Boeing B-2707. How it all started
The birth of Boeing B-2707 started in November 1960, when the French and British governments announced the launch of a joint p...
22 May 2023
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MiG-21 Lancer farewell flight Today, 15th of May 2023, the last MiG-21 Lancer jets of the Romanian Air Force took off for the last time from “General Eman...15 May 2023 -
Aviation Photography. Capturing the essence of flight through the lens of a camera Aviation Photography is about speed, action, safety, and the great feeling of...8 May 2023
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Timisoara Air Show 2000 In 1999 I took the first photo of a plane, during the 93rd Aviation Regiment Open Day. As a photo camera, I used an orange mirrorless ca...28 April 2023
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BIAS – Bucharest International Airshow The first BIAS edition took place in 2010. Year after year I would plan to go but something always seemed to come up, and...21 April 2023
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MiG-3 in service of the Romanian Royal Air Force The MiG-3 was the first MiG in Romanian colors. It was 1942. The war’s end was far, and the defeat of the...3 April 2023
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The Kit – Sukhoi Su-17/22M3, SMER, 1:48 scale Sukhoi Su-17/22M3 from SMER, 1:48 scale. You might say it’s a bad idea! But I’ve been dealing with SMER avia...19 August 2022
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Lavochkin La-9 The story of this plane begins in 1946 and ends quite quickly in 1948. During this period 1559 Lavochkin La-9 aircraft were built. Among NATO for...4 April 2022
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Short history The Soviet Union offered Yak-23 to Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania. After 1950, Romania remained the only country that was s...27 May 2020
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SPAD XIII – short history The SPAD S.XIII aircraft was developed by the French manufacturer SPAD – Societe Pour L’Aviation et ses Derives, in ...15 May 2020
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Aeromania 2016 On June 26th, 2016, we arrived at Tuzla, Constanta County. A busy week would follow. In the following seven days, the organizers and the voluntee...8 May 2020
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Ilysuhin Il-28 – short history Ilyushin Il-28 was built in the Soviet Union in the immediate aftermath of World War II. 6316 IIyushin Il-28 aircraft were manufa...1 May 2020
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Aerobatic Yakers I had the opportunity to “meet” the Aerobatic Yakers for the first time in 2012, on the occasion of the Lake Surduc Aeronautic Show...29 April 2020
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A visit to Szeged Airport In July 2016, a friend who is a pilot needed a few more hours of flight in order to get his license for the Scheibe Falke SF-25 motor-...27 April 2020
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Yak-23 Short History … The Tbilisi aircraft factory began producing the Yak-23 jet fighter in 1949. It entered service of the Soviet Air Force starting wi...24 April 2020
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Which scale models manufacturer to choose … For some time I have started to build 1:48 scale models Yakovlev Design Bureau planes that have flown or are still f...15 April 2020
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C45F Expeditor. The plane The C-45F Expeditor was the military version of the Beechcraft Model 18 passenger aircraft. Like any plane manufacturer from the 30’s...12 July 2019
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The Air Show Aeroshow Blue Eagles 2016 – that was the only text on the banner announcing the organization of an air show at the Cioca-Timisoara Airfield on May ...8 July 2019
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Photographs tell stories, the stories of the people that took them, of the ones that look at us from long forgotten times and long forgotten places. Today I wan...17 June 2019
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As the passion for flight has no borders and the aviation enthusiasts have a common language, even if they do not speak the same native tongue, and because June...13 May 2019
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The kit Yak-11, 1:48 scale model, was released on the market by Bilek . A perfect timing, given that for some time I have been trying to reproduce, in 1:48 sca...8 April 2019
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A new photo and a new mystery story from the forgotten past. All we know, when looking at the photography, is that we are dealing with a Fokker B.II. It belongs...16 March 2019
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The Me-109 kit If you are passionate about Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6, 1:32 scale aviation models, world war II and looking for a Messerschmitt BF-109G-6 in 1:32 ...15 October 2018
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Photo-etched Yahu Models IAR-81 in 1:32 scale. The first IAR-81 1:32 scale model came from Azur-Frrom and Special Hobby. Soon after Yahu Models came out on the ...8 May 2017
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The kit The helicopter SA330J Puma was developed starting with the 1960’s by Aerospatiale – France and it was a real success. It has been imported in nume...15 September 2016
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Yak-9. Ark Models, 1:48 scale build report Just finished the Ark Models Yak-9 in 1:48 scale. It is a pretty good model of a Yak-9, with minor assembly problems...29 May 2016
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Short history Romania’s Aeronautical Industry answer for the need of a modern low-wing fighter was IAR-81. When it entered service it was a very modern plane th...17 April 2016
