... It took years to see this number of the most well-known Navy warbird assembled together. With Duxford’s own “The Fighter Collection” FG-1D Corsair as obviously set for the show and the Salzburg-based Red ...
... feature the MiG-29, which is still a crowd’s favorite in the air! But obviously their numbers are going to dwindle down.
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... But, being honest, the other fast jets stole the Messerschmitt the show. Quite obviously as it is difficult to beat the howling sound of the mighty, and legendary F-4 Phantom II or the banging noise when ...
... was heard at the Old Warden airfield. It is always a sight to behold when these seemingly fragile constructions take off and fly their pattern. Obviously the pilots have to account for the wind and thes ...
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Airshow Static Display
Therefore, this short report features only some impressions from the static display. Under these circumstances it was obviously beneficial for the aircraf ...
... – bad weather being one of them – this year’s edition was blessed with glorious sunshine throughout the week. This obviously made the trip into the Swiss Alps more than pleasant at a time when the first ...
... Japan When? November 2017
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JASDF Mitsubishi F-2 Squadrons
With the swapping of Squadrons in recent years the JASDF obviously pursued the goal to reduce the mix of aircraft types ...
... Havilland DH-89 Mosquito, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane was up as well. Obviously their German counterparts, namely the Junkers Ju-52 and Focke-Wulf FW 190 (this one being a Flugwerk re-build) ...
... were given the possibility to attend the fly-in to the show as well as to see some of the rehearsals for the „Tag der Bundeswehr“ itself.
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... Mars at the Seaplane Base
The main act of the 2016 EAA Airventure was for sure the mighty Martin Mars waterbomber. EAA worked hard and obviously convinced Coulson Flying Tankers to bring this unique ...
... the recent one was obviously presented this year. The „Cyber Tiger“ was parked head to head with the Luftwaffe 60th anniversary special scheme applied to one of the wings Eurofighters. As a first since ...
... into the civil register as HB-MKP until the move to Germany.
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The Bücker Jungmeister and Jungmann are obviously very popular amongst their pilots. Very rarely they change their o ...
... Friday, but obviously had a defect, as it also dropped out of the schedule for the solo display in the afternoon. Quite a shame, but Saab decided only to arrive with one twin-seater and did not bring ...
... Pilot "Dodge" Bailey was very hesitant to bring the DH.88 Comet in the air. As Grosvenor House” is very well suited to fly long distances at high speed, it obviously has to struggle with crosswinds duri ...
... very good, but there was obviously a bad weather period as the sun was nearly continuously hiding behind the clouds or came out at the wrong point of time. Nevertheless during cold autumn months the visitor ...
... The budgetary restrictions of many of the participating countries as well as the consequences of the involvement in more and more conflicts obviously take their toll. And apart from that there seems t ...
... n Memorial Flight (BBMF) and was of course also part of the flying display. It arrived in formation with two Spitfires to remember this task of RAF Waddington as well as the 70th anniversary of "D-Day". "D-D ...
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Obviously there were also many international display presentations such as a Italian Eurofighter Typhoon, a Danish F-16, Hungarian Gripen or the Austrian Saab105OE. As there are other events where th ...
... su on 4 Su-27
could obviously not be directly compared to other display teams due to the very difficult weather conditions.
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But the 4-ship of Su-27 ...
... ortance of the Air Force for the State of Israel. Non-Hebrew speaking visitors obviously had some problems following the speeches, but the references to current politics and neighbouring countries were well und ...
Back in 1917 Kakamigahara airfield was used as an army airfield and a airship landing site. Today it is named Gifu, and is the home of the JASDF Flight Test Centre ADTW (Air Development and Test Wing). 2017 thus saw this wing’s home airfield centenary…Read More
Duxford’s Flying Legends 2018 was a show to remember. Not only was the legendary warbirds airshow blessed with stunning summer weather and deep blue skies on Sunday, it also featured many impressive warbird formations, amongst them a stunning 4-ship formation of Buchons - a real treat…Read More
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, Slovakia. But the SIAF airshow was also a clear…Read More
The Tsuiki airshow 2018 was a blast! After some visits to this show two important things for a successful event came together that year: great flying and nice weather. As the weather can get nasty at the end of November on the Southern Japanese island…Read More