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 ...
... st remarkable formation of aircraft appeared from the right. A Douglas C-47 Dakota, showing of large black and white "Invasion Stripes" on its wings, protected by a pair of P-51 Mustangs, and followed Fr ...
... 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 ...
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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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, ...
... e option.
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At least that was what I thought. Shuttle busses to the show ground ran from the Kakamigahara aviation museum. For this bus trip t ...
... 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 ...
... the spectators were gazing at the spectacle of the Boxkite, which was then joined by the Avro Triplane.
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After a seemingly endles ...
... – 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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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 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 ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
... ut the Bristol Boxkite and Avro Triplane coming in to land early as the Red Racer was about to line up.
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Amazing in this block was however the English Electric Wren that co ...
