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1. Yak-3 D-FJAK - A Red Star over Germany ...: (Air-Air); Yak-3 D-FJAK During the summer 2003 I have had the possibility to make a photo flight with the then only flying Jak-3 in Germany. The Jak-3 with the registration D-FJAK is based in Freiburg, a city ...; Created on 17 April 2007
2. Warbirds over the Beach: (2017); ... bought fresh from the field, temperatures are still bearable, the big stream of tourists just starts to flock in to that popular beach area on the East Coast, and it is of course time for “Warbirds over ...; Created on 26 October 2017
3. LTG61 Penzing Farewell: (2017); ... the star of the day was the „Silberne Gamms“. Transall C-160D 51+01 was adorned in an overall silver color scheme to remember the appearance of the first C-160s when they were delivered to the Luftwaff ...; Created on 01 October 2017
4. EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016: (2016); ... Sabres and T-33 Shooting Stars also met. airshows/16_oshkosh/jets airshows/16_oshkosh/jets2 airshows/16_oshkosh/jets3 Or, as EAA says about Warbird Alley: “See upwards to 1,000 assorted jets, fighters, ...; Created on 12 May 2017
5. Meiringen WK 2017: (Airbases); ... nes are started with the aircraft still on the tug and the aircraft is ready to go within minutes. Cavern doors just open very shortly for aircraft movements. All this is quite well hidden behind trees ...; Created on 24 March 2017
6. Neuburg Open House: (2016); ... converting to the F-104 „Starfighter“ and later on the F-4F „Phantom II“. In 2006 the Eurofighter was introduced into service, which completely overtook from the Phantom in 2008. airshows/16_neuburg/museum ...; Created on 07 January 2017
7. Airpower Zeltweg - Airpower16: (2016); ... in front row. Flying started already before 9am and continued non-stop until the late afternoon. Visitors were in for a real treat. The opening ceremony was presented by the state Steiermark / Styria, ...; Created on 05 September 2016
8. Airbus Manching Family Day: (2016); ... the German Air Force / Luftwaffe. 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 ...; Created on 19 June 2016
9. Bulgarian Air Force - Thracian exercises: (Air Forces); ... locally, and three „Thracian“ exercises kept the Bulgarian Air Force once again busy in 2015. Whereas “Thracian Eagle 1 & 2” focused on flying with US ANG units flying the F-15 Eagle, “Thracian Star” in ...; Created on 27 February 2016
10. Hyakuri Airshow 2015: (2015); ... and queue to get on the ramp at the official opening at 7am. So just the normal Japanese airshow crazyness! airshows/15_hyakuri/so Luckily the flying activity only starts quite a while after the ramp ...; Created on 13 December 2015
11. F-AIR Colombia: (2015); ... Extras were operational again. They could thus show their full routine, including the heart for the crowd and most importantly the five-pointed star that is a prominent feature on their national flag. ...; Created on 10 October 2015
12. La Ferté-Alais: (2015); ... After the quiet “pour Irène” start commemorating those Amicale members who watch the show from above, the Aeronavale literally beat up the place with their Rafale M jets. La Ferté still is one of the ...; Created on 23 August 2015
13. Classic Fighters Omaka: (2015); ... provided an excellent backdrop for more flying and fireworks. airshows/15_omaka/wwiiform airshows/15_omaka/strutter The dusk also laid a veil on the arrival of the actual star of the show, as the ...; Created on 11 June 2015
14. Africa Aerospace & Defence 2014: (2014); ... tickets visitors. On these two days the Saturday was by far the better choice with more flying and great weather. Contrary to this Sunday morning started very different with a very cold wind and freezing ...; Created on 14 March 2015
15. Hokkaido Winter Eagles: (Airbases); ... cting to the rest of the Land of the Rising Sun are Vanilla Air, Skymark, Jetstar and Fuji Dream Airlines, with the rest of the remaining airlines connecting to many Asian countries, mainly to China, ...; Created on 06 March 2015
16. Shuttleworth Pageant Airshow: (2014); ... er hop that could even be described as a real flight - amazing what you can do with a 8hp engine! airshows/14_sw/wren And just how the day ended it started off as well. With splendid sunshine, and ...; Created on 31 January 2015
17. JASDF 60th Anniversary: (Air Forces); ... that were all within a more or less 3-4h driving time. A bit of time, though not far looking at the distance as it easily can take that long to cover around 150km on Japanese roads... Let's start in Komatsu ...; Created on 08 January 2015
18. Tsuiki Airshow: (2014); ... Thus the Tsuiki airshow 2014 was unfortunately short-lived in the end after the announcement of the cancelling of the flying program for the afternoon, and people already started leaving around midday ...; Created on 21 December 2014
19. Flying Legends Duxford 2014: (2014); ... o arrive was thus by road, safely packed into a container. This was made with the two star attractions in this year: Steve Hinton, who has a close relation to Duxford and is a regular visitor and perform ...; Created on 07 November 2014
20. Waddington Airshow: (2014); ... persists. However the nuclear weapons and shelters for them are a sign of the past, as the fleet of ISTAR aircraft does not spread out to destroy the enemy, but to collect valuable information of any kind. ...; Created on 10 August 2014

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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

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Warbirds over the Beach

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Where? Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
When? 19-21/05/2017

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