kakamigahara airfield was used as an army airfield and a airship landing site. Today it is named Gifu, and is the home of the JASDF Flight Test Centre ADTW (Air Development and Test Wing). 2017 thus saw this wing’s home airfield centenary…Read More
Duxford’s Flying Legends 2018 was a show to remember. Not only was the legendary warbirds airshow blessed with stunning summer weather and deep blue skies on Sunday, it also featured many impressive warbird formations, amongst them a stunning 4-ship formation of Buchons - a real treat…Read More
Travelling to countries operating the MiG-29 is usually a safe bet to see this great looking jet from the Soviet-era in the air. This was also true for the Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) at Sliac, Slovakia. But the SIAF airshow was also a clear…Read More
The Tsuiki airshow 2018 was a blast! After some visits to this show two important things for a successful event came together that year: great flying and nice weather. As the weather can get nasty at the end of November on the Southern Japanese island…Read More