... only meters away from the public, and their take-off run isn’t much more distant. It is actually so close that visitors can clearly feel the strong power of those mighty piston engines agitating thei ...
... for a „Low-Altitude Fighter“. A distinctive feature of these low flying Spitfires require high maneuverability close to the ground were also the clipped wingtips, which take away some of the elegance when ...
... better than standing in the rain that was seen pouring down only some kilometers away. Compared to other European events it was amazing to see that a full day of flying was offered for free, and obviousl ...
... the other hand it provided a great opportunity to combine the attendance at any of these shows. With Shuttleworth being only a stone’s throw away from Duxford an early leave from the Flying Legends airshow ...
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The showsite itself is located at Ostrava airport in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, approximately a 3hrs drive away from the countries capital Prague, and is actually closer located ...
... Thankfully her pilot was able to walk away from the incident. According to its owner, the Butcher Bird should be in the air again for the next show in two years, but it is probably too early to say just ...
... only a stone's throw away from Waterkloof. The flying branch of the museum arrived in the morning and showed amongst others in flight a Harvard formation, a formation of a Albatross and Bosbok, the venerabl ...
... CAF’s headquarter and the Airpower Museum to a new location in Dallas, approximately 500km away from Midland fears and rumors existed that this move might somehow involve the end of the Airsho tradition ...
... are not far away from Tsuiki as well, four-ship formations of T-7 and T-4 training aircraft came for some fly-bys.
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Some kilometers further away the crowd sits densely packed on the apron and watches the show. There are not many different aircraft in the air, but different set-ups keep the movements busy and the photographers ...
... a souvenir stand selling numerous patches, T-Shirts, giveaways and – most important - it gave a last chance to be close to the action and get some nice shots all along the operational area and the taxiwa ...
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With these shots safely stored away on the computer the show day got a lot more relaxed with a main focus on doing some shopping and enjoying the atmosphe ...
... Storch, Trojan, T-6 or the MS406. However they were flown far away from the crowdline, and as I have seen most of them just recently at La Ferté I decided not to take any photos of them.
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... have been a treat on the taxiway at Hyakuri rather than sitting far away on the ramp at Chitose...
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Of course their real mission of the assets will remain ...
... a small subset of impressions I saw:
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The last part of this tour was the Indian Air Force Museum at Palam AFB, just a short hop away from the Delhi Inte ...
... . And seeing the mighty Suchoi fighter jet graciously taking off to the sky once again was a fine sight indeed. Apart from that the display was unfortunately a bit high and far away, but nevertheless so ...
... finally left in the early afternoon and when I drove away with the car suddenly a white van started to follow - and it was exactly the (base security) van that I remembered very well from my last stays at ...
... all the other manoeuvres, including a 'tailslide', where however far away and not in the best light conditions for decent photos.
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Then it was time again to read the book with looks at the base every now and then to see some activity. And suddenly I saw some, but not on the base, but in the background several miles away: the ...
... : Stearman, Texan & Spitfire Solo Display
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Silently the Hermes 450 and the Heron TP UAVs sneaked up low level next on and turned away to vacate the airspace for t ...
