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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…
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KADEX – Airshow in Kazakhstan
Kazachstan might have become very well known by the ‘Borat’ movie, but fortunately this comedy is far from reality. Being the 9th largest country on Earth and celebrating the state’s…
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Bahrain International Airshow 2012
The Meteorology Department at the Civil Aviation Affairs expected a rather cold weather today with some clouds at times. The forecast was for maximum temperature of 20°C and minimums around…
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Shuttleworth Evening Air Display 2011
Where? Old Warden / Biggleswade, England When? 13/08/2011 One week after the Military Pageant the Evening Airshow at Shuttleworth was held in the usual, and most welcomed, way: first take-offs…
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Pratica di Mare Airshow – Arrivederci Spillone
The 50th anniversary of the F-104 Starfighter and the last year of active service within the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militaria Italiana – AMI) were the reason for an axcellent…