... in the formation were painted to honor one of the final two Tornado Squadrons, No 31 Squadrons „Goldstars“ and 100 years of RAF Marham (1916-2016). Unfortunately the special commemorative painting of No. ...
... shared, and there was no information about possible enemy hits, regardless of whether the F-35 was used as a Blue or Red Air. Finally, it was also admitted that the "Adir" could not be hit by simulated ...
... g week-end.
Where? Farnborough, UK When? 16-22/07/2018
Unfortunately the week-end's airshow featured a rather disappointing program, and in the end it turned out that it was the final public airs ...
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The participation of became General Dynamics as primary US defense contractor clearly brought in the influence of the F-16 in the finalized F-CK-1. Particularly the use of blended wing root/fusela ...
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Final Verdict
All in all the Wings over Houston airs ...
... an hour per sortie. The final logbook entry dates from 30th Januar 1951. A landing accident on that day meant the end of TE148 from active RAF service. Its subsequent future was that of a ground trainin ...
... operations will dwindle down rapidly in the coming years. The two special marked F-4EJ Phantom II in black & white celebrating the "302sqn final Year 2019" clearly stood out from the rest and were the ...
... e demonstration. Finally also a four-ship formation of RoAF Yak-52 performed at BIAS2018. Unfortunately as a strong drawback for the flying display the participation of Romanian Air Force’s own and popul ...
... it was time for the Balbo formation, the “grande finale” of each Flying Legends day. It consisted of 26 aircraft this time and kept photographers busy when the aircraft returned in a beautiful warm afternoon ...
... ry of the Czechoslovak Air Force within the SIAF 2018 two Czech Air Force JAS 39 Gripen and the Airbus A319 of the Czech Air Force were also part of this fly-by. The fourth part was finally the Slovak A ...
... stop during the Tsuiki airshow rush: queuing to finally get on the main ramp! The first act on the flying program was listed at 8am, and this means engine start up approximately 20 min earlier and start ...
... arrived well before and enjoyed a great day out. But the final highlight was yet to come!
Classic Show Openers: Hurricane and Gladiator
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Traditionally the Gloster Gladiator ...
... from the airfield. Due to this proximity the chamois buck became the heraldic animal of the wing, and the main theme on the wing’s current – and final – special colored C-160D Transall 51+01, the „Silberne ...
... out of Holloman. Those two venerable Phantoms were amongst the USAF’s phinal Phantoms, which were finally retired from service in December 2016. It was thus their last visit to the world’s greatest airshow ...
... and did not show up for a final farewell at the show. It would have been a great idea to flown a ‘farewell formation’ of the Tu-154 and the A319 at the show. But decisions for retirement sometimes happens ...
... also be seen on the ground at manching in many of the hangars that were accessible. They were either undergoing maintenance, upgrades or, as for the Eurofighter, were seen in different stages in the final ...
... at each airfield and finally deciding on one airfield for the showday. The decision was not easy, but fortunately the weather on Sunday was great at every of these three airfields.
Where? Hyakuri ...
... displays with their five Extra 300L aerobatic aircraft. Due to engine issues they had to fly their routine using only four aircraft on some of the days, but on the final day in gorgeous weather all five ...
... did arrive from another airshow on Sunday to fly the final demonstration of a stunning(ly) hot airshow week-end. 35°C under a clear blue sky throughout the week-end were enough for me, I was also on m ...
... of presence of the crew with their stand only in the row of souvenir booths it was great to see their flying assets finally in the air!
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The flying and the ...
