October 18, 2024
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    NATO Tigermeet 2024 Schleswig-Jagel, Germany

    The NATO Tiger Meet 2024 took place at Schleswig-Jagel Air Base in northern Germany, from 3 Jun 2024 untill 13 Jun 2024. The host of NTM2024 Luftwaffe’s Tactical Air Wing 51, welcomed more than 60 [...]
  • Patrouille Suisse
    Aerobatic Display Teams

    Patrouille Suisse

    The Patrouille Suisse is the official aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force, known for its precise and thrilling aerial maneuvers. Established in 1964, the team showcases the capabilities of Swiss military pilots and aircraft [...]
  • Airbus A330-743L Beluga XL F-GXLN Airbus Transport International
    Airports

    Airbus Factory Hamburg-Finkenwerder

    The Airbus factory in Hamburg-Finkenwerder is one of the largest and most important production facilities for Airbus, playing a crucial role in the assembly, outfitting, and delivery of commercial aircraft. Located in the Finkenwerder district [...]
  • Lockheed C-130H-3 Hercules 96-7325 186th AS MT ANG USAF
    Base Visits

    Falcon Leap 2024 Eindhoven AB Netherlands

    Falcon Leap 2024, held from September 9 to 21, was the largest multinational airborne exercise in Europe, led by the Royal Netherlands Air Force and its Air Mobile Brigade. The event aimed to strengthen NATO’s [...]
  • Saudi Arabian Hawks
    Aerobatic Display Teams

    Saudi Hawks

    The Saudi Arabian Hawks (also known as Saudi Hawks) is the aerobatic display team of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). They are known for their impressive aerial stunts and demonstrations, flying green and white [...]

Photo Reports

Eurocopter AS.332B1 Super Puma HD.21-11 803-11 803Esc Spanish Air Force and Boeing NAH-64D Apache Royal Netherlands Air Force
Photo Reports

APROC 2018 Gilzen Rijen AB, Netherlands

APROC 2018 – From 23 May to 6 June Every year the European Personnel Recovery Center (EPRC) organizes the ‘Air Centric Personnel Recovery Operatives Course (APROC). This year in the Netherlands at Gilze Rijen Air […]

Photo Reports

2013 Hahnweide Germany

Our first visit to this biannual air show in Germany on a very nice airfield with grass strip. All day aircraft are flying in and out and it’s a busy show with almost no moment […]

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Aviation Museums

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 […]

Military Fact Sheets

Hawker Hind G-AENP K5414
Military fact sheets

Hawker Hind

The Hawker Hind was a light bomber/trainer of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft. The Hawker  Hind was an improved version of the Hart. It was designed as an interim  replacement for the Hart whilst […]

Heinkel He-162A-1 Volksjager 120076
Military fact sheets

Heinkel He 162

The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. The first prototype of the He-162 was rolled out at the beginning of December 1944. […]

FMA IA58A Pucara A-549/ZD487 Argentinian Air Force/RAF
Military fact sheets

FMA IA 58 Pucara

The FMA IA 58 Pucará is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It is a low-wing twin-turboprop all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, capable of operating from […]

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Aviation Museum visits

Aviation Museums

2010 Hendon RAF Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum Hendon, houses one of the largest aviation collections in the United Kingdom. Over 90 historic aircraft covering the whole span of the first 105 years of aviation development. We visited […]

Aviation Museums

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 […]

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, […]

Civilian Fact Sheets

Embraer 170

Embraer 170

Civilian fact sheets
The Embraer 170/190 Program was launched at the 1999 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. The Embraer 170 aircraft is [...]

Fokker F-27 Friendship

Civilian fact sheets
The Fokker F-27 is the most successful civilian airplane the fokker factory has ever built. At the time it was [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Boeing 767-300

The Boeing 767-300 is the stretched version of the 767-200, it features a 6,42 m stretch consisting of fuselage plugs [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Vickers Viscount

Vicker’s Viscount was the first turboprop airliner to fly a regular airline service, the prototype registered G-AHRF, first flew on [...]
Civilian fact sheets

Airbus A340-200

Launched in 1987 as part of the initial A330/340 program, the A340-200 flew further than any other commercial airliner for [...]

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