A break away from the action to view the Dornier Museum. However, as it is situated at the side of the runway and opposite the AeroExpo halls, we could still view the action. You could also have a drink and snack in the museum cafeteria, which gave you great views across the field. Museum link […]
The next airfield was Dubendorf, a museum that I wanted to visit for many years. For many years I did not realise that it is also a live military base. So a bit of a bonus! It was well worth the CHF15 / £11.76. Museum link at: https://www.afc-fliegermuseum.ch/ We also had a time scale here, […]
Today was going to be a busy day, Grant had arrange two tours at Altenrhein~St Gallen airport, one for the museum and then an airport tour. Firstly the museum tour details. Fliegermuseum Altenrhein link: https://translate.googleco.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.fliegermuseum.ch/&prev=search The actual times opening were not good for our planned trip and therefore, as the website suggested, Grant contacted the […]
Next a quick visit to another very ‘open’ military base, Emmen~Lucerne. Fortunately the hangars had huge windows and we were able to read the following from the spectators viewing area along the main road. Photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums/72157680710656391 John Trip Airfield Albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/sets Country Folders https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/collections/ Gate Guard on a pole: J-4070 Hawker HunterF.58 C/n 41H/697437 […]
Next morning it was up at a reasonable time to be at Alpnach~Obwalden fro around 0800 for the early flying at this base. Like many bases in Switzerland, they are ‘open plan’ and easy to look over. Whilst having a look around, various Pilatus aircraft and others flew overhead. Probably out of the Pilatus plant […]
Hi all, Belated log from my sortie to catch the 3 F-15SAs on delivery to the Royal Saudi Air Force via Lakenheath. An early start saw us take in the mass Ryanair departure wave at Stansted…… 5N-FGS Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream V 101 Presidential Air Fleet Nigerian Air Force A6-DPW EMBRAER ERJ-135BJ Legacy 600 A6-SMS […]
Hi all, Airway UL9 group leader (thanks Barry) arranged for a visit to North Weald Aviation Heritage, so Saturday past, a number of us over-the-top spotters assembled at this famous old Essex airfield which is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. It was a nice flying day (calm before the storm) and many hangars were […]
Hi all, today was another big day for me. Having done the China Aviation Museum at Xiaotangshan and seen so many other great aircraft on the trip so far, I was hoping the Airshow China would deliver yet more goodies. The China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (namely Airshow China) is the only international aerospace […]
Hello all, Our visit to the amazing China Aviation Museum was the highlight of the trip for me. Whilst going around the Russian museum at Monino in 2015, trip companions John Tyler and David Fogwill told me how much bigger and better, the Chinese equivalent museum was. They both knew as they had been already […]
Hi all, last museum for the day was the China Civil Aviation Museum. This museum is located around 10km Southwest of Capital Airport, just off the S12 Airport Expressway. The coordinates are Latitude 40° 1’0.75″N, Longitude 116°31’57.76″E. Details are; 200 Capital Airport Side Road, Chaoyang, Beijing Open Daily: 8:00 – 17:00 The museum which is […]