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Fabulous Phantoms at Hyakuri
As expected the famous towers were already quite occupied - mainly by European photographers. Unmistakably the shrine and the land, where these towers are build on, turne ...
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Days before 6th June the largest accumulation of Dakotas in Europe during the last decades was already celebrated. More of the European DC-3s and Dakotas joined their sisters of the D-Day Squadron. This ...
... FlugWerk FW190 and Jakowlev Jak-3 are airworthy and already outside the museum halls before the airshow weekend starts to get them ready to fly.
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... a week off additional night flying practice. Take-offs happened already early in the morning at 8am when the sun got barely over the mountains and shed its first rays into the valley.
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... 24 air rescue officers on the new helicopter, while still operating the Huey and keeping it ready for any type of rescue mission on a 24/7 basis.
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... amazing photoflight.
Where? Cuatro-Vientos / Madrid, Spain When? October 2018
Looking at the airplane with its stubby fuselage and that huge nine-cylinder Shvetsov radial engine it already becomes ...
... to idle. Things we once took for granted like travelling or going for a nice day of planespotting have been cast into doubt or, quite simply, stopped altogether. Plenty of airshows have already been cancelled, ...
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The Boeings: B737-7 MAX and B787-9 Dreamliner
Boeing countered with the B737-7 MAX and the B787-8 Dreamliner, the latter one already wearing the colors of its future customer Biman Bangladesh Airlin ...
... h another Fury. Unfortunately I was already on my way back home at that time…
Historic Jets
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... e parked on the far side of the airfield. As it is already late summer or even early autumn at this time of the year, morning mist usually hangs around the airfield. Strolling around all those aircraft giv ...
... and risk the show not being held. Not really, wouldn’t you think…
The approach to the island was already very promising with a beautiful sunrise and no sign of clouds along the Western coastline.
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... Airport, Kyushu, Japan When? 02/12/2018
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The row of Phantoms was impressive. Ten Phantoms stood ready for the flying display at ...
... the B-25 Mitchel, F4U Corsair, P-38 Lightning and two Alpha Jets when the sun was already low over the horizon.
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Weather Luck and a Ful ...
... of maybe about 300 cars were already full before 9am, even though the take-off of the formation has only been announced for 2pm in the afternoon. The sun was still out at that early morning time, the wind ...
... t jets joined a KC-767 tanker aircraft for another formation fly-by and after they have left the formation, the KC-767 was literally thrown around the circuit and presented very nicely. But already at th ...
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Classic Corsair Formation
Following this very British part of the show the naval fighters were next. In the morning the impressive line-up of three bend-wing Corsairs could already be seen on the flightline. ...
... and the Alenia C-27J Spartan has already completely replaced the trusted Antonov An-26 transport aircraft since 2016. Also the days of Slovak MiG-29s are being counted, but SIAF 2018 was an event with ...
... 25 November 2018
As always for airshows in Japan it was an early start! Already before sunrise eager enthusiasts were queueing in front of the main gate at the Tsuiki Airbase. Their aim was to be the ...
... the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). Previous editions already saw more warbirds in the air, but as it wasn’t a main topic this time, their involvement stayed low. Some warbirds such as the P-63F Kingcobra ...
... prepared their tables, chairs and blankets along the fence line. Looking at the progress of their picnic and the already emptied bottles of wine was a clear indication that the major part of the crowd ...
