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Recent Posts

  • 2025, F/A-18, Hornet, Meiringen, Swiss, Swiss Air Force, SwitzerlandMeiringen in a rush
    In Air Forces, Travel
  • 2010, Japan, Kyushu, tourColourful Kyushu – Chasing Aggressors, Orions and much more in Japan
    In Air Forces, Travel
  • 2024, Croatia, Croatia Air Force, MiG-21, ZagrebCroatia’s MiG-21 Fishbed swansong – AirVG 2024 at Zagreb
    In Airshows
  • 2013, B-29, FiFi, Oshkosh
    Airshows

    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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  • 2022, California, Central Coast Airfest, Dottie Mae, P-47, Planes of Fame, Santa Maria, Thunderbolt, USA, airshow, warbird
    Airshows,  Warbirds

    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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  • 2022, Edwards, USA, impression, overview, static display
    Airshows

    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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  • 2017, Catalina, Fighter Factory, Ocean, Virgina Beach, air-air, water
    Air-Air,  Warbirds

    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 Airshow 2018 - featuring the US Navy Blue Angels
    Airshows

    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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  • Langley_Airshow
    Airshows

    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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  • 2017, Bf109, Fighter Factory, Ju-52, Virgina Beach, Warbirds over the Beach, messerschmitt
    Airshows

    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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  • 2017, Airventure, Oshkosh, impressions
    Airshows

    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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  • 2016, EAA Airventure, Martin Mars, Oshkosh, firefighter, seaplane, water drop
    Airshows

    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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  • 2014, B-17, Midland
    Airshows,  Warbirds

    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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  • 2013, Chino, Lightning, P-38, Planes of Fame, airshow
    Airshows,  Warbirds

    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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Recent Posts

  • 2025, F/A-18, Hornet, Meiringen, Swiss, Swiss Air Force, SwitzerlandMeiringen in a rush
    In Air Forces, Travel
  • 2010, Japan, Kyushu, tourColourful Kyushu – Chasing Aggressors, Orions and much more in Japan
    In Air Forces, Travel
  • 2024, Croatia, Croatia Air Force, MiG-21, ZagrebCroatia’s MiG-21 Fishbed swansong – AirVG 2024 at Zagreb
    In Airshows

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