• 2014, B-17, Sally B, Vulcan, Waddington, XH558

    Waddington Airshow

    RAF Waddington has been the regular host of the Royal Air Force’s premier airshow for many years. By doing so it attracts many visitors from abroad and is the main…

  • 2014, Farnborough

    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…

  • 2014, F/A-18, F/A-18C, Hornet, Meiringen, Swiss Air Force, Switzerland

    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…

  • 2014, Berlin, Germany, ILA, Me262, airshow

    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…

  • 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.…