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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 [...]
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Road trip Route du Soleil from Barcelona to Dijon

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 [...]
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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 [...]
Air Shows

100 years Italian Air Force, Pratica di Mare “Historical Camp”

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 [...]

F-16AM Fighting Falcon J-005 312sq Royal Netherlands Air Force

Frisian Flag 2017 exercise Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands

1,100 personnel and 48 aircraft from 7 NATO nations have descended on Leeuwarden Air Force Base in the Netherlands for the start of the two-week-long “FRISIAN FLAG” exercise. The local Dutch population have been treated […]

Falcon Leap 2019 Eindhoven AB, Netherlands

Lockheed F-35A Lightning II F-022 322 Sqn Royal Netherlands Air Force

Frisian Flag 2022

From Monday, March 28, 2022 until Friday, April 8, 2022 was Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands the hub of the major NATO exercise Frisian Flag. In recent years, this annual meeting of various air […]

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Developed by Lockheed as a single engine, high performance super sonic interceptor aircraft. The ‘Starfighter’ served the US air force from 1958 until 1967, the Air National Guard phased out the last F-104 in 1975. […]

Xian Y-20

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. […]

Ryan PT-22 Recruit

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 […]

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, […]

2006 Luftwaffe Museum, Berlin / Gatow

Visiting the ILA in June 2006 we took the change to make a daytrip to Gatow and visit the German Luftwaffe museum. Unfortunately the weather was very bad.. we will visit the museum again in […]

Boeing 737-7H4 N745SW Southwest Airlines

Boeing 737-700

Civilian fact sheets

The 737-600 and -700 are the smaller members of Boeing’s successful Next Generation 737-600/700/800/900 family. The 737’s new wing has [...]

Zeppelin NT

Civilian fact sheets

The Zeppelin NT is a class of helium-filled airships being manufactured since the 1990s by the German company Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik [...]

Civilian fact sheets

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