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Celebrating a Milestone: 55,555 GAF FTC Flight Hours at Holloman AFB
On October 13, 2009, the German Air Force Flying Training Center (GAF FTC) celebrated a major milestone at Holloman AFB: 55,555 flight hours with their Panavia Tornado fleet. A specially…
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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2013
My first visit to EAA Airventure at Oshkosh. The world’s mega-aviation event, attracting more than half a million aviation enthusiasts and around 10.000 aircraft flying in and out for this…
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Central Coast Airfest – Santa Maria
Attending the Central Coast Airfest at Santa Maria, California, in 2022 was quite a surprise. Rather unknown in the circuit of established (warbird) airshow, the event is set to be…
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Edwards AFB Aerospace Valley Open House 2022
USAF at 75, and also the 75th anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier and, last but not least, an almost exclusive guarantee of sunshine and bright blue skies…
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
During World War II, the Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina flying boat became famous for its long-endurance missions over the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean against enemy ships and submarines. Only very few…
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Wings over Houston 2018
Wings over Houston 2018 was headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels display team. With a big concentration of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) warbirds all around the oil-rich state of…
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AirPower Over Hampton Roads 2018
The “Air Power over Hampton Roads” airshow at the Joint Base Langley-Eustis was held on 19-20 May, 2018. It is one of the rare chances to visit an airshow at…
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Warbirds over the Beach Airshow
„Warbirds over the Beach“ is the annual airshow of the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) at Virginia Beach with a strong focus on aircraft of the WWII era. Each year during…
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Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2017
The EAA Airventure 2017 was announced to be the bomber year! And it really became bombastic. 590.000 people attended the event in Oshkosh, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle…
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EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2016
EAA Airventure at Oshkosh is an aviation wonderland. Every year during the last week-end in July more than half a million aviation enthusiasts gather in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and have the…
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CAF Airsho 2014
Looking to the horizon around Midland the width of the Texan landscape is interrupted by oil pumps, and with the sweetish smell of oil also the smell of the money…
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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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