... are still left today in flying condition. One is located not far away from its former wartime base Norfolk, Virgina, at the Military Aviation Museum just South of Virgina Beach. It represents one of the ...
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After that, Phantoms only visited Komatsu sporadically to make use of the training area that is located just East of the Air Base over the Sea. This was also the case in autumn 2014, when 302 and 501 ...
... o do, the work just does not stop for servicing and maintenance“. This happens before and after every flight for the regular checks, and in more detail during the larger service intervals, which usual ...
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Night impressions from Iruma
Iruma on Tuesday morning started with good weather, and even Mt. Fuji was visible during breakfast. On the way to the airfield this turned again into gray, just as th ...
... region to drop parachutists over Northern France just as in the morning hours of 6 June 1944, and numerous L-Birds gathered at St. André de l’Eure, close to Evreux.
Where? Normandy, France When? 05-06/06/2019 ...
... G(I) Seasprite. On Friday it flew just before sunset, bathed in warm sunlight, posing for the spectators in front of the red and golden contours of the Wither Hills.
The venerable Douglas DC-3 and De Havi ...
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Daily Colourspots
This accessibility combined with lots of flying provided plenty of photo opportunities during just two days. On days without night flying they Squadron flew four waves a day ...
... moment. Only shortly before their landing zone the machines gain height, just to come to a quick stop under the crunching sound of the landing skids on the top of a shipping container. Quickly the soldiers ...
... ield and how they succeeded in bringing together such a big variety of aircraft. Just think about the Breguet Alizé from Southern France, the Belgian Iraqi Fury and the Lim-2 from Norway. I am eagerly wa ...
... showground, or those who just want to save the (bargain) entrance fee of 15€ a day can be seen setting up their sunshades and picnic goods on this location throughout the weekend.
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... Fulcrum fleet just weeks before the Radom airshow led the unfortunate cancellation of these type’s participation at the centenary celebrations. Additionally to the annulation of these former Soviet-era ...
... Squadron operation the RF-16 and RF-5E Tigereye was an opportunity was just too tempting not to miss it. And would the Republic of China’s Air Force (ROCAF) really plan an airshow amidst the typhoon season ...
... directly adjacent to the airfield. During WW II Pilsen (Plzen), Czechoslovakia was just as many other airfields occupied by the German Luftwaffe. Dobrzan was a field airstrip until the end of the war, ...
... goes without saying that it is unfortunate, but very understandable that the static display was rather thin, as a lot of invitees just could not make it to the Houston area due to limitations of flying ...
... the sun it was also rather cold. Admittedly it was December, but how great it can be in December was obvious just the day before.
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... t time in the morning the gliders and a T-4 announced for the flying program were missing. And just when the flying display finished with the jets, the morning sun was gone for the rest of the day.
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Spanish Hornet and German Tornado
In your author’s opinion this fine piece of flying was just excelled by the Spanish F/A-18 / EF-18MHornet demo. To see how the display pilot presented the Hornet ...
... still too warm and humid for the end of October it was just bearable for the show and nice to spend the dinner in the evening outside instead of sitting inside a chilly restaurant. But on the other hand ...
... was just fine to arrive at the Old Warden airfield just in time for the start of the flying display at 6pm.
Picnic time at Shuttleworth!
At that time the parking lot was well filled and people have ...
... ranges just stayed too short and it could not cope with Mustangs or Lightnings. As a consequence more than 70% of the aircraft produced were subsequently provided to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease ...
