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 [...]
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 [...]
In the summer of 2023, we took a road trip from Barcelona to Dijon, along the Route du Soleil, to visit some airports and aviation museums. We started the trip at the airport observation platform [...]
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 [...]
The “Historical Camp” designed as a one-way system that led people chronologically through the history of the Italian Air Force. Many of the airframes had been transported from the Museo Storico Aeronautica Militare at Vigna [...]
With the last flight of a Fokker 70 in KLM service from London-Heathrow on Saturday 28 October 2017, ended an era of 97 years of Fokkers in KLM service. That the very last commercial Fokker […]
May 15th 2011, we visit the Cambrai-Niergnies AB for a pre-NATO Tigermeet air show. Covered and gray day, some nice shows to be showed to the crowd gathered on the Cambrai-Niergnies AB. Following a short photo-report from that […]
Leeuwarden Air Base hosted the major international exercise Frisian Flag 2019 from 1 to 12 April. Some 50 (fighter) aircraft trained large and complex international missions from the airbase. American, Polish and Dutch pilots fly […]
The Chinese Xi’an Y-20 or Yun-20 is a large military transport aircraft. The project is being developed by Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation and was officially launched in 2006. The official codename of the aircraft is Kunpeng. […]
Aviodrome, Aviation Museum, Lelystad The Netherlands. Up to a few years ago The most interesting Aviation Museum in The Netherlands was based at Schiphol International Air Port in a dome-like building, it was called Aviodome. […]
London Colney: At London Colney, the de Havilland Aircraft Museum is the oldest aviation museum in the UK. It has a collection of more than 20 civil and military, jet and piston engine aircraft which […]
The National Military Museum in Soesterberg / Netherlands offers a combination of Army, Navy and Air Force history of the Netherlands. In the past the different military parts of the Dutch defense had their own […]
The Antonov/Taqnia An-132 was an improved version of the Antonov An-32 twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft being developed jointly by [...]