An extensive adventure in 18 days: Exploring the land of the rising sun in search for their exotic aircraft. This trip had it all: freezing temperatures, hot sunny days, thunderstorms, and even a very ...
During World War II, the Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina flying boat became famous for its long-endurance missions over the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean against enemy ships and submarines. Only very few aircraft ...
... to co-locate Squadrons flying the same type of aircraft at dedicated airfields, therefore clearly reducing overhead for common operations and expecially maintenance. Hyakuri had been the designated base ...
The Junkers Ju-52 is an aviation legend, and "F-AZJU" is a true piece of jewelry for the French Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis. The aircraft is based at the Amicale’s homebase La Ferté-Alais in the South o ...
... But it featured a high chance to catch jet fighter action at Hyakuri and Komatsu, see interesting transport and special mission aircraft at Iruma, and to have a look at the rather seldomly visited trainer ...
... on ground this 75th anniversary of D-Day also brought some highlights for the aviation enthusiast, in particular the Douglas DC-3 Dakota and its military variants such as the C-47. Hundreds of those aircraft ...
... when the RNZAF disbanded its last A-4 Skyhawks. The secret star of the show, which focuses on propeller-driven aircraft, was however once again the FlugWerk FW190. It celebrated a new maiden flight after ...
... memorable day of the deployment. On this day a mixed formation of two Luftwaffe Eurofighters and two IAF F-16s led by an IAF G550 aircraft performed a fly-by of the Dachau concentration camp and Fürstenfeldbruck airp ...
The Polikarpov I-16 Rata is a rare bird. Only a dozen of originally more than 8500 produced aircraft exist, including seven that have been re-build for Sir Tim Wallis' Alpine Fighter Collection in the ...
... rmation aerobatics with the Raytheon T-6A Efroni. These aircraft are based at Hatzerim and serve as the first flying training platform for future Israeli Air Force pilots.
airshows/18_Hatzerim/efroni,width=260,height=300,gap_h=11, ...
... 015. One and a half years later, on 26 June 2017, the delivery of the total fleet of 15 aircraft of this military version of the originally civil Airbus Helicopters H145 was complete. This smooth and ...
... ight=300,gap_h=10,gap_v=10
Network Operations of 5th Generation Fighters
During the exercise information was shared in the Link16 network with the other aircraft from the NATO nations. The F-35s of ...
... the daily aerial display to show off the capabilities of their aircraft and helicopters. Once all the business were done, a airshow was organized for the entertainment of 'Joe Public' on the concludi ...
...
Melun-Villaroche Airfield - a perfect location
The Melun-Villaroche airfield is dominated by large aircraft hangars designed by Gustav Eiffel. They provide an impressive background for the static displa ...
2019 saw the 19th edition of the Oldtimer Fliegertreffen Hahnweide. You may also call it a fly-in, a pilot meeting or a warbird airshow, and with around 400 participating aircraft it is arguably Germany’s ...
... of Polish Air Force aircraft, helicopters and visiting aircraft from invited countries.
airshows/18_Radom/rain_4,width=396,height=300,gap_h=10,gap_v=10
As such, some of the photos in this report ar ...
... With the aim to photograph some aircraft of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) around the island and a visit to the airshow at Hualien, this planned tour promised some good results. In the end, however, ...
... back to the flying display, the aircraft flying around that ground theatre were the main attraction of the event. There was a Polikarpov Po-2, a Let C-11 – the Czech-build version of the Warsaw Pact trainer ...
... not only smashed Eglin Air Force base in Florida, but all regular planning of aircraft attendances as well. Jets from Florida had to be dispersed on other airfields around the US and this caused quite ...
... Czechoslovakian pilots in service of the RAF during WW II. He crashed and died on 28 November 1944 near Zwolle after been hit by German AA fire. Smik’s aircraft has been re-created by the Spitfire’s owner, ...
