A day out to take my mother to the coast allowed me to have have a look at the Bae Systems gate guards at Samlesbury~Lancs. Been wanting to do that for a while, so as it’s only a short detour from the M6 before continuing on the Blackpool, today was ideal, apart from the dull […]
Following on from the successful Oxford Aviation Group trip to Israel in 2019, Bob Prescott was inspired to carry out some lengthy research with regards to the Hatzerim storage areas. In the process, he came across some other interesting information with regards to Israeli Air Force history and with his permission, would like to share […]
Hi all, First day of another Oshkosh trip and the daily logs that follow, will mostly give you an idea about what can be seen each day on a trip like this. I will provide links to the many photographs taken as I realise that for some people, pictures can be more interesting than a […]
Updated 29th July 2020 DIN POBEDA is Russian for Victory Day and normally is held on May 9th each year, when there is a massive celebration, in all major Russian Cities, of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The reason we in the West celebrate VE Day on May 8th and Russia is […]
Posted on behalf and with the kind permission of Gavin Maxwell. This is when I first see them approach over Sokol. The large white building is the Aerostar Hotel and the old buildings at the forefront are the old MiG factory which contains a few preserved aircraft that no one has even seen. The bases […]
Hi all, This was our last day in the USA and we still had more Boeing MAX to see! By now it was clear that this might be the last trip away for the foreseeable future and what a trip it was! I was converted to using PlaneBase a few years back and all the […]
Hi all, Penultimate day of our USA MAX bash and we are back in Phoenix. Now this routing might seem strange as we were here a few days earlier, but of course the original plan was to see us spending today at Luke AFB for the airshow. As we knew this had been cancelled just […]
Hi all, Our last day in Seattle saw us revisit all the Boeing sites again. I had been tempted to go to NAS Whidbey Island but I would have wanted to spend a good part of the day there and there were still some other things to do in the general Seattle area. Also as […]
Hi all, After a long day on the road yesterday doing Moses Lake as a day trip, it was now time to turn our attention to aviation around Seattle. I already knew that sitting all day at the airport might get a bit boring after a while as it is very Alaska Airlines heavy and […]
Hi all, Of the overall Boeing MAX hunt, this was the most eagerly awaited day where we would get to see over 200 of them parked up at Moses Lake. I suspect many of us would never have heard of this place before the Boeing facility started being used to relieve the Seattle Boeing fields……how […]