Hyakuri Air Festival 2019: Phantom Farewell
On the 30th of November and 1st of December, tens of thousands of aviation enthusiasts descended on JASDF Hyakuri Air Base for the annual Hyakuri Air Festival. This year’s airshow marked the final time the venerable McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II would be on display, an integral aircraft in the JASDF fleet for nearly 50 […]
Triple India Flies Again!
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Australia’s only airworthy Chance Vought F4U Corsair has returned to the skies over Tyabb. The Corsair, an F4U-5N night-fighter variant built in 1951 at Stratford, Connecticut by Chance Vought (a division of United…
Aviation Mecca: Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten, nestled in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, is a spotters paradise like no other. Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) has to be one of the most recognisable places to photograph planes. Every aviation photographer and I…
Exercise High Sierra 2019: The Final Classic Hornet OPCON Course
Exercise High Sierra 2019 has kicked off at RAAF Base Townsville as up to 14 F/A-18A & F/A-18B Classic Hornets descend on the base for the annual No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) operational conversion (OPCON) course. The three-week exercise…
U2 kicks off their ‘The Joshua Tree’ World Tour
Irish rock band U2 have kicked off their ‘The Joshua Tree’ World Tour, arriving in Brisbane on Sunday 10th November in advance of their show at Suncorp Stadium on Tuesday. The show in Brisbane is the second of the tour,…