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Japan 2008 Trip ...

Posted in Travel

Somehow I had to go back to Japan, despite some of the experiences during my first trip. All these exotic aircraft and and the strange, but very interesting country and the nice people finally made me ...

Hahnweide OTT 2019

Posted in 2019

...  from a grass strip, and even fewer are the opportunities it see it from up so close. Legendary fighters such as the Spitfire, Fury, Mustang or Buchon (the Spanish Messerschmitt Bf109) start up their engine ...

Taiwan Planespotting

Posted in Travel

This was another plane spotting trip to Taiwan. Even though it has a vivid aviation photography scene, it’s tropical climate and a military on high alert do not make it an easy country to pursue this hobby. ...

Dark Falcon - Belgian F-16 Demo Team

Posted in Air-Air

... l decorated F-16 Fighting Falcons. One jet from each 349 and 350 Squadron received „D-Day“ stripes on its wing and fuselage and a special scheme on the tail showing a Supermarine Spitfire flying over t ...

Pilsen Air Show

Posted in 2018

... 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, ...

JASDF Gifu Airshow 2017

Posted in 2017

... e option. airshows/17_gifu/bi,width=396,height=300,gap_h=10,gap_v=10 At least that was what I thought. Shuttle busses to the show ground ran from the Kakamigahara aviation museum. For this bus trip t ...

Duxford Flying Legends 2018

Posted in 2018

... The Republic P-47D “Nellie” is well known at Duxford, as the airframe was last present at the show in 2006, but that time with big invasion stripes and “No Guts No Glory” markings on the nose. After its ...

Shuttleworth Evening Display

Posted in 2018

...  the spectators were gazing at the spectacle of the Boxkite, which was then joined by the Avro Triplane. airshows/18_shuttleworth/edward1 airshows/18_shuttleworth/edward2 After a seemingly endles ...

Fliegerschiessen at Axalp Shooting Range

Posted in 2017

... – bad weather being one of them – this year’s edition was blessed with glorious sunshine throughout the week. This obviously made the trip into the Swiss Alps more than pleasant at a time when the first ...

Warbirds over the Beach

Posted in 2017

... Day the majority of warbirds from the 1940s era being part of the fantastic collection of the MAM are literally unleashed and take to the air from a small private airstrip just South of Virgina Beach on ...

Shuttleworth - Fly Navy!

Posted in 2017

... of the Royal Navy Historic Flight was thus assured and Biggleswade a good place to go and see them up and close and operating from a grass strip. Furthermore the air show was also supported by modern Royal ...

Meiringen WK 2017

Posted in Air Forces

... tmospheric photos as well, but I preferred a sunny day for this trip to Switzerland. Links worth a visit if you are planning to go to Meiringen: The Air Force Website even includes a schedule for flying  ...

Cessna O-1E "Bird Dog" Vietnam Observer

Posted in Air-Air

... is brought the aircraft to Germany on a 14-hour trip including three stops. They used their travelling time well and visited also the annual European Meeting of the International Bird Dog Association t ...

Seoul ADEX 2015

Posted in 2015

... Parachute Display Team to Korea, and its flight was at the same time an around-the-world trip with previous stop in Georgia and Malaysia. After the show in Korea ZM405 continued its journey eastwards with ...

Classic Fighters Omaka

Posted in 2015

...  airshows/15_omaka/wwiallies airshows/15_omaka/dv airshows/15_omaka/dvii/ The big goal for the 2015 show was to fly an 8-ship formation of Fokker Dr.I triplanes, and this happened with meticulously ...

Bangladesh Specials

Posted in Travel

Bangladesh is neither a common tourist destination, nor is it likely the first country that would make it on top of the list of "popular planespotting destinations". Nevertheless the trip to Dhaka was mos ...

Hokkaido Winter Eagles

Posted in Travel

... o/f152 special/14_hokkaido/jasdf Apart from the metal birds Hokkaido is also very popular amongst bird photographers. I also took my time to visit two interesting places for bird photography during tha ...

CAF Airsho 2014

Posted in 2014

... flight the Midland. In previous years the CAF paid for the fuel for the whole return trip to the show, but this was reduced to a single trip only in recent years. With additional restrictions to carry ...

Shuttleworth Pageant Airshow

Posted in 2014

... ut the Bristol Boxkite and Avro Triplane coming in to land early as the Red Racer was about to line up. airshows/14_sw/edwardians Amazing in this block was however the English Electric Wren that co ...

JASDF 60th Anniversary

Posted in Travel

... the motivation for another trip to the land of the rising sun. Where? Japan When? November 2014 onbase/14_jasdf60th/so2 Usually it is recommended to avoid the hot and humid summer months and ...

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Hahnweide OTT 2019

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 biggest aviation event. It is an avgeek festival, and an aviation… Read More
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Radom Airshow 2018

Radom Airshow 2018 had the Polish Air Force’s 100th anniversary as a main theme. Concluding from past events the expectations were very high, and the event attracted highlights such as the Ukrainian Suchoi Su-27 Flanker or the JF-17 from Pakistan for the flying display. In… Read More
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Taiwan Planespotting

This was another plane spotting trip to Taiwan. Even though it has a vivid aviation photography scene, it’s tropical climate and a military on high alert do not make it an easy country to pursue this hobby. With the aim to photograph some aircraft of… Read More
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Dark Falcon - Belgian F-16 Demo Team

10.000ft above Belgium the howling sound of the Lockheed Martin’s F-16AM Fighting Falcon F100 jet engine could clearly be heard. No wonder, as the Demo Pilot for the Belgian Air Force, Sr. Cpt Darte, callsign „Vador“, knows how to place his jet only meters behind… Read More
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