Updated 30th June 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 […]
Hi all, Today was was all about getting to Seattle and bashing all three of the Boeing fields before heading to Moses Lake the day after. Not many photographs taken today as it was a very busy schedule and we needed to keep moving. Phoenix/Sky Harbor It was an early morning flight from here with […]
Hi all, Another full day to be spent around Phoenix and the official start of our MAX hunt. Glorious blue sky all day and very warm with it… Phoenix/Goodyear After breakfast, we made an early start at Phoenix/Goodyear. Fourteen United MAX were the target here and these were all easily seen. I had visited this […]
Hi all, It was back to the original plan today and what a full day it was. With two full days scheduled around Phoenix, not a lot was going to be missed. We started off with a few hours at the airport enjoying the early morning sunshine….. Phoenix/Sky Harbor A cracking start here with a […]