March 19, 2024
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    Photo Reports

    Belgian Air Force Days 2023 Kleine Brogel

    Blue skies, temperature over 30°C and the organization therefore took extra measures against the heat. “At four points on the airbase people could refill their bottles and refresh themselves. Highlights included not only the demonstrations [...]
  • Air Shows

    100 Years Italian Air Force June 2023

    The 100-year-old Italian Air Force, officially known as the Aeronautica Militare, stands as a venerable institution with a rich and storied history. Established on March 28, 1923, the Italian Air Force has evolved into a [...]
  • Eurocopter EC 135P2+ PH-WTG Helicentre
    Photo Reports

    Amsterdam Schiphol 2023

    For Amsterdam Schiphol the year 2023 started with ComLux Aruba Dreamliner, that had “NO WOMAN SHOULD BE FORCED TO COVER HER HEAD / NO WOMAN SHOULD BE KILLED FOR NOT COVERING HER HEAD / NO [...]

Photo Reports

Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737-800
Airports

Amsterdam Schiphol 2022

Due to a large staff shortage, Schiphol Airport was extremely busy in the summer of 2022. Travelers stood outside for hours waiting in lines for security and sometimes missed their flights as a result. Many […]

Photo Reports

2006 Beauvechain

Photo report Beauvechain AFB (Belgium) Belgian forces open days. This is a small Photo report of the Belgian Forces Open Days of 2006 at Beauvechain AFB. The day started with a nice sunny sky, later grey […]

Military Fact Sheets

Military fact sheets

Hawker Sea Hurricane

The Hawker Sea Hurricane was an adapted shore based Hurricane fighter bomber by the fitting of a V-framed arrester hook and catapult spools. Some 300 Hurricanes were assigned for refitting as Sea Hurricanes, the rest […]

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Aviation Museum visits

Aviation Museums

Jet Age Museum Gloucester August 2017

The Jet Age Museum is based on Meteor Business Park, Cheltenham Road East on the north side of Gloucestershire airport. It’s a small but very nice aviation museum mostly dedicated to the local aviation industries […]

Aviation Museums

2014 Technikmuseum Berlin

During a family holiday in Berlin, August 2014 I couldn’t resist to visit the Deutsche Technikmuseum. This museum has a large collection of impressive innovations and technical development from over a large timespan, covering industries, […]

Aviation Museums

Bournemouth Aviation Museum 2016

July 2016, we are traveling the UK to visit Fairford and Farnborough airshows. During these visits we always visit a few aviation museums, this year Bournemouth is one of them. Bournemouth aviation museum is mostly […]

Civilian Fact Sheets

Embraer 175

Civilian fact sheets
The Embraer 170/190 Program was launched at the 1999 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. With a 178 cm longer [...]

Boeing 747-300

Civilian fact sheets
Boeing’s 747-300 model introduced the distinctive stretched upper deck which can seat up to 69 economy class passengers. Compared to [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Bleriot XI

Designed by Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier (of Morane-Saulnier), the Blériot XI was a light and sleek monoplane constructed of [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Airbus A300-608ST Super Transporter

The A300-600ST Super Transporter (nicknamed Beluga) based on the A300-600 airliner was designed to replace Airbus Industries Super Guppy transports, [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Lisunov Li-2

The Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab), originally designated PS-84, was a license-built Soviet-version of the Douglas DC-3. It was [...]
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