April 25, 2024
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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 [...]
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    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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    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 [...]

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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 […]

Airports

16-07-2018 Heathrow UK

Our Biannual visit to the UK for Farnborough, RIAT and some Museums brought us to an hotel next to Heathrow’s landing strip. A great spot for luxury aircraft spotting with picnic tables, a nice pint […]

Military Fact Sheets

Military fact sheets

Bombardier E-11A

The Bombardier E-11A  is the military variant of the civil Bombardier BD-700 Global Express aircraft for use as an overhead communications-relay platform in Southwest Asia. This aircraft carries Northrop Grumman’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or […]

Military fact sheets

Embraer EMB.312 Tucano

Work on the development of a new basic trainer for the Brazilian air force began in January 1978, the product of a design team led by Ing. Joseph Kovacs. A contract for two prototypes and […]

Military fact sheets

Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS

The Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS is a demonstration Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle. The X-47B will become the first tailless, autonomous strike fighter-sized unmanned aircraft to launch from and land on an aircraft carrier. Developing nation: […]

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Aviation Museum visits

Aviation Museums

2007 Old Warden, Shuttleworth Collection

A photo report of a visit to the Shuttleworth collection at Old Warden Aerodrome. To find all the information about this museum, visit Aviationmuseum.eu All the aircraft in this collection can still fly! and they […]

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July 2018, de Havilland aircraft museum

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 […]

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 […]

Civilian Fact Sheets

Dornier Do 228

Civilian fact sheets
The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until [...]

Airbus A330

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The Airbus A330 is closely related to the four engines long range A340 with which it shares near identical systems, [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Eurocopter EC155

The Eurocopter EC155 is a long-range medium-lift passenger transport helicopter developed by Eurocopter from the Dauphin family for civil aviation [...]
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Fairchild F27 / FH227

Fairchild acquired a license to build the Fokker F.27 on 26 April 1956 and put the aircraft into production at [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Boeing 747-300

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

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