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Bad times for the Romanian Air Force as today an IAR-99 Soim crashed near Bacau. The 2 pilots ejected safely. A military aircraft IAR 99 Soim, belonging to the Bacau Garrison has crashed in Nicolae Balcescu commune in Bacau county on Monday. Two pilots were on board, but they managed to save themsel...

more pics here http://mil.huanqiu.com/gt/2017-12/2890816.html

That will be Yokota and Atsugi but don't expect much.

I think it is a one off paint scheme for the upcoming airshow this weekend.

On 27th April 2017 the first twoseat FC-1/JF-17 Thunder made its maiden flight.

Small video impression can be found here: http://mil.huanqiu.com/milmovie/2017-04/10554065.html

deze twee kwamen van de cross servicing.

here are the ones from 28th August 1985 http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/085_filtered_zpskyybv1lu.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/086_filtered_zpsj8rrgx8d.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/087_filtered_zpsctccdsdo.jpg http://i122.photobucket.co...

Currently overflying the Leusderheide near Soesterberg is German Army Tiger UHT 74+57

Yes it is. She had a bit weird flare on landing with a high AOA but not descending, but when she did she came down pretty hard. Maybe she was a bit distracted because at the middle of the runway the North Korean spectators almost ran onto the runway which could be scary for every landing pilot. Che...

Great report. Photo 21; is that the hard landing that is also shown on the video they released? Looks like it. https://youtu.be/VtK_OsSXaPE (Hard landing at 9:35) Yes it is. She had a bit weird flare on landing with a high AOA but not descending, but when she did she came down pretty hard. Maybe sh...

VH3D wrote:Great shots. Thanks for sharing.
On the way out of NK. Did they check your SD/CF cards to look at the pictures?

no camera check at all. Only when entering the usual checks for literature and offensive materials, but all camera equipment were ok to pass.

For those who have been there... for the flying do you need a large lens? like how much zoom? the flying program was being done against the sun? if so, were the spotters taken to a place with the sun behind? thanks for the info I only used a 17-55, 70-200 and a fixed 300mm which was more than enoug...

Got any more pictures/photos of the "civvy" passenger aircraft :?: The "civvies" over there are all "GOV/government" anyway, even the illegally-copied Cessna 172s -and the ultralights... :wink: sure! :D 26. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/DSC_8612kopie_zpsg5hqnngw.jpg 27. http://i1...

17. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/DSC_7554kopie_zpscsomqrfs.jpg 18. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/DSC_6649kopie_zpsbp5bmzlq.jpg 19. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlouw/DSC_6160kopie_zpswh3y4hs3.jpg 20. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/pterlou...

I just returned from the Wonsan International Air Festival held in North Korea at Wonsan/Kalma Airport on the eastcoast of North Korea. And what a trip it was!! Although it was mentioned the North Korean Air Force would attend, I was still sceptical about that. But to our surprise 2 MiG-29's, 3 MiG-...