... each day had spread out their blankets and camping chairs to enjoy the flying demonstrations.
Patriotic Moments
All of those 20,000 pairs of eyes turned to the sky at the end of the day when the most ...
... opened about 90 minutes late for the general public that had thus less time to enjoy being up close to the dozens of warbirds parked there. Maybe choosing another location for start-up and shut down would ...
... 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 ...
... view without a doubt. And it does so in a relaxed and enjoyable way, as it is not overrun by the crowds in any means. Maybe in 2017 that was partly due to the weather, which was unfortunately not very ...
... they could enjoy Bavarian hospitality even a bit longer, and their jets were nicely parked on the apron the next morning.
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Invited were also Ethiopia, Iraq, Liberia, ...
... who enjoy the friendly German atmosphere and food. Due to the orientation of the runway and safety regulations the crowd unfortunately faces the sun nearly during the whole day, which makes photography ...
... July on with one more month of operations photo possibilities were numerous and used well to enjoy the howling sound of the J79 engines and see the smoketrail in the sky.
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... the show day itself on June 29th it was more about the enjoy the atmosphere, to do some shopping and meet old friends of the Phantom community. The cloud layer was still hanging very low, all the aircraft ...
... great sight! And of course you should enjoy them while you can!
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It might sound spoiled, but with Phantoms and the stunning Aggressors it is hard to ...
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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 atmosphere. ...
The Florennes Air Show 2012, coinciding with the 70 years of military aviation at Florennes, promissed to become the biggest military airshow on the European continent. Planned in the middle of June the ...
... kilometre-long traffic jams leading back towards the city made it easy to guess that many people spent that beautiful day North of the city in the mountains enjoying the Autumn colours and some fresh air. ...
... a solo routine flown by two aircraft in succession. This year however it became definitely visible that more preparation was involved and the two pilots obviously enjoyed their flight as well. And the ...
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Before continuing back to the Southern island we had a look at Iwakuni’s main touristic attraction, the Kintai-kyo (錦帯橋), or "Brocade Sash Bridge" bridge and enjoyed the sunset in the city centre along ...
... this small group succeeds in completing a dense schedule of events during the summer season. The winter and spring months, when there is a really enjoyable climate around Aqaba, is used for maintenance ...
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I thus enjoyed the nice weather and returned once again at sunset to the youth hostel, where once again the hot bath was waiting for me. Just the right thing for the early ...
In Spring 2009 it was time for another trip to Japan, concentrating on the area around Tokyo and mainly driven by the fact that the – until then – Naha Phantoms of 302 Hikotai have moved to Hyakuri, making ...
... that day. Some kilometres south of Beppu the road is going inland and brought us past some marvellous woodlands and valleys. And with an average of 50km/h on these roads there is a lot of time to enjoy ...
... was also a lot more to see...
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Food was good as well and after getting it we sat down a bit to just watch and enjoy what was going on in front of us. In a hangar we discovered ...
... way we (Europeans) are used to it, and nevertheless everything is usually running very enjoyable and smooth, so harmonic and colorfull - like the way their aircraft are painted. All of this, combined with ...
