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Farnborough Airshow
The bi-annual Farnborough Airshow ranks very highly amongst the three big European aeronautical trade fairs. Some even argue that it is the biggest one due to the strong presence of…
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Meiringen – WK 2014
The Swiss Air Force still operates two jet types in their fleet, the F-18 Hornet and the F-5E Tiger. During the annual WK (Wiederholungskurs – repetition course) Squadrons operating these…
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ILA Berlin 2014
The ILA (Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung) is Germany’s major aerospace exhibition and ranks high amongst the other two European trade fairs in Le Bourget and Farnborough. Nevertheless the event at…
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Lightning(s) strike Chino – Planes of Fame Airshow 2013
The “Planes of Fame” annual airshow at Chino can surely be rated as one of America’s premiere warbird airshows. This is owned to the great collection of flyable warbirds of…
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Winter Planespotting in Hokkaido
Hokkaido, Japan’s Northern island, is a special experience and cannot really be compared with the rest of Japan. Vast landscapes and scenic mountain ranges prevail instead of megacities and densly…
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The Russian Air Force close up
The 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii – ВВС России) in August 2012 was celebrated with a huge airshow at Moscow Zhukovsky. Loads of aircraft from…
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SIAF 2013
With the 1.Sqn and their MiG-29s the Slovak International Air Display (SIAF) at their home base Sliac seeing those amazing Fulcrum smoketrails in the sky is always a save bet.…
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Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom II Pharewell
The sky was crying tears for the Phantom Pharewell event at Wittmund airbase. With initially nearly winter weather the last week-end in June was the date for the officially last…
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JG74 Spotterday 2013
After a while JG74 held a spotterday on August, 30th at Neuburg. Being busy with the introduction of the Eurofighter the last open day has been held for the farewell…
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Taiwan Air Force
Once upon a time, the ROCAF (Republic of China Air Force) – aka Taiwanese Air Force – caught my eye: an interesting mix of aircraft types, still some colourful schemes…
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Zhuhai Airshow China 2012
The bi-annual Airshow China at Zhuhai is more or less the only chance to get a view on modern Chinese aviation hardware, and to take some legal photos of it.…
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Aeromiting Batajnica – an Airshow in Serbia
The flight back from the 100th anniversary Air Show of the Serbian AIr Force from Batjanica was with mixed emotions. There were some very rare and unique aircraft and presentations…