• 2014, CTS, Chitose, Eagle, F-15, Hokkaido, JASDF, Japan

    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…

  • 2012, Engels, Russia

    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…

  • 2013, SIAF

    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.…

  • 2013, Luftwaffe, Neuburg, Spotterday, TaktLwG74

    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…

  • 2012, Taiwan, planespotting

    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…

  • 2012, China, Zhuhai, airshow

    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.…

  • 2012, KADEX, Kazachstan

    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…

  • 2012, Bahrain, airshow

    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…

  • 2011, Evening Display, Shuttleworth, airshow

    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…