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2016-08-12

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Imperial War Museums has uploaded IWM Duxford September Air Show

                                             
Imperial War Museums has uploaded IWM Duxford September Air Show
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ALL F-4 Phantoms To Be Scrapped By 2017 | Sign This Petition To Save Them




ALL F-4 Phantoms To Be Scrapped By 2017 | Sign This Petition To Save Them
Sad, But YOU Can Do Something About It. Yes ladies and gentlemen, the DoD is doing away with all (but two that are privately owned) airworthy F-4 Phantoms in the name of science. What we mean by that is they are being turned into QF-4s which are dr…
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Vintage Wings of Canada : Johnny Typhoon




Johnny Typhoon > Vintage Wings of Canada
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August 27 and 28th : 320 (Dutch) Squadron Reunion - Dunsfold Aerodrome

Forwarded message - From: David Poissant
Cc: Everard Bakker <everardbakker@gmail.com>


The following message is forwarded from Everard Bakker, who is very active in 2nd TAF memorial activity in the Netherlands.

Dave Poissant
Chair, 2TAF MBA Canada

From: Everard Bakker [mailto:everardbakker@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 8:32 PM
To: Everard Bakker <everardbakker@gmail.com>
Subject: NEWSFLASH. DUTCH 320 SQN RAF WILL, TOGETHER WITH LAST VETERANS, VISIT DUNSFOLD.

On August 27th and 28th there is a reunion of the Dutch 320 squadron RAF at Dunsfold aerodrome.  320 Flew from this airfield from Feb till Oct 1944. 48 Members never came back.

The reunion is organised by Morven Voorspuy, son of Henk who made 71 ops as a pilot officer with 320.

This reunion shall take place during the airshow of Wings and Wheels .

In addition to the RAF Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the B-25 of the Dutch Air Force will also participate in the air show.

The two engine medium bomber is, especially for this weekend, painted in the WW 2 colours.

The Dutch 320 shall come over, together with the last veterans of the squadron!
The veterans will visit Dunsfold on Saturday the 27th:

Bomb aimer    André Hissink              97 years          66 ops              DFC.
WOP                Edward Hoenson         94 years          89 ops              DFC.
Groundcrew    Eduard Jacob               92 years
Groundcrew    Camille Stritzko           90 years

The veterans will bring a salute to their friends.

The Dutch 320 sqn lost 48 members during their stay at Dunsfold!

For Mr Jacob, this is a great wish come true. He will visit the airfield where he had a personal talk with the Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower.

For more information see www.litho320.veteranen.nl

I hope to meet you on Dunsfold aerodrome.

With kind regards,
Everard

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Aerobuzz : Museum : GPPA Angers




Angers, de la préservation à la mise en valeur du patrimoine aéronautique
Le GPPA ou Groupement pour le Préservation du Patrimoine d'Angers n'est plus seulement un musée. La belle idée de Christian Ravel a grandi. La (...)
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[GAR] Airshow Review – Duxford Flying Legends 2016




Huw Hopkins posted: "On the weekend of 9 & 10 July, The Fighter Collection (TFC) hosted the 23rd edition of the world renowned Flying Legends airshow, filling the sky with sights and sounds from a bygone era. Huw Hopkins reports for GAR. Flying Legends is more than an air"

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Airshow Review – Duxford Flying Legends 2016

by Huw Hopkins
On the weekend of 9 & 10 July, The Fighter Collection (TFC) hosted the 23rd edition of the world renowned Flying Legends airshow, filling the sky with sights and sounds from a bygone era. Huw Hopkins reports for GAR.

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'Duxford Symphony Orchestra' – the Balbo. Duxford Symphony Orchestra
Huw Hopkins | August 4, 2016 at 7:00 pm URL: http://wp.me/p39i9X-nJd




2016-08-10

Lu sur 7s7: C'est l'avion de combat le plus cher de l'histoire

The information is not about the price of the F-35. This is the fact, the F-35 reached the IOC status. Practically, the aircraft is now operational (see other links below). 





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C'est l'avion de combat le plus cher de l'histoire

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Le F-35A est prêt à combattre. Son prix? 400 milliards de dollars (soit environ 360 milliards d'euros) pour 2.500 appareils. "Le F-35A va être l'appareil le plus dominant dans notre inventaire parce qu'il peut aller dans des endroits où nos ...
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WWW.AVIATION-PHOTOGRAPHIE.NET : Nouvel article - Hommage à Georges Jaspis

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Le dimanche 17 juillet 2016, dans le cadre du week-end de reconstitution Field Depot organisé par l'ASBL Musée du Souvenir 40-45 de Malèves, dans le Brabant wallon, une cérémonie en hommage à Georges Jaspis a eu lieu au cimetière d'Opprebais. Né en 1916, cet aviateur belge de la Royal Air Force est décédé en 2007 aurait eu cent ans cette année. Pilote de Typhoon dans le 609 Squadron de la RAF pendant la guerre, il a ensuite fait carrière au sein de la Sabena. Il totalisait 27.000 heures de vol.
A BELGIAN RAF PILOTE RESTS IN OPPREBAISOn Sunday July 17, 2016, ASBL Musée du Souvenir 40-45 has organized its heigth Field Depot reconstruction weekend. This year would have seen the hundred anniversary of Georges Jaspis, a Belgian RAF pilot during WW II. Born in 1916, he used to be an operational pilot on Typhoon inside the 609 Squadron. After the war, he became pilot for Sabena airlines. His logbook has registered about 27,000 flight hours. A ceremonial has been held in the cemetery of Opprebais.



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Last Sunday, we learned the sad news of the death of Scott Wilson in the crash of his Bugatti 100P. We publish 3 videos about this wonderful gentleman 




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