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Otto Smik's Spitfire TE184

Posted in Air-Air

... d for TE148 on 23th November 1990. Looking at its recent history the aircraft has been completely reviewed and overhauled until February 2009 and in remains in the hands of its current owner Stephen Ste ...

Tornado GR.4 FINale at RAF Marham

Posted in Air Forces

... Tornados were on deployment nearly non-stop until their recent retirement. The return from of Operation SHADER on 31 January 2019 concluded that long history that spanned the conflicts over the skies of ...

Duxford Flying Legends 2018

Posted in 2018

... Bull Corsair being also a rather well-known warbird on the European scene, the appearance of the recently finished Vought Corsair F4U-5N of the AJBS “Les Casques de Cuir” at La Ferté-Alais, France was ...

Slovak International Air Fest - SIAF 2018

Posted in 2018

... se jets were flown over the runway. Also the recently acquired C-27J Spartan was presented during a flying display later in the afternoon. Slovak INTERNATIONAL Air Fest But of course the SIAF airs ...

Bell P-63 P-39 Cobra Flight

Posted in Air-Air

... 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 ...

Iniochos Exercise 2018

Posted in Air Forces

«INIOHOS» exercise was first created in the 80’s and was gradually upgraded and established as an annual Hellenic Air Force Small scale Air Warfare exercise. Recently the scope of the exercise has been ...

Fliegerschiessen at Axalp Shooting Range

Posted in 2017

... Hornet also flew a solo display in this alpine environment. Cougar and EC635 helicopters also take part since recent years with a focus on their Search and Rescue (SAR) and firefighting duties. Furthermore ...

Tsuiki Airshow 2017

Posted in 2017

... Japan When? November 2017 airshows/17_tsuiki/so3 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 ...

Warbirds over the Beach

Posted in 2017

... the CAF Dixie Wing did also send some of their aircraft to this show. Rides were offered in their Dauntless and namely the appearance of the recently restored P-63A Kingcobra was a real surprise! airshows/17_wob/p63 ...

LTG61 Penzing Farewell

Posted in 2017

... NATO on the Balkans, in Afghanistan or recently in Mali. Much credit has to be given to LTG61 personal for their effort and motivation to still set up the “Tag der Bundeswehr” in June, just month before ...

EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016

Posted in 2016

... out of Barksdale to chase and train U-2 pilots, a US Navy EA-18G Growler, several more F/A-18 Hornet variants featuring an impressive number of mission markings of recent deployments, as well as a large ...

Neuburg Open House

Posted in 2016

... for this event such as the recent Tiger schemes from Belgium or Switzerland. airshows/16_neuburg/static airshows/16_neuburg/static2 As a result of this the wing surprises with special schemes, and ...

Cessna O-1E "Bird Dog" Vietnam Observer

Posted in Air-Air

... to aircraft (S/N 305M-0040, military registration MM61-2992, code E.I. 6) and was bought by its recent owner José Luis Olias Sanchez and brought to Spain. air2air/16_birddog/5 He restored it during f ...

SIAF Airshow 2016 Sliac

Posted in 2016

...  Slovak Air Force Displays at SIAF 2016 Slovak Air Force aircraft missing in this year were the Antonov An-26 and the governmental Tupolev Tu-154. Both aircraft have been retired only very recently ...

Airbus Manching Family Day

Posted in 2016

... Mostly striking was a silver painted Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, which caught attention in its original silver colourscheme. It was displayed right along one of the Tornado prototypes, which was recently ...

Bulgarian Air Force - Thracian exercises

Posted in Air Forces

... actual enemy were still clearly defined, Graf Ignatievo became a popular destination for Squadron exchanges with its Western Allies in recent years. The “3rd Fighter Air Base” is Bulgaria’s sole remaining ...

Luftwaffe Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister

Posted in Air-Air

... he 160HP provide also a lot more power for doing aerobatics. air2air/15_bu133/3 The current scheme was applied during this Jungmeister’s most recent restauration from 2007 to 2009. Before that the  ...

Hyakuri Airshow 2015

Posted in 2015

... to the training days the demo also did not feature the recently appeared blue „€šOcean camouflage“€˜ RF-4E Phantom, which was only presented in the static display. This new scheme is optimized for maritime ...

La Ferté-Alais

Posted in 2015

... very few places where such a demonstration by the French Navy is held. In recent years the mixed formation was seen with Etendards or an E-2C Hawkeye, but this year for a most welcomed change the world’s ...

Manching WTD61

Posted in 2015

... howcasing recent high tech developments and former technologies in the two main hangars. airshows/15_wtd61/static airshows/15_wtd61/static2 Decommissioned airframes still belonging to the training  ...

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Pilsen Air Show

This airshow was held to celebrate 100 years of aviation in Pilsen / Plzeň. Even though this fourth most populous city in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic, is undeniably better known for the type of blond lager beer to which the city gave its name, it also… Read More
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Wings over Houston 2018

Wings over Houston 2018 was headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels display team. With a big concentration of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) warbirds all around the oil-rich state of Texas the line-up of WW II airplanes was also strong. The most impressive airshow act… Read More
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Otto Smik's Spitfire TE184

Nine Balkenkreuze and three silhouettes of the Fieseler Fi 103, aka „Vergeltungswaffe 1 (V1)“ as kill markings depict this Spitfire Mk.XVI as the personal plane of Otto Smik. Smik was one of the most successfully Czechoslovakian pilots in service of the RAF during WW II.… Read More
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Hyakuri Airshow 2018

Ten (R)F-4EJ Phantoms lined up in front of the crowd was a sight to behold! The Hyakuri Airshow 2018 was the last ever opportunity to see such a large number of mighty Phantoms in action as JASDF Phantom operations will dwindle down rapidly in the… Read More
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