EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016

Posted in 2016

... EAA Airventure Oshkosh airshows/16_oshkosh/so2 After Oshkosh is before Oshkosh, and for the next edition hotels are filled up usually quite quick, even though there are plenty of options such as ...

India 2011

Posted in Travel

... and dusty air the next few days, but after the arrival only one thing was important: getting fast to the hotel to get some sleep. Fortunately this late hour was convenient to get a quick ride there. special/11_india/hi ...

Japan & China 2010

Posted in Travel

... ed and instead a 'hotel' near the trainer places Hofu and Ozuki was chosen for the first night, when the real trip should start the next day. Hofu, Ozuki & Iwakuni After a short night due to the jet ...

Japan December 2009

Posted in Travel

... aneda Airport Planespotting Waking up on Monday morning in a real bed in the hotel near Haneda was a strange experience, as the last week was completely spent either in the sleeping bag or on the tata ...

Japan March 2009

Posted in Travel

... re else. Fortunately we also found a nice Love Hotel with a friendly owner not far from the airfield and went asleep. Hyakuri Phantoms Tuesday morning at Hyakuri was not so good looking at the sky ...

Japan 2008 Trip

Posted in Travel

... enjoy the views! Heading south along the Pacific Ocean ---- ---- ---- The area around Nyuta, where we arrived shortly before sunset, was still familiar to us, only the love hote ...

Planespotting Tour Japan 2008

Posted in Travel

... a a really strange place in the mountains. It is smelling everywhere from sulfur. We really have to find out about it via the internet after our trip. The town offers a lot of hotels, but obviously mo ...

scalaria Air Challenge

Posted in 2008

The "scalaria Air Challenge" is not an actual airshow, but more of an event organized by the scalaria event hotel in St. Wolfgang, Austria, not far from Salzburg. Guests of the international jet set a ...

Jacqueline Cochran Airshow

Posted in 2007

... After we took our photos we left and were looking for a hotel that we found not very far north of the airport. The burger later on in one of the typical "besides the road diners" was one of the best duri ...

USA South West

Posted in Travel

... then already gone when we left to Alamogordo and checked in quite late at the Motel6. As the cheap hotel prices evidently did only include a morning 'coffee', our first mission of the day was ...

Israel Base Visits

Posted in Air Forces

... ad T-6 wreck was photographed in a Kibuz nearby and was the last aircraft photo of the day. In the evening all the shops and restaurants around the hotel were closed, so we only had a sandwich and beer ...

Kecskemet Air Show

Posted in 2007

... we were all hoping for the special coloured one but were disappointed – it was time to go to the hotel, having a look at the city centre and the wine fest, and enjoy some Hungarian specialities before ...

Tsuiki Airshow

Posted in 2005

... ru we found the "Sunrise" love hotel (7000 Yen) and a look at the sky showed stars, which was very very promising for the next day. Our room that evening was fitted with a Polaroid machine that time, w ...

Iruma Airshow

Posted in 2005

... ed but nevertheless with a strange feeling and continued our drive towards Gifu. It was foggy and grey and the drive was very tyring. After some bad food along the highway we found another strange lov ...

Bf-108 D-ESBH - Smooth Taifun

Posted in Air-Air

"Bravo Hotel, line-up runway 07 right for photo mission" Finally, after months of preparation and strong support by the Messerschmitt Stiftung and the EADS Heritage Flight I am sitting in the photo-shi ...

Aircraft Spotting in Japan

Posted in Travel

... o wonder when rolling 1XXkm/h on the highway, where the general speed limit is 80km/h... On three nights he also served us as a hotel room and offered just enough space for our luggage, the photobags a ...