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Flying with Germany’s Phinal Phantom
Catching the orange/black checkered „Last Flight“ F-4F Phantom 38+13 of WTD61 during an air-air photo flight was a great opportunity back in 2013. Less than one month before the retirement…
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The Bamboo Bomber – Cessna T-50 Bobcat
A Cessna AT-17 Bobcat is based in Landshut, Germany since the summer of 2022. Being in flying condition, it is a one-of-a-kind in Europe. Its transfer route from Iowa in…
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Good Bye SAR Huey at THR 30
Time to say farewell to a legend! The SAR command of the Transport Helicopter Regiment 30 (Transporthubschrauberregiment 30 / THR 30) at Niederstetten changed from the venerable Bell UH-1D „Huey“…
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Blue Wings 2020 Exercise
A historic first! August 2020 saw the visit of Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16C/D “Barak” fighter jets deploying to Germany. With security on high alert and very restricted access to…
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Hahnweide OTT 2019
2019 saw the 19th edition of the Oldtimer Fliegertreffen Hahnweide. You may also call it a fly-in, a pilot meeting or a warbird airshow, and with around 400 participating aircraft…
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OTT Hahnweide 2016
From the misty fog hanging around the airfield in the early morning to the roaring noise of warbirds under a splendid blue sky and breathtaking performances of WWI planes and…
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Airbus Manching Family Day
On June, 18th, Airbus Defence&Space invited families and friends for an Open Doors day to their Manching plant. Apart from a view into the production and maintenance facilities a small…
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Luftwaffe Bücker Bü133 Jungmeister
Doing air-air with classic aircraft from the 1930s is always a pleasure, even more so if it is an immaculately restored Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister on a nice autumn Sunday…
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Bücker Bü131 / Tatra T-131 Jungmann OE-APY
The Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann was the first design of Bücker Flugzeugbau with a first flight in April 1934 and quickly became the standard teaching plane of the Luftwaffe. Originally…
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Tag der Bundeswehr – Manching WTD61
Open days of the Luftwaffe in Germany do happen regularly, but events with a flying display are few and far between. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Bundeswehr (German…
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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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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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