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The museum has recently been expanded with the “Dangerous Skies” exhibition that focuses on the aviation of WWII. Apart from the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka and Hawker Hurricane hanging from the ceiling, the ...
... Hawker Hunter MK.68, also known as the “Tiger-Hunter”, registered HB-RVV, a final escort. On the weekend after the Axalp event, the aircraft made its final landing and became part of the exhibition at ...
... stationed in Omaka. Only a replica of a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka and a Hawker Hurricane hang from the ceiling during Easter week-end, the remaining dioramas are empty: the Supermarine Spitfire, Avro Anson, ...
... however might have been the "Baghdad Fury", a Belgium-based Hawker Fury FB10 in the brown camouflage colours of the Iraqi Air Force. It showed up on Sunday morning and flew that same day in formation with ...
... continued ‘Furies’ly with the Hawker Sea Fury and Fury. Powered by the Powered by the Pratt& Whitney R2800 respectively Bristol Centaurus XVIII radial engine these two powerful planes put up quite a show. ...
... and the Hawker Sea Hurricane opened the show, and was followed by the Miles Magister and the Desoutter. Typically for the air displays at Old Warden the aircraft were presented nice and low during excellent ...
... Havilland DH-89 Mosquito, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane was up as well. Obviously their German counterparts, namely the Junkers Ju-52 and Focke-Wulf FW 190 (this one being a Flugwerk re-build) ...
... Hawker Fury, the last real piston fighter, was flown. The Fury was the Royal Navy’s last piston fighter and still saw operational use during the Suez Crisis, when the first jets were also already operational. ...
... which made its first appearance in France. Before its solo display it was nicely flown in a three-ship formation together with a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane.
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... Hawker Hunter T7 from North Weald buzzing the flightline. It should have been the only performance by a jet-powered aircraft during the day, that was filled with the sound of radial or rotary engines until ...
... operating the Hawker Hunter from 1955 on in a distinctive black scheme, which was also represented by one aircraft flying during the show. Apart from this one there were two more examples that came to ...
... S-92 helicopters up to the B-747 for overseas visits. Not to neglect were also the Raytheon Hawker 800SIG aircraft, which were sometimes seen departing for or returning from a mission. Combined with the ...
... DH82a Tiger Moth did go up, followed by the Avro Tutor, Hawker Tomtit and the de Havilland Chipmunk, with the latter one doing aerobatics. The final group under this theme were the Polikarpov Po2, Miles ...
... MkIX – MH434 – of the OFMC. MH434 came in directly from its homebase Duxford and was surely one of the highlights related to the BoB. The Hawker Hind, which also flew during this event, was besides the ...
... BoB, though less looked after today, was the Hawker Hurricane. At the beginning of the show however one example got the chance to 'fight' against a Messerschmitt Bf109 – well, actually it was a spanish-built, ...
... airfield and obviously amusing the pilots a lot to take these aircraft to the air once again.
Miles Magister, DHC-1 Chipmunk and Tiger Moth
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The Avro Tutor and the Hawker ...
... the UH-1H is also used as VIP transport and for CSAR. Training for new pilots is carried out at Rayak airbase in the Bekkah valley with Robinson R44.
After the Hawker Hunters no more jet aircraft are ...
The sound of piston engines filled the air at Coventry Airfield, Warwickshire, UK, the week-end of the 31st May, 1st June. It was one of the few rare airshows that give the possibility to see the beautiful ...
