Four years ago, two giants stood side by side on the land of a country; a country that three years before some were bombing, while others were trying to defend....
25 May 2017
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I gaze at the heaven pinned on the firm and welcoming earth like a thief on a cross in the ancient Roman Empire: You're sick, aren’t you?! asked a somewhat amus...24 May 2017 -
We spent May 1st, 2017 at Cioca Airfield - Timisoara. It was the Open Gates Day and it was celebrated by an aircraft exhibition, a few aerial demonstrations and...17 May 2017
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The MiG-3 was the first MiG to enter the service of the Romanian Air Force. Although at that time no one knew it, it would be the first in a long line of aircra...13 May 2017
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With the emergence of the IAR-81 model launched by Azur-Frrom and Special Hobby, Yahu Models also came out on the modeling market with a set of photo-etched p...8 May 2017
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After Azur Frrom’s IAR-81C, also Special Hobby will come out with the same aircraft that Romania used during WWII. It is an interesting model of a fighter th...3 May 2017
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Introduction The aircraft was developed starting with the 1960’s by Aerospatiale France and it was a real success. It has been imported in numerous countri...15 September 2016
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White Wings of the Romanian Airclub at Aeromania 2016. An aerial duo that impressed me so much that I forgot to photograph for a few moments. http://...8 August 2016
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The morning didn’t announce any special event… I went to the airfield, as planned, we had to paint the runway markings in white, so that it could be visible fro...8 August 2016
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The first professional integrated (aero-naval) search and rescue (SAR) service in Romania – organized as a public-private partnership – was launched in the pa...5 August 2016
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The 10 years anniversary of Tuzla air shows, aka Aeromania 2016, and is over. For us personally it was a special edition for several reasons: it was our first...13 July 2016
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The kit I just finished the scale model of the Yak-9D from Ark Models. It is a pretty good model, with very few assembly problems. From the total of 56 parts...29 May 2016
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Baltic Bees, Aerobatic Yakers, IAR-330 Puma ..... and the blue sky. In short: Timisoara Airshow 2016. ...26 May 2016
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May 14th, 2016 has gone by, another beautiful airshow finished: Blue Eagles Airshow. Although the weather seemed capricious in the morning, the event turned...15 May 2016
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A new photo and a new mystery story. All we know is that we are dealing with a Fokker B.II belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troop...12 May 2016
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Introduction IAR-80/81 was Romania’s Aeronautical Industry answer for the tense situation developing in Europe in 1939. When it entered service it was a very...17 April 2016
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History, because we have in front of us the replica of Vlaicu II (1910) which is perfectly functional and can really fly. Joy, because there are many people wh...9 March 2016
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Introduction There are a lot of things to be said about the MiG-3, but there is enough information about this aircraft in various publications, as well as on...17 January 2016
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On February 11th, 1944, a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka crashed down in a swamp near Kroscienko Wyzne, in the south part of Poland. 71 years later, on November 5th, 201...1 December 2015
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Last night I saw The Martian at the cinema. A special movie based on a very special book. But it is not the movie I wish to write about today, but about the tho...15 November 2015
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On Saturday morning we left for Caransebes to take part in the Caransebes Airshow 2015. Although the weather did not look very promising, as it was pouring pr...27 September 2015
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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 places. Today I want to tell you...27 August 2015
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On Saturday, august the 15th 2015, I had the chance to witness a different type of aerial competition with ultralight aricrafts - motorised skyglidings tha...16 August 2015
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Deva, Romania, August 2015. Champions’ team: George Rotaru/ Extra 330SC; Laszlo Ferenc/Extra 330SC; Dan Stefanescu/Extra 330SC; Andrei Serbu/ Extra 330SC. T...3 August 2015
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The 9th edition of the European Advanced Aerobatic Championship took place in Deva – the Saulesti Airfield, Romania, between July 22nd and August 1st, 2015. I...3 August 2015
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I found out the other day, reading the Romania Libera online newspaper, that the Romanian Ministry of National Denfence (MND) representatives declared that ou...13 May 2015
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Romania will start the procedures for purchasing F-16 air-crafts, according to the Romanian Minister of National Defence, Mircea Dusa. He made this declarati...19 April 2015
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One of these past days I read some not surprising, yet interesting, news regarding the purchases for the Romanian Air Force. Apparently the officials of the Min...22 March 2015
