... formations, amongst them a stunning 4-ship formation of Buchons - a real treat not seen for ages! And not to forget the seemingly endless line-up of nearly 50 airworthy warbirds along Duxford’s grass runway. ...
... this weather also produced a severe thunderstorm that completely washed out the show on Sunday morning. Due to the heavy rain the parking on the grass got flooded, and strong winds caused a closure of ...
... operating of the grass strip.
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British and German Warbirds
From the other side of the pond an impressive British trio of the meticulously restored de ...
... of the Royal Navy Historic Flight was thus assured and Biggleswade a good place to go and see them up and close and operating from a grass strip. Furthermore the air show was also supported by modern Royal ...
... to the WWII Piper L-4 Grasshopper family of aircraft and designated as L-19 for a liaison aircraft and named the "Birddog". Many of the L-19's were immediately deployed to the war in Korea.Years later, Birddo ...
... 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 ...
... e left on the opposite side of the flightline, the oldtimers and wabirds are densly packed between the crowdline and the grass runway.
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Of course before the start of the display around 50 aircraft were lined up on the grass 'apron' and ready for inspection during the 'flightline walk' from around 0930 am on. As usual severa ...
... the jets on the grass was used to present several helicopters. Among them were multiple models of the Mil Mi-family ranging from the Mi-2 up to the Mi-24, which was presented in form of the special painte ...
... should go at least once to Zeltweg to experience that special feeling there. For me it was like a big party, with everyone lying around on the grass, enjoying a nice day out, screaming, yelling and givin ...
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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