20. Mai 2008

AWACS Spotting

Spotting time!

Only one hour away from my home I reached the NATO AFB in Geilenkirchen. This AFB is well known for its great spotting location at the east end of the runway as well as for the Boeing E-3A which tend to fly just 50 meters above you.

Around 16:00 GMT+1 the E-3As return home from their flights.

E-3A

E-3A

E-3A

E-3A
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2. Juni 2007

Day of the Dutch Army

Today I took some nice military action shots at the “Landmachtdagen” in Wezep, Netherlands.


The GTK (“Gepanzertes Transport Kraftfahrzeug” = “Armored transport vehicle”) Boxer by ARTEC GmbH, Munich


Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90), Variant CV9030 at full stop


Leopard 1 genietank / Bergepanzer 2A2 moving up and breaking through some mound


Leopard 2A6 rushing to the “combat” area


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End of the demonstration.

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2. September 2006

Defensiedagen, Beauvechain, Belgium

Visiting the Defensiedagen on September, 2nd I was hoping for a nice airshow and the opportunity for some pictures. Well, it was fun. These two pictures are my favorites:

Douglas DC-3 taxiing to parking position.

Close formation
General Dynamics F-16A in close formation with a Supermarine Spitfire FR-XVIII

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27. August 2006

Atlantique

A Breguet Atlantic 1150, taking off at Nordholz Navy Base:

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25. Juli 2006

Bunker world

On my trip to Thuringia (see here) I also went into a former bunker of the Ministry for State Security of the former GDR, better known as “Stasi”. This bunker has been bought and transformed into a museum by enthusiasts. According to the museum guide, up to 16 of these bunkers existed in the former GDR – only for the Stasi officials.

Sadly, I only managed to get one usable picture out of this bunker. It shows one of the museum employees (wearing an old GDR-Uniform) working in the communications section of the bunker.

Bunker world

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