... hangar for the following months during its winter break. Temperatures around freezing point are neither the best for such a rare biplane, nor for the pilot in the open cockpit, who might actually be the ...
... heavy tropical rain. Due to this, their flying boats sometimes had to stay on the ground for several days. But by that time, German submarines only very rarely advanced into these areas. Mainly routine ...
... the AJBS flies between five to about 20 hours per year, depending on his time and the attendance of airshows. „The aircraft is in very high demand, because this type became quite rare in the meantime. ...
... in Blue Impulse colors, and a rare Dornier Do-28. Another remarkable scenery also shows a Pilatus PC-6B Porter that was used by the Japanese National Institute of Polar Researchin Antartica. And apart ...
The thundering noise of a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18C fighter jet astonished the visitors of the 2019 airshow at Omaka. That is no wonder, as fighter jets are a rare view in New Zealand since 2001, ...
... only other jet type, and are today only flown by reserve pilots. With the referendum for a future jet fighter on the horizon, their near future is becoming even more uncertain. They are indeed a rare breed ...
The Polikarpov I-16 Rata is a rare bird. Only a dozen of originally more than 8500 produced aircraft exist, including seven that have been re-build for Sir Tim Wallis' Alpine Fighter Collection in the ...
... rare opportunity when the host with his vast operational experience gives his international guests the opportunity to train deployment scenarios against state-of-the-art air and ground-based systems. This ...
... to Hsinchu was scheduled. This was planned ahead just to be sure to catch some of those rare Mirages, which are the only ones in the Asia-Pacific region. And they were flying again! This day the CAP was ...
... 2019 will be the last chance to see those rare and attractive birds. After that 301 Squadron will follow only one year later. It will be a “First in, last out” for 301 Hikotais as it was the JASDF first ...
... B737 in formation with four Extra 300.
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Another cool flying display was Valer Novac’s flying in the Kamov Ka-26 helicopter. It’s a rare ...
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Amongst the helicopters the Belgian Air Force presented its Agusta A109 in flight, and SIAF 2018 also saw the rare appearance of a Polish Army Mi-24 combat helicopter in the flying display.
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It was well worth attending this 2018 Tsuiki Airshow ,and rarely I have had such nice days. With the families day on Saturday already blessed with gorgeous autumn weather and a deep blue sky, the show ...
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Lysander and the Polikarpov
A quick jump to the era of WWII saw the Westland Lysander and the Polikarpov Po-2 displaying, and it has to be mentioned that very rarely I have seen the Lysander in such ...
The “Air Power over Hampton Roads” airshow at the Joint Base Langley-Eustis was held on 19-20 May, 2018. It is one of the rare chances to visit an airshow at a base being home of the awesome F-22A Raptor. ...
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 ...
... and the static display was also rather nice collection of JGSDF, JMSDF and JASDF aircraft with an F-15J, C-130 Hercules, P-3C Orion and especially the rare visit of a KC-767 tanker aircraft.
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... which was the early end of the air show season for the charismatic jet. Noticeably less spectacular to see but a very rarely presented outside its home airfield Yeovilton was the Chipmunk of the RNHF. ...
... also the meeting of three rare P-63 Kingcobras and one P-39 Airacobra. It was the first such rather large meeting of three types of “Bell’s finest” for the first time after WW II. More photos of this come-together ...
... several of the rare and unique warbirds from the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War.” Along the flightline there was the chance to get up close and personal with numerous P-40 Warhawks, a P-39 Airacobra ...
