... The particular aircraft was 0921, in its distinctive pixel, or digital camouflage scheme. I could not help but think that this must be the best looking Slovak MiG-29 remaining and has been specifically ...
... the motto at the bottom and the British crown on top. And this Belgian warrior also had a threatening look down from FA-86.
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... in the afternoon. At the Tschingel area, the highest and largest of the three spectator areas, visitors are at eye level with the pilots and can even look down into the cockpits during some of their maneuvers. ...
... Cope are the only two pilots being allowed to fly the Catalina. They can look back to an impressive flying career on various cargo planes such as the DC-3 or DC-4, and Bob even did log more than 2700 hours ...
... But it featured a high chance to catch jet fighter action at Hyakuri and Komatsu, see interesting transport and special mission aircraft at Iruma, and to have a look at the rather seldomly visited trainer ...
...
Fighting Tigers
Looking at the the take-off sequence the F-5 Tigers were fighting against the F/A-18 Hornets in 1-vs-2, 2-vs-2 and up to 4-vs-2 scenarios.
Four waves a day were flown, with two days ...
... amazing photoflight.
Where? Cuatro-Vientos / Madrid, Spain When? October 2018
Looking at the airplane with its stubby fuselage and that huge nine-cylinder Shvetsov radial engine it already becomes ...
... from the past year(s).
In the meantime look after yourselves, your family, friends and the people around you, see you at the fence when this is over!
There is more and eye-opening information about ...
... going on to get out of the show with the highest number of orders. Looking for military related activities at Farnborough one had to dig deeper as current and hot topics were not obvious at first sight. ...
... the sun at the beginning of the flying display, it got better and better during the course of the afternoon.
Mixed Aviation Photography Emotions
So whereas photographers had a frustrated look at their ...
... visibility. Around midday the whole flying was understandably cancelled due to those miserable conditions. As a side aspect there remained more time to have a look at the rather extensive static display ...
... a stop at a local fish market that I bumped into by coincidence while looking for some refreshments to withstand the hot and humid temperatures that really hit me upon arrival.
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... however is the fact that you are looking into the sun throughout the day. So you should not expect good photos of the flying display, but concentrate on photos on the taxiway in the late afternoon. And, ...
... at Leconfield. Looking at TE184s logbook, it accumulated roughly 300 flying hours until the end of 1950. After that the Spitfire was flying for the Squadron only every now and then, and only for about ...
... light until the last engine had shut down.
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Looking at smiling and sometimes also sun-burned faces it was clear that proven concept of ...
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, ...
... capabilities of this indigenous (and F-16 lookalike) fighter jet.
First was a formation of three jets of each of these two Squadrons, that first presented a nice fly-by as a six-ship formation. It was ...
... prepared their tables, chairs and blankets along the fence line. Looking at the progress of their picnic and the already emptied bottles of wine was a clear indication that the major part of the crowd ...
... tail fin.
air2air/17_cobra/p-63
P-39 Airacobra
Looking at such a ‘not-so-famous’ combat history it is no wonder that Airacobras and Kingcobras are not in the same spotlight as a Mustang or Spitfire. ...
Tsuiki Airbase on the Southern Japanese island of Kyushu hosts nowadays two Squadrons of the Mitsubishi F-2 jet. 6 Hikotai and 8 Hikotai are half of the JASDF Squadrons operating the indigenous, F-16-look-alike ...
