Flight Test Nation 2009 astounded 225,000 visitors from across the world as they got the opportunity to see some of the nation's newest aircraft along with various historical ones. Commemorating the 50th ...
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The Italian Flight Test Centre, or Reparto Sperimentale Volo (RSV) contributed three solo displays, namely the C-27J Spartan, ...
... at Oshkosh in 1999 and to show her to a large audience and - hopefully - potential buyers. The flight from South Africa to the USA was however anything but smooth and certainly the greatest flight adventure ...
... them flying on an otherwise quiet Sunday.
Gifu
Gifu is the home of the Air Development and Test Wing (ADTW). With its task to evaluate new equipment for the JASDF‘s fighters, it regularly also had ...
... corresponds to the usual type conversion on another civil aircraft with studying the manuals, tests, and training flights“, Bailly describes the first step of this procedure, „and afterwards follow the ...
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Colourful Iruma
Also the Kawasaki EC-1 flew twice, obviously for some flight testing of its ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) equipment ...
... planes were bathed in warm light before an impressive fireworks display after sunset concluded the day. By then at the latest, everyone had at least put on their thick jackets as temperatures were already ...
2019 saw the 19th edition of the Oldtimer Fliegertreffen Hahnweide. You may also call it a fly-in, a pilot meeting or a warbird airshow, and with around 400 participating aircraft it is arguably Germany’s ...
... in Line. Of course the W-3A Sokol also gave a flying demonstration during the show. Another flying highlight was the venerable Mil Mi-2 Hoplite helicopter of the Czech Air Force’s CLV Flight Test Centre ...
... Phantom Squadron. And this will also go along with the disbandment of the remaining few F-4EJ (Kai) Phantoms at the Flight Test Centre Gifu. It will be in early 2021 and coincide the JASDF Phantom 50th ...
Back in 1917 Kakamigahara airfield was used as an army airfield and a airship landing site. Today it is named Gifu, and is the home of the JASDF Flight Test Centre ADTW (Air Development and Test Wing). ...
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 ...
... “year of the bomber”.
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World's greatest Aviation Celebration
Apart from the big highlights you cannot beat EAA Airventure for its ambiance and atmosphere. ...
... 60.000 pounds of water every few minutes for several hours will remain unmatched.
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World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration at EAA Airventure
The “World’s ...
... test centre and furthermore at Tsuiki on the Southern island of Kyushu. For the Japanese aviation photographers this meant traveling a lot, trying to catch if possible the display training at least once ...
Original flying engines from the 1910s up to the latest military jets is something that only very few airshows worldwide can offer. Amongst them is the event of the Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis (AJBS) at ...
... flying displays of the Luftwaffe are still (somehow) prohibited, and it was thus up to the Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 61 (WTD61 – Test and Evaluation Unit 61) to show some aerial demonstrations. Some ...
The bi-annual Classic Fighters air show in Omaka, New Zealand is one of the best warbird events in the Southern Hemisphere and ranks very highly against any of the more well known and prestigious flying ...
... the political situation was not the best around that time with general strikes being the order of the day and protest and demonstrations to be highly likely anytime anywhere. The visit was thus somehow ...
... SAAF, but this routine made good use of its aerobatic capabilities during tight formations mixed with solo routines.
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Last but not least the greatest ...
