Please note that Der Spiegel is not known for their high quality of aviation news... However this article seems to be correct as more information emerged today in the German news. The minister wrote an email confirming the 45 F-18s. However she has no approval by the coalition partners in this case....
I flew multiple times with Sonoran Wings out of Tucson. Unfortunately as of last year they are not offering these tours anymore. And Kelly from Ryan (I actually never flew with her) run into trouble with the FAA as she is apparently not allowed to do photo flights. Does anybody has another company t...
The following information just came online... Penzing airbase (better known to us as Landsberg) in southern Germany is hosting one of this years "Tag der Bundeswehr". The date is set for Saturday the 10th of June. This date is already in Scramble´s Show Dates, although the presented link i...
The Oktoberfest would be a good excuse too but as there is a NATO exercise taken place these days this might be the reason :lol: From a different forum: Servus, kleines Update über die Maschinen am Platz: 4x Mi24 Poland AF ITAF: 1x ab212 1x AW139 3x AMX 1x SAR Puma Spain AF 2x Fennec und/oder Caraca...
At a blistering hot Nellis the following were seen flying on the 12th of July between 1pm and 5pm; A-10: 78-0709/WA, 80-0226/FT A-4: N141EM, N143EM, N161EM, N164EM B-52: 60-0013/LA, 60-0060/MT KC-135: 59-1470, 59-1520, 62-3554 EA-18: 166896/AF-501, 168256/NA-500, 168258/NA-502 F-15: 82-0022/OT, 91-0...
Just landed in Frankfurt. Parked on the apron just east of the stored Transaero B777 is a Gulfstream and two greyish BBJs. Unfortunately no positive id possible from the terminal. Anybody up for the identity of these three?
Hi Oz There are currently two Thai AF B737s based in Munich. Depending on where you taxied you saw: 11-111/HS-CMV parked close to terminal 2 (LH) 48.349934, 11.797682 or 99-999/HS-HRH which is parked in the Maintenance area 48.346003, 11.746711 Runway in use considering, my best guess is you saw the...
In preparation of the G7 Summit this weekend the local Bundespolizei is flying a lot. All flew several missions today. 05-06-2015 AS332L1: D-HEGC, HEGH, HEGO, HEGW, HEGZ EC135P2/T2+: D-HRPB, HVBN, HVBP EC155B: D-HLTA, HLTE, HLTH, HLTI, HLTJ, HLTK, HLTN, HLTO, HLTS visitors D-HAVE Cabri G2 Heli Aviat...
make that 14 AVs F-16 AV green 87-0350, 87-0359, 88-0425, 88-0435, 88-0526, 89-2001, 89-2024, 89-2035/555FS , 89-2118, 90-0772 purple 89-2047, 89-2049 multi 89-2009/31FW, 89-2137/31OG CE-05 was also seen Monday being put in the fuel barn NJ554/166893 is here and flying. AG504 is the one that is gon...
Today the information concerning the A350 and B777 order for Lufthansa was made public.
Between 2016 and 2025 a total of 25 A350-900s and 34 B777-9X wil be delivered to the airline. An undisclosed number of B747-400s and A340-300s will be put out of service at the same time.