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Batajnica airbase

Batajnica airbase

The work on construction of Airport Batajnica begun back in 1947 and lasted until 1951, when the airport became operational. The airport was projected to have one grass and two asphalt runways. Traditionaly this airport is a base for the units in-charge for the defending of Belgrade. Batajnica airbase suffered heavy [...]

RIAT Fairford 2006

RIAT Fairford 2006

RIAT Fairford is usually held at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire which is a large base used infrequently by USAF deployments which makes it an ideal venue for such a large Airshow. On the images ellow following airplanes are presented:

RIAT Fairford 2006
Red Arrows Display Team BAe Hawks, Saab JAS 39A Gripen s/n 39138, Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey [...]

Biggin Hill 2006

Biggin Hill 2006

One of the very large air show held in the UK where unique collection of vintage airplanes is presented in airworthy condition. But interesting to see is also some WW1 replicas. Images bellow show following types:

Harrier
Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard IIB s/n FE788, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress s/n 124485, Morane Saulnier MS505 Criquet s/n DM+BK, Nord 1002 [...]

IPMS event in Nieuwegein 2005

The Dutch IPMS is an organization with some 1000 members. They have their own magazine MIP (Model Building in Plastic) and organize several local meetings every month. Once a year they organize a big national meeting, called Euro Scale Modelling or ‘Nationals’ . This year the meeting was on Saturday 5 November, 2005.
This is a [...]