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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 [...]

2004 Beauvechain

In 2004 we visited the Beauvechain Trainers Meet where air force trainers from European countries got together for training. One day was designated ‘spottersday’. Following the photo-report of that sunny day in June 2004.

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 […]

Farnborough Airshow 2022

The Farnborough Airshow was the hottest ever, a heat wave ravaged Great Britain with temparatures above 40 degrees celcius. American aircraft maker Boeing managed to secure more orders for new aircraft than its European rival […]

Hawker Fury

Bombardier 415 Amphibious Aircraft

The Bombardier 415 (formerly Canadair CL-415) is a Canadian amphibious aircraft purpose-built as a water bomber. It is the only aircraft designed and built specifically for aerial firefighting and is based on the company’s CL-215 […]

Bombardier Challenger

The Bombardier (Canadair) CL-600 Challenger, a medium to long range widebody corporate jet, was developed by Learjet designer Bill Lear. Known as the LearStar 600, this design was first conceived in 1974. In 1976 Canadair […]

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 […]

2004 Aviodrome The Netherlands

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. […]

2016 National Military Museum Netherlands

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 […]

Diamond DA42 Twin Star

Civilian fact sheets

The Diamond DA42 Twin Star is a four seat, twin engine, propeller-driven airplane manufactured by Diamond Aircraft Industries. Its airframe [...]

AgustaWestland AW-119 Koala I-JJNS ETI 2000

AgustaWestland A119Ke

Civilian fact sheets

The AW119Ke an evolution of the successful A119 Koala (with redesigned rotors, greater payload, better fuel efficiency) is a spacious [...]

Civilian fact sheets

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