During the summer 2003 I have had the possibility to make a photo flight with the then only flying Jak-3 in Germany. The Jak-3 with the registration D-FJAK is based in Freiburg, a city in the southwest ...
... front fuselage area.
The transfer to Norfolk happened as the Catalina was to be deployed over the Atlantic Ocean to hunt German submarines. Its first missions were flown out of Agadir, Morocco. Bein ...
... Paris. This ‚Tante Ju‘ is the biggest aircraft in the collection of the AJBS, and currently also Europe’s sole airworthy Junkers Ju-52.
Where? in flight, Czech Republic When? September 2018
A Germa ...
... 75 years ago a varied program was offered. While the French president Emmanuel Macron, the British Prime Minister Theresa May, German chancellor Angela Merkel as well as US President Donald visited the ...
... d who usually contributed several aircraft from the era of World War I.
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With the absence of their German opponents, British biplanes such ...
... modern Airbus Helicopters H145 LUH SAR on 6th July 2020.
Where? Niederstetten Airfield, Germany When? 06/07/2020
Good Bye Bell UH-1D Huey!
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A historic first! August 2020 saw the visit of Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16C/D “Barak” fighter jets deploying to Germany. With security on high alert and very restricted access to Nörvenich air base, ...
... oggles that is reflected on their faces. Protected by the darkness the rest of the exercise is carried out in secrecy.
Where? "Schnöggersburg", Military Training Ground Colbitz, Germany When? July ...
... the USA, Italy, Greece and Germany:
Germany: Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen" from Wittmund (6 Eurofighters)
Greece: 335 Mira from Araxos (4 F-16s)
Italy: 32° Stormo from Amendo ...
2019 saw the 19th edition of the Oldtimer Fliegertreffen Hahnweide. You may also call it a fly-in, a pilot meeting or a warbird airshow, and with around 400 participating aircraft it is arguably Germany’s ...
... Greece and Turkey as well as a German and a RAF Eurofighter Typhoon as well as the Austrian Saab105Oe.
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It's about the weather...
Wherea ...
... directly adjacent to the airfield. During WW II Pilsen (Plzen), Czechoslovakia was just as many other airfields occupied by the German Luftwaffe. Dobrzan was a field airstrip until the end of the war, ...
... Czechoslovakian pilots in service of the RAF during WW II. He crashed and died on 28 November 1944 near Zwolle after been hit by German AA fire. Smik’s aircraft has been re-created by the Spitfire’s owner, ...
... both.
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It was already 4pm by then, and I had to get my flight back to Germany. So I did miss the Tornados passing by the photographers ...
... those aircraft fly in close formation! Of course the German planes were ‘chased’ by Spitfires of different marks that in the course of the battle also achieved an aerial victory over their enemies.
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... 10
Spanish Hornet and German Tornado
In your author’s opinion this fine piece of flying was just excelled by the Spanish F/A-18 / EF-18MHornet demo. To see how the display pilot presented the Hornet ...
... continues further, it is really worth to “travel to Virginia Beach, alongside the bright sunshine of the Atlantic shoreline, where German submarines once hunted merchant ships in the Gulfstream waters. ...
The „Tag der Bundeswehr“ became a regular event to promote the German Armed Forces. Held on a Saturday usually around the second week-end in June several locations all around Germany open their doors to ...
The TaktLwG74 celebrates its 55th anniversary in 2016. At the same time the German Luftwaffe is looking back at its foundation 60 years ago in 1956. Both events were a good reason to celebrate one event ...
... and a joy to fly!
Where? Hahnweide, Germany When? September 2016
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Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
Cessna delivered its Model 305 to the US Army in December of 1950. It was a successor ...
