Koninklijke Luchtmacht (RNLAF) Leeuwarden Open Dagen 2006 The year was 2006, and the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron as celebrating their 60th Anniversary. As part of their schedule, a short European tour was planned and executed, including a weekend at the RNLAF Leeuwarden, an air force base well northeast of the Netherlands’ largest […]
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Looking Back at the Blue Angels 60th Birthday Bash at RNLAF Leeuwarden
Posted by Ken Kula on July 4th, 2020
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Comments Off on Looking Back at the Blue Angels 60th Birthday Bash at RNLAF Leeuwarden2019’s Daks to Normandy… What an Opportunity to Witness History!
Posted by Ken Kula on January 22nd, 2020
The D-Day Squadron made a week-long stop in Connecticut, at the Waterbury – Oxford CT airport, before most of the aircraft flew northeast bound and off towards Europe. The group of Douglas C-47s and DC-3s were to participate in the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day assault in France, during World War II. While in Oxford, […]
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Tags: D-Day Landings 75th Anniversary, D-Day Squadron, Douglas C-47, Douglas DC-3, Oxford CT Warbirds Comments Off on 2019’s Daks to Normandy… What an Opportunity to Witness History!The Edinburgh Air Show in South Australia: “Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years”
Posted by Les Neistat on January 4th, 2020
Australia’s latest airborne defence capabilities were on show in Adelaide the weekend of November 9th & 10th 2019, when the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) hosted its first major air show in more than three year’s… since 2007. The Edinburgh Air Show in South Australia included air and ground displays of many of the Royal […]
Posted in airshows, Anniversary Event, Base Visits, Military AIrcraft, Museums, Special Event, warbirds Tags: ADF, Centennial of flight, Edinburgh South Australia, Fifth Generation, RAAF, Smith Brothers Comments Off on The Edinburgh Air Show in South Australia: “Vimy to Fifth Generation in 100 Years”EAA AirVenture Oshkosh’s Warbird News, Part 1
Posted by Ken Kula on July 27th, 2019
Here’s a first look at some of the great aircraft and events that took place at the EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh 2019. This year, among the many aviation-related celebrations during the convention, the 50th year of the EAA’s Convention in Oshkosh Wisconsin was feted.
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