Hahnweide OTT 2013

Posted in 2013

... aphy especially challenging. Shooting with the forrest in the background neverthelss provides for some nice photos and gives a nice variation to the ones with a blue sky as a background. And you shoul ...

Russian Fighter Yak-3U in the snow

Posted in Air-Air

Besides the Yak-3 D-FJAK of Achim and Elmar Meier the D-FLAK of Maxi Gainza is the second Russian warbrid that has been based at Freiburg, right in the middle between the Black Forrest and the river Rhein. ...

Aircraft Spotting in Japan

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... But finally we found it, of course…, and once more and were warmly welcomed. As the hostel was nicely located highabove the city on the edge of a forrest and near a temple it was obvious that it was ver ...

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