The 50th anniversary of the F-104 Starfighter and the last year of active service within the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militaria Italiana - AMI) were the reason for an axcellent airshow at Pratica ...
... at Malacky - Kuchyňa Air Base on the Saturday during SIAF 2022.
After just one MiG-29 arrived for the static display at Malacky on Thursday, and only one participated in Friday’s rehearsal of the fly-by, ...
... time West-bound. Its new designated home was Trinidad, where the eight-man crew arrived on March 2, 1944. Over the warm waters of the South Atlantic and the Caribbean, VPB-92 often had to struggle with ...
... transfer flight from Israel, which took the formation via Italy and France to Germany, not counting all those additional C-130 Hercules transport flights that arrived at Nörvenich the week before.
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... the PACAF F-16 earned the F-35B of the US Marines Corps (USMC). It was only parked for the static display close to the two F-16 jets throughout the day, but arrived early on Sunday morning and left directly ...
... arrived well before and enjoyed a great day out. But the final highlight was yet to come!
Classic Show Openers: Hurricane and Gladiator
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Traditionally the Gloster Gladiator ...
... allow this!
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The event itself also saw many interesting foreign visitors, which mainly arrived on Friday and could be photographed during the „Spotterhours“ ...
... 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.
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Furthermore one of the Airbus A350XWB prototypes arrived from Toulouse to perform a Display at Manching. It was a pleasure to see this elegant aircraft in the Bavarian sky! ...
... the latter one even flying with an original BMW engine from 1917! The Bristol F.2 Fighter has literally just arrived from TVAL in New Zealand in April and had its first flight only very shortly before ...
... its first post-restoration flight only the day before arriving at Classic Fighters. It arrived during darkness with its remarkable Griffon-sound reverberating off the nearby mountains. During the next ...
... participant. The gathering on the apron at Munich airport was most impressive. Days before the event several USAF C-17A Globemaster III arrived to fly-in supplies and support for the arrival of the famous ...
... shooting the "Kabo" at Dhaka must have been my lucky shot during that trip! On the other hand Jet Airways or several Chinese airlines arrived so often that I actually got really bored by them...
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... a sight to behold and just great to see in front of the blue African sky! It even arrived at the show in formation with a single seat Cheetah E, but this escort did not land at Waterkloof and was never ...
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As the weather continuously improved on Saturday some more aircraft arrived, amongst them the warmly-welcomed Hurricane from France. It displayed on Sunday, making it apart from the BBMF the only Hurricane ...
... the Rivet Joint used being in the air for a longer training mission and arrived back home in the afternoon – in nice weather!
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Regarding the show and foreign guests Waddington ...
... in service with the "Hammers" Squadron that has its heritage in operating three B-17 Flying Fortress and after years of flying the F-4 Phantom II " Kurnass" (sledgehammer) the state-of-the-art F-15Is arrived ...
... were missing, but one arrived shortly afterwards with the French C-135FR tanker aircraft and showed a demonstrated air-air refuelling.
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... sold to Israel in October 1948. After an overhaul at the aircraft factory at Kunovice it was transferred by train and ship to Israel, where it arrived in November 1949.
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But apart ...
... big surprise for sure was the participation of the Russian Knights. Announced to be 'withdrawn from service' after last year's MAKS airshow, the team seems to the re-born and in strength. It arrived at Bahrain ...
