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 ...
... 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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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 ...
... ermany When? October 2016
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DG-800 glider series
This DG-800S is the version of the DG-Flugzeugbau (http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/) DG-800 family aimed at competition flying. Compared ...
... current and past products of the company was also presented.
Where? Manching, Bavaria, Germany When?18/06/2016
The flying display in the afternoon literally took off with the Airbus A400M „Grizzly“. ...
... G+07” biplane was painted in a scheme inspired by the one adorning Germany’s first-ever Luftwaffe’s aerobatic squadron.
Where? above Saxony, Germany When? October 2015
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Where? above Bavaria, Germany When? Autumn 2015
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The aircraft itself is a design of the 1930s, but should by far not being counted belonging on the scrap he ...
... AF (the same reason why the LanceR cancelled – talk about changing two F-15s on the ground against one MiG-21 in the air…). A rare appearance was also the Tiger helicopter of the German Army, which look ...
... aircraft used in WWII traditionally play a big part in the flying program as well. This era is split up and started this year with the ‘Germans’, flying the Junkers Ju 52, the Storch and a fake Messerschmitt, ...
Open days of the Luftwaffe in Germany do happen regularly, but events with a flying display are few and far between. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) and 25 years of ...
... yet. This year the great WWII aerial mock combat acts, which are one of the trademarks of the Classic Fighters air show, thus had to go on without the German enemy being chased by Allied Mustangs, Spitfires ...
... from all over the world. For the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps, Munich airport (MUC) was the main hub to receive loads of interesting aircraft.
Where? Munich, Germany When? 7-8/06/2015 ...
... ot leave the UK for New Zealand, but will stay in Britain for the future with a newly founded The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust (WAHT) "providing an enduring flying collection of World War I Allied and Ge ...
... e "Aunti Ju" from La Ferté-Alais, France, could not make it over. This was also the case for a Spitfire, Mustang and Corsair from Max Alpha Aviation / Meiermotors from Germany.
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The months of June and July 2013 saw the final operations of German F-4F Phantoms. With Jagdgeschwader 71 "R" at Wittmund officially putting Luftwaffe Phantom operations to an end and handing over the QR ...
The ILA (Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung) is Germany's major aerospace exhibition and ranks high amongst the other two European trade fairs in Le Bourget and Farnborough. Nevertheless th ...
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