Wings over Houston 2018 was headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels display team. With a big concentration of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) warbirds all around the oil-rich state of Texas the line-up of WW ...
Wings over Houston 2017 was an awesome airshow! Plenty of warbirds, a Messerschmitt Me 262, jets from the Vietnam era, amongst them the venerable F-4D Phantom II, made up for a great program. This great ...
... 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 ...
... s the impression of a “mini-Oshkosh”, and while the camera shutters of avid photographers are clicking, the aircrew’s in their tents placed under the wings of their planes roll over and go back to sle ...
... to the thousands of spectators on the apron. Clearly visible was “1974-2019” on top of the wings, thus marking an amazingly 45 years of Phantom operation. Furthermore the 302Sq Phantom II emblem and a ...
... Romanian Aeroclub participated strongly with Aerobatics, parachutists jumping out of Blue Wings Antonov An-2, the White Wings sailplane duo, a 3-ship formation of BN-2 Islanders and last but not leas ...
Nine GR4 Tornados with their wings swept to 25° flying overhead in a close diamond nine formation was a sight to behold! The Royal Air Force bid farewell to its Tornado Force in style at RAF Marham on ...
... more than welcome. This plane got out of a decade-long restoration job and debuted at the La Ferté-Alais airshow earlier this year. To save space, the Corsairs were parked with their wings folded up and ...
... dictated by the engine installation and small wings for high speed one had to wonder about the pilots sight out of the cockpit. But of course he did his job perfectly well and the topside passes were jus ...
... Airventure Oshkosh were thus a major feat, showing off the whole Bell Cobra family under the wings of the CAF, strengthened John Bagley’s P-63C (S/N 43-11223) that has its home at the Legacy Flight Museum ...
... nice vortices and showing cool condensation above their wings when “pulling the g’s”.
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LTG61 History
As a short rundown of the wings history, it should be mentioned that before Lufttransportgeschwader 61 received their aircraft, transport duties were handled by the venerable Douglas ...
... aircraft to Oshkosh. The EAA Seaplane Base on nearby Lake Winnebago is an ideal location to present this mighty flying boat with a length of 120 feet, and a wingspan of 200 feet (approximately the wingspan ...
... the recent one was obviously presented this year. The „Cyber Tiger“ was parked head to head with the Luftwaffe 60th anniversary special scheme applied to one of the wings Eurofighters. As a first since ...
... ts were marked with rockets that hung underneath its wings. Air strikes subsequently took care of the following actions.
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Flying and operating the Bird Dog ...
The DG Flugzeugbau DG-800S is a high performance single-seat glider with an impressive wingspan of 18m and a maximum glide ratio of 51,5 with winglets installed. As for comparable gliders it becomes obvious ...
... and an Airbus A350 just dissappeard and did not seem to be so big at all, despite their huge wing area and a length and wingspan of nearly 80m.
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... to the Cessna A-37B Dragonfly that is employed for close air-support missions, making good use of the many hardpoints under its wings. The A-37B Dragonfly for the solo display featured a nice special scheme, ...
... n overflight with the two jets on its wings.
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On the ground several aircraft were also presented, ...
... y. Two species can be seen when taking a boat cruise from Rausu harbor: the Steller's Sea Eagle and the White-tailed Eagle. The appearance of both eagles is very impressive with a length of around 90cm and a ...
