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1. EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016: (2016); ... pleasure as well. airshows/16_oshkosh/vietnam airshows/16_oshkosh/vietnam2 airshows/16_oshkosh/vietnamso Amongst the jets the L-39 Albatross was the most represented type in that area, though F-86 ...; Created on 12 May 2017
2. O-1E Bird Dog: (Air-Air); ... is maybe one of the lesser known and unglamorous aircraft types flown during the Vietnam War, being manned by USAF and South Vietnamese pilots. Nevertheless some of the Bird Dog’s relive a renaissance ...; Created on 12 November 2016
3. SIAF 2016: (2016); ... and the two types thus did not show anymore. As a compensation the A319 was presented during a QRA demo and “forced to land” by the MiGs at Sliac. At one point it really seemed as if the A319 wanted to ...; Created on 18 September 2016
4. Airpower Zeltweg - Airpower16: (2016); ... rmation A major highlight was the ‘historic jet formation’, presenting all jet types the Austrian Air Force ever flew: De Havilland Vampire, Fouga CM.170 Magister, Saab 29 Tunnan, Saab 35 Draken, Saab 1 ...; Created on 05 September 2016
5. Airbus Manching Family Day: (2016); ... „Grizzly“. One of the prototypes from Getafe performed a couple of nice fly-bys. Apart from low and fast speed passes one pass was performed with the open cargo ramp. It was followed by an Airbus Helicopters ...; Created on 19 June 2016
6. Hyakuri Airshow 2015: (2015); ... strange to see such a tightened schedule in Japan. Your reporters choice fell on Hyakuri, where three Jet Squadrons flying two main jet types operate. Normally this is a safe bet for a nice flying program, ...; Created on 13 December 2015
7. Dubai Airshow: (2015); ... unfortunately not fulfilled, and also the UAEAF’s presence was limited in numbers and aircraft types. For the fast jets there was a MB339NAT of the national aerobatic team “Al Fursan”, an F-16E and a Mirage ...; Created on 19 November 2015
8. SIAF 2015: (2015); ... throughout its inventory replacements with newer, Western-build types are foreseen. UH-60s will replace the venerable Mi-17 as a combat helicopter, mainly used for transport and rescue, 2 C-27J Sparta ...; Created on 14 September 2015
9. La Ferté-Alais: (2015); ... flight anniversary of this type. Fortunately “205”, the La Ferté-based example was back in the air again this year after its midair-collision with a P-51 Mustang at Duxford in 2011. airshows/15_lfa/sky ...; Created on 23 August 2015
10. Classic Fighters Omaka: (2015); ... were circling, reinforced by an Albatros D.Va, Fokker D.VII, D.VIII and even a Pfalz D.III, whereas the Allies were fighting with several Sopwith and Nieuport-type aircraft for aerial superiority. airshows/15_omaka/dr1 ...; Created on 11 June 2015
11. Bangladesh Specials: (Air Forces); ... ternational flight, every once in a while their aircraft fly to Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. And as such types as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83/87 family or Airbus A310 can already be considered a rarity on th ...; Created on 19 May 2015
12. Africa Aerospace & Defence 2014: (2014); ... s jets and helicopters were dispersed around the apron, and nearly every aircraft type of the SAAF was present. But apart from a USAF C-17 and C-130 no other Air Forces were present, showing off maybe t ...; Created on 14 March 2015
13. JASDF 60th Anniversary: (Air Forces); ... he recent JASDF defense projects, and the test aircraft and prototypes of Japanese military aircraft. A report about the Gifu airshow 2014 can be found on a separate page on this site. Gifu is thus ...; Created on 08 January 2015
14. Tsuiki Airshow: (2014); ... orange tail and the 60th anniversary markings. The usual range of transport aircraft included a C-1, T-400, Gulfstream and a YS-11. Especially seeing and hearing that latter one was great, as this type ...; Created on 21 December 2014
15. Gifu Airshow: (2014); ... showground itself the static display is quite alright, but personally I have expected some more and interesting static displays of a test wing. The F-2A prototype, XF-2A „63-8501“ was displayed in a hangar ...; Created on 07 December 2014
16. A-7 Corsair II Retirement: (Airbases); ... with the HAF for 39 years and accumulated around 440.000 flying hours. The first type to join the fleet was the A-7H (H for Hellenic, a modified version for Greece without the air-refueling capability) ...; Created on 20 October 2014
17. Waddington Airshow: (2014); ... ng such a relation is not difficult, as in the early days there were many different jet teams within the RAF on different types. In 1964 the Royal Air Force thus decided to amalgamate all these teams i ...; Created on 10 August 2014
18. Meiringen - WK 2014: (Airbases); Where? Meiringen, Switzerland When? May 2014 The Swiss Air Force still operates two jet types in their fleet, the F-18 Hornet and the F-5E Tiger. During the annual WK (Wiederholungskurs - repetition ...; Created on 27 June 2014
19. ILA Berlin 2014: (2014); ... ly good with a wealthy mix of different types of aircraft from all eras. airshows/14_ila/oldtimer airshows/14_ila/bulls From the military side there was a helicopter display by a French and German Ti ...; Created on 04 June 2014
20. Russian Air Force: (Air Forces); ... on of different types including the Mi-17 "Hip", Mi-24 "Hind", Ka-50 "Hokum" and Ka-52 "Alligator" was led by the huge Mi-26 "Halo", and a display team of Mi-28 "Havoc" gave a nice presentation. onbase/12_ ...; Created on 25 October 2013

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Meiringen WK 2017

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Meiringen Swiss Air Force WK 2017
Where? Meiringen, Switzerland
When? March 2017

Alpine Base Meiringen offers a gorgeous setting The airfield is nestled in a small valley in central Switzerland in the canton of Bern. Surrounded by mountains that partly rise up vertically for several hundred meters it is challenging flying terrain, but provides plenty of photo opportunities. Meiringen is the home of the Swiss Air Force's Fliegerstaffel 11 "Tigers", one of Switzerland three F/A-18 Hornet Squadrons, and is also home to the militia Squadron 8 "Destructors" ("Vandalos"), flying the F-5E Tiger II.

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SIAF 2013

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SIAF 2013 Slovak International Air Fest
Where? Sliac, Slovakia
When? 31/08 - 01/09/2013

With the 1.Sqn and their MiG-29s the Slovak International Air Display (SIAF) at their home base Sliac seeing those amazing Fulcrum smoketrails in the sky is always a save bet. However, this year was slightly different...

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HA-200 Saeta

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Hispano Aviacion HA-200 "Saeta" D-IWMS

The Hispano Aviacion HA-200 "Saeta" ("Arrow") is one of the last designs fully developed by Willy Messerschmitt. It had its first flight on August, 12th 1955 in Sevilla.
50 years later I have been invited to do an air-air photo session with the only remaining airworthy HA-200 in Germany. It is part of the impressive collection of the "Messerschmitt Stiftung" and operated by EADS from their site in Manching.

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