One day hike to Pades Peak
We left Timisoara early in the morning, heading for Pades Peak in Poiana Rusca Mountains. We had 160 kilometers to go, out of which e...
11 September 2023
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Balcik Castle. An Enchanted Journey Nestled along the picturesque Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the enchanting Balcik Castle, also known as the Quiet Nest Palace, ...8 September 2023 -
23 August. A village with an untouched beach In June 2016, we rode on highway A1 toward the Romanian Black Sea coast. Our destination? A small village called 23...4 September 2023
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Lake Gales. A summer day hike in the Retezat Mountains August 2022. The weather forecast predicts a balmy 40 degrees Celsius for the upcoming weekend. So where ...1 September 2023
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A quiet morning … The morning didn’t announce any special event. I went to the airfield as planned; we had to paint the runway markings in white to be vis...4 August 2023
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The Bell X-1. First supersonic plane The Bell X-1 was the first piloted airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight with a rocket-powered engine. I wi...31 July 2023
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Belgrade-Batajnica Air Base On September 2012, at Aeromiting Batajnica, Serbian Air Force celebrated 100 years of military aviation in Serbia. A huge airshow wa...28 July 2023
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SZIA – Szeged International Airshow – having a picnic at the airport We found out about the first edition of the Szeged Air Show in 2016 by pure cha...21 July 2023
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The growing popularity of aviation spotting In recent years, the world has seen a surge in the popularity of aviation spotting. This thrilling hobby has attract...9 June 2023
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I finally got to buy the Yakovlev Yak-18 kit from Mikro Mir in 1:48 scale. These days it is hard to find this kit on the market. I didn’t buy it when it w...5 June 2023
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Spotting Day at Timisoara International Airport As the popularity of aviation spotting continues to grow in Romania, Timisoara International Airport has respond...29 May 2023
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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
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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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Nieuport 23 – a photo with a story Photographs, such as this one of a Nieuport 23, tell stories about the people that took them or of the ones that look a...17 June 2019
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Kikinda Airfield During the summer of 2016 we went to visit Kikinda Airfield in Serbia. Since in June we were already in Serbia, visiting Kikinda, there was no ...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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Fokker B.II A new photo of a Fokker B.II and a new mystery story from the forgotten past. All we know, when looking at the photography, is that we are dealing w...16 March 2019
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The Me-109G 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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IAR-81. Photo-etched can change your plane model look The first IAR-81 scale model in 1:32 on the market was released by Azur-Frrom. One year later, Azur was fo...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
