... Flight Group and as such hosts mainly transport and special mission aircraft. It is located in the West of the Japanese capitol. The drive from Hyakuri therefore passes the greater Tokyo metropolitan are ...
... , and with special marked jets. How great it was to hear jet noise thunder over Omaka!
Omaka Amusement
The rest of the program can be called easy going, casual and with a good dose of New Zealand ...
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Especially at that early time off the days it was great to see the afterburners being lit when the jets accelerated down the runway and vapor trails were forming at their wings when the pilot pulled ...
... g room for only light ahead. As we vow: never again!”
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A great day at the fence
Of course the attendance of such exotic jets caus ...
... A (full name withheld on security grounds) was even clearer about the graduates’ future tasks: “You will receive great power in the near future and will be required to use it,” he observed. The importance ...
... be damped as quickly as possible. But of course there are currently more important things in life than admiring planes in the air and having a great day out. There is more to life than aviation photography, ...
... ercise for the hosts: "Here at Blue Flag we place great value on training the individual pilot in his cockpit. We are here to share, not to teach", Tal Herman explains an important point of "Blue Flag ...
... the flying of other aircraft manufacturers, but it was great to see this plane in the British skies!
Military Presentations
By far the most impressive piece of flying has been the Lockheed Martin LM-1 ...
... . A Yakovlev Yak-11 would have been another nice addition to join this "Heritage Flight" of generations of Polish Air Force trainer aircraft. This formation was a great sight and was perfectly flown underne ...
... n formation, were joined by „Vador“ for a 3-ship formation of BAF F-16s over Belgium, and then left to hand over the stage for the actual task of the mission: getting great shots of the „Dark Falcon“!
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... to see, but any of the other planes would have added a great additional variety.
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For the modern military participation, hurricane Michael ...
... large Spooky – the F-4 Phantom II mascot – were not to be missed.
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Phantom Pilgrimage to Hyakuri
The Hyakuri Airshow was a great ...
... aviation spectacle!
But BIAS is not only an airshow. It finishes with spectacular fireworks, a free concert and it is a great day out. Going there, having a great time, maybe going home to avoid the ...
Travelling to countries operating the MiG-29 is usually a safe bet to see this great looking jet from the Soviet-era in the air. This was also true for the Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) at Sliac, ...
The Tsuiki airshow 2018 was a blast! After some visits to this show two important things for a successful event came together that year: great flying and nice weather. As the weather can get nasty at the ...
Wings over Houston 2017 was an awesome airshow! Plenty of warbirds, a Messerschmitt Me 262, jets from the Vietnam era, amongst them the venerable F-4D Phantom II, made up for a great program. This great ...
... 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 ...
... air superiority “Stealth Fighter” in 2005. As such, a visit of this airshow promised to be a great opportunity to see this otherwise elusive jet fighter.
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USAF F-22A Raptor Demo ...
EAA Airventure at Oshkosh in 2017 saw a rare gathering of Bell Aircraft Cobras. Three P-63 Kingcobras and a P-39 Airacobra attended the ‘World’s greatest Aviation Celebration’, amongst them all Cobras ...
