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1. Warbirds over the Beach: (2017); ... "Warbirds over the Beach" Airshow Regarding photography the airshow proved to be a challenge. Due to the airfield’s layout the crowd is facing the sun when watching the runway, and the flying happen ...; Created on 26 October 2017
2. Shuttleworth - Fly Navy!: (2017); ... display in the early afternoon. While the commentators on the old control towers told about flying the Sea Hurricane from an aircraft carrier, the Hurricane passed up and down along the runway axis, all ...; Created on 01 October 2017
3. Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2017: (2017); ... B-25s gathered in the Warbirds area for a re-enactment of the Doolittle Raid in honor of the event’s 75th anniversary. Seeing the B-25s launching from Oshkosh’s runway in a similar fashion as they did ...; Created on 01 October 2017
4. EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016: (2016); ... number of helicopters. Standing on the runway and observing the incoming traffic was the thing to do to catch those. airshows/16_oshkosh/usaf Most remarkable was the pair of QF-4E Phantom II drones ...; Created on 12 May 2017
5. Meiringen WK 2017: (Airbases); ... ing nice backgrounds during operations on the runway, but also the taxiway leading from the cavern to the actual airfield. It passes along a cow paddock without any fencing and offers great opportunit ...; Created on 24 March 2017
6. SIAF 2016: (2016); ... two SU-27 Flanker arrived in formation with an Antonov An-26. Their height above the runway can only be estimated, but it was rather close and well hidden behind the fence from the outside. airshows/16_siaf/ukraine ...; Created on 18 September 2016
7. Airpower Zeltweg - Airpower16: (2016); ... eltweg’s runway. airshows/16_zeltweg/f16 airshows/16_zeltweg/f18 airshows/16_zeltweg/rafale airshows/16_zeltweg/gripen airshows/16_zeltweg/mi35 airshows/16_zeltweg/mig29 airshows/16_zeltweg/c-27j A ...; Created on 05 September 2016
8. Dubai Airshow: (2015); ... already plans a massive expansion into an airport with five parallel runways, and the additional traffic will for sure restrict airshow flying. But though building projects are pushed a lot in the UAE, ...; Created on 19 November 2015
9. Manching WTD61: (2015); ... lements in a well coordinated display, showing solo presentations and a nice formation overflight to conclude the demonstration. With the three helicopters hovering above the runway the Transall performed ...; Created on 18 June 2015
10. G7 Summit: (Airbases); ... modified Jumbo Jet, arrived on Sunday morning, June 7th at dawn. Nevertheless plenty of enthusiasts had gathered at this early hour along MUC’s Southern runway. Shortly after the VC-25A touched down, a ...; Created on 09 June 2015
11. Hokkaido Winter Eagles: (Airbases); ... the Japanese Air Defence Forces (JASDF). Regarding operations the Eastern part of the airport is mainly used for civil operations on runways 01R/19L and 01L/19R, both 3000m long, whereas the JASDF oper ...; Created on 06 March 2015
12. Shuttleworth Pageant Airshow: (2014); ... g take-off and landing, especially on Old Warden’s relatively short grass runway. But to cut a long story short: the Comet’s show was just amazing: one photo pass after another in splendid evening lig ...; Created on 31 January 2015
13. Flying Legends Duxford 2014: (2014); Where? Duxford, England When? 13-14/07/2014 What a blast! Standing at any of the runway ends during the Duxford air shows is a stunning experience. Either you get to see the aircraft turning in onto ...; Created on 07 November 2014
14. A-7 Corsair II Retirement: (Airbases); ... and runway. Two flights of A-7s were scheduled for the day, with some F-16s filling up the gaps in-between. special/14_araxos/1 special/14_araxos/2 special/14_araxos/5 special/14_araxos/so1 special/14_araxos/1 ...; Created on 20 October 2014
15. RIAT Fairford 2014: (2014); ... the runway. Quite easy, and especially in the year I was really pleased by the big variation of different C-130 Hercules from the Middle East that are still painted in a nice, varied colourscheme and no ...; Created on 01 October 2014
16. Waddington Airshow: (2014); ... olnshire. And as a special treat XH558 was piloted by Flt.Lt. Martin Withers, who was the pilot onboard Vulcan XM607 during operation Black Buck 1 that bombed the the main runway at Port Stanley Airport ...; Created on 10 August 2014
17. Farnborough Airshow: (2014); ... 8 airshows/14_fia/airbus/ The big airshow featuring amongst others the Vulcan XH558 or the Red Arrows is scheduled for the public days during the week-end, and with the closeness to the runway and stunni ...; Created on 18 July 2014
18. Meiringen - WK 2014: (Airbases); ... to hold this exercise at the alpine airbase Meiringen. Meiringen is located in the middle of Switzerland, having its runway embedded in a narrow valley and surrounded by farms, fields and cows. The ...; Created on 27 June 2014
19. Hahnweide OTT 2013: (2013); ... t on the opposite side of the flightline, the oldtimers and wabirds are densly packed between the crowdline and the grass runway. airshows/13_hahnweide/1 airshows/13_hahnweide/10 Once in a while ...; Created on 05 March 2014
20. WTD61 F-4F Phlyout: (Airbases); ... together with the old "50 years Flugerprobung" scheme on the Northern runway to be photographed from the outside. onbase/13_wtd/6 Pharewell Phantom, it was a great time! onbase/13_wtd/5 ...; Created on 06 August 2013

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