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 […]

Fairford

2016 Fairford RIAT departures

Our biannual visit to the UK brings us to a number of places, like aviation museums, air force bases, The Farnborough air show and Duxfords flying legends. Weather wise we had it all today.. rain, […]

Farnborough

2018 Farnborough

July 2018, we attend the Farnborough air show. 2018 is an extremely hot and dry year but at the day of our visit skies were more grey than blue. Aircraft from different countries are represented […]

Dutch Air Force Public Days

2016 Leeuwarden AFB, Dutch Air Force public days

June 11th 2016, it’s a grey saturday in the far north of the Netherlands. Location Leeuwarden AFB. F-35 Lightning II This year the public days of the Dutch air force are dominated by the presence […]

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 […]

Fairford

2014 Fairford RIAT Departures

Departures from the RIAT / Air Tattoo at Fairford airbase is visited by a large group of international spotters. All participants of the RIAT leave the airbase at the Monday after the show and spotters […]

Fairford

2014 Fairford RIAT Air Show

2014 Fairford Air Tattoo. An impression of our visit to the Air Show on July 13th. We documented the static show and the air show. The Monday after our visit we attended the ‘Departures day‘ […]

ILA Berlin

2014 ILA

Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung 20 – 25th May 2014, A new year for the ILA (Schönefeld) Berlin. Beautyful weather made this edition of the ILA a plesure for photographers. Photo report:

Dutch Air Force Public Days

2006 Leeuwarden Dutch Air Force public days

June 16th and 17th 2006  we attended the Dutch Air Force open day at Leeuwarden AFB. Leeuwarden houses two F-16 squadrons, 322 and 323 sq. and the SAR flight equipped with Agusta-Bell AB412 helicopters. This […]

ILA Berlin

2006 ILA Berlin

16 – 21 May 2006 Berlin-Schönefeld Airport The ZAP16.COM team visited the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA2006. From 16 to 21 May over 1.000 exhibitors from more than 40 countries came to the southern section of […]