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

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

Bell (Dornier) UH-1D Iroquois

Bell (Dornier) UH-1D Iroquois, formerly of Hubschraubergeschwader 64, exhibited at static display in Holzdorf air base, Tag der Bundeswehr 2018. Introduced in 1959, Bell UH-1 Iroquois quickly become one of the most-recognized helicopters in the world. This came about due to the Vietnam War, the conflict in which Bell´s new rotorcraft seen its operational... 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 airshow season – further cancellations announced

A short supplement to the article published a week ago, containing the list of already cancelled or postponed aviation events, due to the precautions against the coronavirus outbreak. The updated list include the shows already mentioned in the previous article, and the latest updates were highlighted in bold: Meeting Fly Courchevel, Courchevel (France), 28th... Read More

Nord Aviation 2501F-3 Noratlas, F-AZVM ´Le Grise´

Nord Aviation 2501 Noratlas operated by L’association Le Noratlas de Provence, flying display during Tag der Bundeswehr open doors event at Fliegerhorst Landsberg/Penzing, June 2017. In late 1940s, the French Air Force opened the competition for a new military transport aircraft, able to replace the existing fleet of surplus C-47 Dakota and Amiot AAC... Read More

First look at the 2020 airshow season.

The first days of new year 2020 are already here, meaning the best time to start thinking about the forthcoming air show season. As some of the organizers already released a few initial information and the dates were set, we can do a brief summary of the aviation events in Central Europe. Aviation Fair... Read More

Fouga CM-170R Magister

Fouga CM-170R Magister, D-IFCC (Quax Flieger) – a photo taken in June, during the spotter day in Nordholz air base (Fliegerhorst Nordholz), organized in addition to the Tag der Bundeswehr 2019 annual open doors event of the German armed forces. Developed in the early 1950s, as the replacement of piston-powered trainers in the French... Read More