The Boeing Stearman must be the world’s mostly known biplane. More than 8500 airplanes were build, and the „Model 75“ has been used to train an uncountable number of military pilots in the late 1930s and ...
... the French airline Corsair and became pilot on their long-haul fleet, namely flying the Boeing B747 and Airbus A330. To fly the Junkers Ju-52 he is qualified for about 10 years now. „The initial training ...
... 105 “Scorpion” Squadron. The deployment was complemented by one Gulfstream G550 „Eitam“ Airborne Early Warning (AEW) platform. Two Boeing 707 „Re’em“ transport and air-air refuelling jets supported the ...
... particularly unfortunate as it would have culmulated in a formation fly-by of the Spitfire and the F-35 'Adir', uniting Israel's oldest and most modern fighter aircraft in the sky. Therefore the Boeing Stearman ...
... International Airshow 2018 (FIA18) as an economic barometer. Of course the major part of orders was on the civil side and split up amongst Airbus and Boeing. As always the two rivals had a fierce competition ...
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The Polish airline LOT did send a Boeing B737max wearing the „Proud of Poland’s Independence“ special scheme to form up with the PZL TS-11 Iskras of the Bialo-Czerwone Iskry ("White-and-Red Sparks") display ...
... caught was an IAI 1125 Astra SPX that is operated by AIDC as a target towing aircraft. The other civil aircraft, predominantly local ATRs, two VietJet Air A320s and a Mandarin Airlines Boeing B738 wearing ...
... of high angle-of-attack maneuvers.
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A nice local touch was the fly-by of a Romanian national Airline Boeing ...
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But the highlight that day were for sure several passes of the mighty Boeing B-1B “Lancer” bomber. Due the humidity in the air the “BONE” created loads of vapor clouds, and combind ...
... during the week-end airshows, Desert Storm 25th anniversary, a WWI aviation celebration and Boeing 100th anniversary. But one aircraft beat them all at the Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2016:
The mighty Martin ...
... fly-by on October, 27th, including 42 different aircraft. Highlights included the Boeing E-737 “Wedgetail” AEW&C flanked by F-16s, TA-50s and F-4E Phantoms. The latter unfortunately flew only during the ...
... exhibition hall and a huge apron, which can be solely used for the static display. The size of this dedicated airshow apron was hard to be estimated, but three A380s parked there along with a Boeing B787 ...
... ranges up to 25km.
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Of interest were also the Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet, T-34 Mentor and a Bell 47, which are part of the FAC “historical flight”, ...
... DC-3 Dakota, or the Lockheed L-12 Electra, which was for a long time not seen participating at the airshow.
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Boeing was celebrated by an impressive ...
... – PIA aircraft - and of course "Kabo Airlines" Boeing B747 Jumbo Jet, that surprised me with a charter flight after being stored at Dhaka for weeks… Though usually not that much interested in civil aircraft, ...
... Hikotai – that is responsible for the operation of the two Boeing B747-400 governmental aircraft, the "Japanese Air Force One", being responsible to bring the Emperor, Prime Minister and other high-ranking ...
... from the time of WW II. They were of course preceded by „FiFi “, still the only flying Boeing B-29 Superfortress world-wide and the figurehead and a unique “selling point” of the CAF. Apart from that two ...
... and performer during the show, was gracious to ship the world's sole airworthy Boeing P-26 Peashooter from the "Planes of Fame" museum in Chino, California, to England. It did perform on the Saturday ...
... “Bomber County Lincolnshire”. With the Vulcan XH558 being back this year, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress participating and the BBMF Lancaster flying overhead during a display routine, decades of the “Bomber ...
... term the MB339 of Italy's national aerobatic team "Frecce Tricolori".
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Amongst the big American presence Boeing did ...
