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Duxford Flying Legends 2018

Posted in 2018

...  The four Buchons were part of the Luftwaffe & Battle of Britain Movie tribute. Such a large gathering of airworthy Buchons was not seen since the 1969 released film and it was a real spectacle to see ...

Slovak International Air Fest - SIAF 2018

Posted in 2018

... at low speed and during high angle of attack (AOA) maneuvers was just outstanding! Another fine view was also the German Luftwaffe’s Tornado of TaktLwG51s. Its display was much more conservative and consis ...

LTG61 Penzing Farewell

Posted in 2017

... present the different tasks of the Bundeswehr to the public. This also includes the Luftwaffe. After last year’s major location Neuburg in 2017 once again Southern Germany did host one of the major Luftwaffe ...

Meiringen WK 2017

Posted in Air Forces

... ctivities: http://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/organisation/luftwaffe/einsatz-lw/militaerflugplatz-meiringen.html The F/A-18 Hornet Tiger Squadron at home in Meiringen: https://www.fliegerstaffel11.ch/  ...

Neuburg Open House

Posted in 2016

The TaktLwG74 celebrates its 55th anniversary in 2016. At the same time the German Luftwaffe is looking back at its foundation 60 years ago in 1956. Both events were a good reason to celebrate one event ...

Airpower Zeltweg - Airpower16

Posted in 2016

The Airpower16 airshow at Zeltweg, Austria was massive! An estimated crowd of 300.000 during two days watched 9 hours of non-stop flying. A total of 240 aircraft was present, many of them for the flying ...

Airbus Manching Family Day

Posted in 2016

...  All around the vast area of the plant several other aircraft could be spotted, representing the heritage of the manching site as a production facility of jet aircraft for the German Air Force / Luftwaffe. ...

Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister

Posted in Air-Air

... G+07” biplane was painted in a scheme inspired by the one adorning Germany’s first-ever Luftwaffe’s aerobatic squadron. Where? above Saxony, Germany When? October 2015 air2air/15_bu133/2 Originating f ...

Bücker Bü131 / Tatra T-131 Jungmann OE-APY

Posted in Air-Air

The Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann was the first design of Bücker Flugzeugbau with a first flight in April 1934 and quickly became the standard teaching plane of the Luftwaffe. Originally around 5000 copies we ...

Manching WTD61

Posted in 2015

Open days of the Luftwaffe in Germany do happen regularly, but events with a flying display are few and far between. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) and 25 years of ...

Phantom Pharewell Photo Phlight

Posted in Air-Air

The months of June and July 2013 saw the final operations of German F-4F Phantoms. With Jagdgeschwader 71 "R" at Wittmund officially putting Luftwaffe Phantom operations to an end and handing over the QR ...

Meiringen - WK 2014

Posted in Air Forces

The Swiss Air Force still operates two jet types in their fleet, the F-18 Hornet and the F-5E Tiger. During the annual WK (Wiederholungskurs - repetition course) Squadrons operating these aircraft relocate ...

ILA Berlin 2014

Posted in 2014

The ILA (Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung) is Germany's major aerospace exhibition and ranks high amongst the other two European trade fairs in Le Bourget and Farnborough. Nevertheless the ...

WTD61 F-4F Phlyout

Posted in Air Forces

After the show of Jagdgeschwader 71 (JG71) at Wittmund to honour the end of the F-4F Phantom II service for the Luftwaffe at the end of June 2013, the two remaining Phantoms of WTD61 soldiered on for ...

F-4F Phantom Pharewell

Posted in 2013

The sky was crying tears for the Phantom Pharewell event at Wittmund airbase. With initially nearly winter weather the last week-end in June was the date for the officially last days of Luftwaffe F-4F ...

50 years JG74

Posted in 2011

Open Days of the Luftwaffe are rare and few these days, and to reduce costs the 50th anniversary of the JG74 at Neuburg has even been held on a Thursday to avoid additional work during the week-end. ...

Lechfeld special coloured Jets

Posted in Air Forces

Night flying is an essential part in the training of every jet pilot, and the ground crews as well. To lessen the noise disturbance in the neighbouring communities, the Luftwaffe conducts night flying ...

CJPRSC 2010

Posted in Air Forces

...  Caracal, SA341 Gazelle as well as a SA330B Puma. onbase/10_cjprsc/ec725 onbase/10_cjprsc/puma onbase/10_cjprsc/gazelle Additionally to them the Luftwaffe contributed three Bell UH-1D to the exercise ...

Flying Legends

Posted in 2010

... by 4 P-51D Mustangs and two TF-51, however the most welcomed view was to see the B-17 "Sally B" in the air again. Furthermore they have been enforced by a P-40N Kittyhawk. Contrary to this the 'Luftwaf ...

ILA 2010

Posted in 2010

...  not all three of them were present at the same point of time. airshows/10_ila/A380 What else was going on at Berlin? Of course the German Luftwaffe did "set up a showpiece" to present its aircraf ...

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Duxford Flying Legends 2018

Duxford’s Flying Legends 2018 was a show to remember. Not only was the legendary warbirds airshow blessed with stunning summer weather and deep blue skies on Sunday, it also featured many impressive warbird formations, amongst them a stunning 4-ship formation of Buchons - a real treat… Read More
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Slovak International Air Fest - SIAF 2018

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, Slovakia. But the SIAF airshow was also a clear… Read More
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Tsuiki Airshow 2018

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 end of November on the Southern Japanese island… Read More
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Wings over Houston Airshow

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 mix on show at Ellington Airport in the South of… Read More
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