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ILA 2010 report

Nico — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:48:57 +0000

From 8 to 13 June 2010 the ILA or Internationale Luftfahrtausstellung (International Aviation Exhibition) was held at the airport Berlin-Schönefeld. First ILA was already in 1909 and that means it is more than 100 years ago the first one was held! The ILA is every two years and together with the shows at Le Bourget and Farnborough it is one of the most important (commercial) shows held in Europe. This year was also the last year the show will be located at Berlin-Schönefeld. Since this airport is being enlarged to become the main-port of Berlin, there will be no room for a next ILA here. Location of the ILA 2012 is yet unknown, but it may eventually return to its previous location at Hannover-Langenhagen airport.

Biggest ‘crowd-puller’ of this ILA would have been the new Airbus A400 transporter, powered by four turboprop engines. Unfortunately it was not exhibited or flown during the public days of the one-week event! Soviet aircraft were the last times always present, but this time there were no Russian aircraft all. Also many veteran types did not show up for this very last show at Schönefeld! In spite of these shortcomings, there still was enough to see. Of course it is a personal choice, but for me highlight of the show was the Lockheed P-38 Lightning flown by the Red Bull team. Also the noise of the two Allison engines is quite remarkable and different from the sound of a R.R. Merlin!

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Regular traffic came in and departed as usual and that also meant the flying part of the airshow had to wait for this. On the other hand it was a nice occasion to see a number of interesting passenger planes, bizz-jets and also private planes! Weather was not all to good with 100% overcast all day and some rain with showers in the afternoon, making photographic conditions far from perfect……….

Nico Braas

ILA 2008

Nico — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:21:34 +0000

ILA stands for ‘Internationale Luftfahrt Austellung’ (International Aviation Display) and is a one-week event held every two years. It was held from 27 May until 1 June 2008.

B-25 Mitchell in Red Bull markings

The last two days were used as Public Days with an airshow programme. At earlier years the ILA was at Hanover, but after the DDR went up into the German Republic it was relocated to the airport of Berlin Schönefeld. The ILA is a big international event just like the events held at Farnborough and Le Bourget with lots of exhibitors from the side of the aircraft manufacturers.

The ILA airshow is a nice mix of modern aircraft and veterans displays. Unfortunately the earlier anounced Tu-95 Bear did not show up and the visiting Rockwell B-1B bombers were only shown on the ground at the static display. Also the EADS Messerschmitt Me-109G did not participate during the public show because it groundlooped earlier that week and we only saw the Me-262 replica flying. The show was further very nice and very well organized with perfect weather!

Images bellow present following aircrafts:

Airbus 319, Airbus 320, Airbus 321, Airbus 380, An-26, Polisf AF, AS-532 Cougar II, B-1B, North American B-25, B-727 Ryanair, Bell UH-1 Huey, Bombardier Global, Bronco, C-17, C-130, C-135, Catalina, Cessna 210, Cessna 350, Cessna Caravan, CH-53, Chinook, Dakota, DC-6, Dornier Do 24, Do-28 Skyservant, Dornier Technologie Do-S Ray 007, EC-135 AWACS, Embraer ECJ135 Legacy 600, Eurocopter EC135, Eurocopter Tiger, Eurofighter Typhoon, Extra 500, F-15, F-16 KLU, F-18 KLU, F-5, Grippen Hungarian, HAL, Hind, Ju52, Klemm 35, MBB Bo105, Me-109 Ultra Light, MiG-29 Polish AF, MiG-29SM, Mil-171 Croatian, MS.505, Mustang, NH-90, Orion, Phantom Luftwaffe, Pitts aerobatic, Rafale, Raytheon 390 Premier, Spitfire, Tornado, Transal, VFW-614, Zlin Z526AFS.

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Nico Braas

ILA 2006

Nico — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:57:48 +0000

ILA-Berlin airshow is one of the greatest show in this part of Europe and images is from event held at 20.05.2006. Airplanes on images are:

Antonov An-2, Demo F-16 KLu, Douglas C-47, F-5 patrouille de Swiss, Il-76TD, Ju-52 Lufthansa, Me-109G from MBB, Me-262 replica, Morane Saulnier Criquet, Phantom Luftwaffe, Rockwell B-1, Skyraider during takeoff, Spitfire and Corsair, Stampe & Vertongen SV.4, Yak-11, Yak-3 replica D-FYAG

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Nico Braas