Visiting the Marinefliegerkommando – Tag der Bundeswehr 2019 in Nordholz

Already from its first edition in 2015, the open house event organized by the German armed forces met with broad interest, quickly going beyond the framework of initial concept. Tag der Bundeswehr (the day of the Federal Defence Forces) was intended as a way to present Bundeswehr in a new light, as an attractive... Read More

Hol´s der Teufel (replica)

A replica of Jacobs – Lippisch ´Hol´s der Teufel´ glider designed in 1928, performing the flying display at Den ve vzduchu 2016 air show, Plasy (Czech Republic). In 1928, Alexander Lippisch and Hans Jacobs, two German pioneer aviation designers, built a glider named ´Hol´s der Teufel´. It was the second glider designed by Lippisch... Read More

Doflug D-3801 (M.S. 406)

Dornier Werke Altenrhein D-3801 (Swiss licence-manufactured Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406), HB-RCF, during a display at Flugtage Schupfart, Switzerland, in June/July 2018. Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 was the first modern fighter aircraft of the French Air Force, introduced in 1938. Although being soon overperformed by the later designs, this neat and manoeuvrable fighter was in active service... Read More

Air shows go online!

As the year advanced, it became clear that anti-coronavirus measures would last with us at least until the end of 2020. The limit of participants for public events is one of them, together with keeping the social distance and tight cleaning and disinfection rules. In addition, fire and rescue services, the armed forces and... Read More

2020 air show season – cancellations update (5)

Even though it has been only three weeks since the previous edition of air show cancellations list was published, some latest announcement resulted in the need to publish another update. Obviously, most of the events scheduled for June 2020 were already cancelled, with those remaining few the same decision is expected to be confirmed... Read More

Cub Crafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub SS / PPG

A powered paraglider (PPG) is standing on the wing of Carbon Cub during the joint flying display at the Central Air Show, organized in 2019 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Polish Aero Club. The Central Air Show was held on 31st August 2019 at Rzeszów Aero Club airfield in Jasionka, commemorating the... Read More

Victory air show at Kubinka

Holding an air show without any spectators may seem like a crazy idea, but nowadays it became a fact of life. We never would have though that we would write a report from such event, and on top of that, it would be the highlight of the start of the air show season. And,... Read More

2020 air show season – cancellations update (4)

Another update to the air show calendar for 2020 is bringing even more cancelled or postponed events – caused by the coronavirus outbreak and anti-pandemic measures. The last couple of days have brought a new wave of cancellations related to the events scheduled for August and September. In addition, a few summer shows that... Read More

2020 air show season – cancellations update (3)

The highlight of the past week was the cancellation of the Victory Day Parade in Russia. The 75th jubilee of the victory over the Nazi Germany had to be a spectacular show, however the confirmed coronavirus cases among the participating troops, forced the President of Russia to postpone the parade indefinitely. The rumours are,... Read More

2020 air show season – cancellations update (2)

Another update of cancellation list for the 2020 air show season, with some new announcements included. The updates to the list publshed already in two previous articles were highlighted in bold: Historic Helicopters Open Day, Chard Equestrian (UK), 18th April, cancelled; Eurasia Air Show, Antalya (Turkey), 22nd – 26th April, postponed to 24th –... Read More