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1. NAS Oceana / NS Norfolk ...: (Airbases); What? Tomcat Alley Where? NAC Oceana & NS Norfolk When? 10/2004 In the dawn of the Tomcat age, Oceana has become the Mekka of the F-14 fan community witht the airshow being the highlight of the year. ...; Created on 19 April 2007
2. Oceana Airshow: (2004); ... 4h drive south of Washington DC. Oceana, together with theneigbouring Norfolk, is the main base of the Atlantic fleet and also home of Tomcat now.End of September the annual airshow was held, this ...; Created on 17 April 2007
3. Flying Legends 2004: (2004); ... e in the evening revealed it as a Polikarpov I-15bis, the only flying example of this type in the world, based in Norfolk, Virginia. The Show The showdays in Duxford are also a bit different. You ...; Created on 16 April 2007

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Bell Cobra Flight

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Bell P-39 P-63 Cobras air-air at EAA Airventure Oshkosh
Where? Oshkosh, WI, USA
When?July 2017

EAA Airventure at Oshkosh in 2017 saw a rare gathering of Bell Aircraft Cobras. Three P-63 Kingcobras and a P-39 Airacobra attended the ‘World’s greatest Aviation Celebration’, amongst them all Cobras belonging to the Commemorative Air Force (CAF): the P-39Q of the Central Texas Wing, the world’s sole flying P-63F of the “P-63 Sponsor Group” and the most recent addition, the P-63A of the Dixie Wing from Peachtree City, Georgia.

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RIAT Fairford 2014

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RIAT RAF Fairford 2014
Where? RAF Fairford, England
When? 15/07/2014

July is usually a busy airshow month in the UK. Many of the big airshow take place in that time, and 2014 once again saw the two big events of the "Flying Legends" at Duxford and the RIAT at RAF Fairford collide at the same week-end.

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Yak-3U in the snow

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Yak-3U D-FLAK

Besides the Yak-3 D-FJAK of Achim and Elmar Meier the D-FLAK of Maxi Gainza is the second Russian warbrid that has been based at Freiburg, right in the middle between the Black Forrest and the river Rhein. The D-FLAK, as the Yak-3U (c/n 0470202) is registered in Germany, is also a equipped with a powerfull Allsion V-1710 V-12 engine, but offers in contrast to the one with the red cowling a second seat behind the pilot, who also has complete flight controls available.