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Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre Blenheim
Last but by far not least in this more or less random selection is Sir Peter Jackson’s “Knights of the Sky” exhibition in the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre ...
... the Midnight Hawks from Finland, Spanish Patrulla Aguilla and the Patrouille Suisse lined up. It took a while until those four display had finished their displays, and honestly it got a bit boring as well ...
... at Hyakuri, the airshow at Tsuiki took place. To spend the week in between, a schedule was planned that involved some driving efforts, short nights of sleep, and took some risks regarding the weather. ...
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Omaka - Home of the Aviation Heritage Center
Omaka airfield is also home to the “Aviation Heritage Center”. It houses the “Knights of the Sky” exhibition, which focuses on World War I and presents ...
... rooms.
Daily Colourspots
This accessibility combined with lots of flying provided plenty of photo opportunities during just two days. On days without night flying they Squadron flew four waves a day ...
... night. Furthermore additionally equipment is installed for the detection of mobile phones.
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After the speeches a short capability ...
... of the “Kommando Spezialkräfte” (KSK or Special Forces Command) get out of the helicopter cabin, the only visible sign of this action in the middle of night is the green glim of the soldiers night vision ...
... for the large number of display teams such as the Freue Tricolori, Patrulla Aguilla, Midnight Hawks and the Patrouille Suisse which were not able to present their skills under those weather conditions. ...
... Czechoslovakia, an open-air opera performance was given on Pilsen’s central Republic Square. This was combined with a beer and pub night on that Friday evening, resulting for some in a slow start the next ...
... a beautiful light. Usually very difficult to photograph in the distinctive black scheme for those clandestine night missions, the low sun was just perfect to get nice photographs of that special airplane. ...
... Thunderbirds or the U.S. Army Golden Knights. In addition to the aerial acts there was a variety of static displays. This included the U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer, F-16 Fighting Falcon, T-38 Talon, V-22 ...
... 1000 operational sorties were flown during day and night!
Where? Andravida, Greece When? 20/03/2018
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... if it hurts a bit, setting a focus on certain events and areas usually helps to make the best of it. The #OSH16 highlights were the Pearl Harbor 75th commemoration, two night air shows, the Canadian Snowbirds ...
... train their skills on the F-5 Tiger, mostly to play the Aggressor role for the Hornets.
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When night flying activities are ...
... the night hours but can be seen in daylight under these circumstances, or for the cargo flights from different airlines that land several times a week.
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A big change and challenge ...
... Missile was a new sight for me.
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However a small exercise was going on: there was a detachment from Hyakuri with some F-4EJ Phantoms of the 302 Hikotai and 8 F-15 Eagles of ...
... of course fully exploited. One stop was Kubinka, home of the Swifts and the Russian Knights display teams flying the MiG-29 and Su-27 Flanker. Thus they are used to international visits, though a bit more ...
... of the "Desert Giants" Squadron as well as the many different versions of C-130 Hercules aircraft of the "The Knights of the Yellow Bird" and the "Elephants" Squadron share today a large apron together with ...
... kilometres spend in-between these airfields helped a lot to get the desired shots, and some sights of the Taiwanese nightlife made the missed photo opportunities forget.
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... "August 1st" display team.
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This was strengthened by the Russian Knights and their Su-27s as well as the ...
