... were high on the ‚bucket list‘. Fortunately luck hit that last day and two dark green F-5E and F-5F were flying that day, and they really looked beautiful against the jungle and palm tree covered mountain ...
... Twice it presented to ‘tail-sitting’ cobra maneuver and of course the new ‘pixel camouflage’ looked stunning against the blue sky!
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... '901' was unfortunately only placed in the static display during the show. It looked splendid, with two blue tones slightly lighter than those applied on the Mitsubishi F-2. Luckily it was placed quite ...
... new Airbus A330MRTT tanker aircraft, which already looked quite faded by the sun. Coming from the same manufacturer and closely parked to the A330MRTT was an Airbus A400M from the French Air Force.
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... static display was not very big, but visiting jets are usually hard to get on any Japanese airshow. Nevertheless the airbase Ashiya did send their “JASDF 60th” special painted T-4, which looked simple, ...
... And it looked splendid in its all natural aluminum scheme!!
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Smaller contributions for the flying came from the nearby Komaki airbase: ...
... was flying in the US before, but was this year finally shipped to its actual owner. As it could be witnessed during the show the bare metal scheme looked especially good not only with a clear Califorian ...
... Taj had the big advantage that I could queue first to get in and got my sunrise photos of the Taj without any people. Only half an hour later this scene looked completely different.
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... Helicopter), flying twice a day. Its performance looked very impressive looking at the fact that the helicopter has only accumulated around 60 flight hours and 60 flights before the show. However it had ...
... as well, which would have looked very well in the flight display as well:
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Summarizing Zhuhai was a most interesting event, which stood out more by quality than by the (hoped-for) ...
... 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, ...
... end of the airfield the historic aircraft were parked and some oldtimer driving around and actors in ancient costumes gave an impression of what it might have looked like some decades ago. In between the ...
... they were to far away from the airfield, though they looked quite close from the drawings in the guide book. But driving at least one hour in the morning was too much and we decided to look somewhere else. ...
... considerably and we touched down in a good spirit at Tokyo's Narita airport. After picking up our luggage the customs officer looked kind of confused at the two stepladders that we brought over from Germany, ...
... rushed in to get the best place in the first row. We felt happy at first to set our feet on the holy grounds of Japan's Superbase Nyutabaru and looked at the shrine gate: "Welcome to Nyutabaru". Finally ...
... the Pacific coast. At some places it looked like summer, but we nearly had more than 5C.
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Nyuta we remembered a lot of places from last time as well and arrived at dawn, just early enough ...
... looked bright outside, but only at the first sight – a layer of grey clouds welcomed us on the first day in England. But the weather cannot be changed so we got our things ready and went to Fairford for ...
... is unknown, though one suspects that it belonged to the German embassy until 1939. Today the Taifun is owned by the Messerschmitt Stiftung and operated and carefully looked after by the EADS Heritage Flight ...
... eat. He looked quite irritated, did not understand us but managed to show us how to choose our food: choose your plate, go to the ticket machine, pay, choose the appropriate photo, get your ticket and ...
