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Let’s start the new week low, fast and with plenty of smoke! Bartosz Castelli and his #PittsS2B during a dynamic #FlyingDisplay at RANWERS 2026 #airshow in #Świebodzice. With its unmistakable silhouette, agility and raw character, the #Pitts simply belongs at an #airshow. Have a great week!
Our this week's #Monday #Airshow Photo features a true #RotaryWing #legend with a spectacular backdrop! The only #airworthy #UH1 #Huey in #Poland put on an impressive #FlyingDisplay at #PłockiPiknikLotniczy2026 in #Płock, #Poland, complete with perfectly timed pyrotechnics.
Let's start the week with some #RotaryWing action! This week's #Monday #Airshow Photo takes us back to the 18th #Helicopter Show at #HradecKrálové in 2019. With several different #helicopters sharing the scene, the photo captures the variety of this unique #aviation #event. Have a great week!
Our today's #Monday #Airshow Photo features the #Airbus #H145 of #LotniczePogotowieRatunkowe (the Polish #HEMS) that visited the World Helicopter Rally 2023 in #Płock, offering a rather rare chance to see up close a #helicopter whose everyday mission is saving lives. Have a great week!
Time for our next #Monday #Airshow Photo! In the evening of the opening day of Dolnośląskie Pokazy Lotnicze #RANWERS 2026, #MaciejKulaszewski flew his #Extra300LP #aircraft against the colours of the setting sun, creating a memorable spectacle in the sky over #Świebodzice. We wish you a good week!
Let's start the week with this unique #MondayAirshowPhoto! During #PłockiPiknikLotniczy2025, the only #airworthy #Bell #UH1 #Huey #helicopter in #Poland flew in #formation led by a #Tercel #gyrocopter, creating one of the event's most memorable aerial displays. Have a great week everyone!
#Monday #Airshow Photo from Afterburner! Let's start the week with a smile from the flightline. Photographed at the #AirShowRadom 2023 in #Poland, this #PatrouilleSuisse #F5ETigerII is taxiing after the #display — with an additional plush #CrewMember waving to the crowd.
Wingwalkers are amazing, indeed. They recalls the interwar period, being the golden era of aviation stunts. And this is a great shot, as usual. My answer is... Martin Šonka again. This time, in his Extra NG - certainly #inverted but also face-to-face, to make the shot special:
Captured during the 100 Years of #GermanNavalAviation celebrations at #NordholzAirBase in 2013, our today's #Monday #Airshow Photo brings together the beautifully restored #Dornier Do 24 ATT #amphibian #flyingboat and the #Lockheed P-3C #Orion #maritime #patrol #aircraft.
Few #aircraft embody the spirit of #aviation history like the #legendary #SupermarineSpitfire we feature in our #Monday #Airshow Photo today. Photographed during Lotnicza Majówka #Iława 2018, this beautiful #Spitfire Mk. XVIe (TE184) continues to draw crowds and inspire aviation enthusiasts.
#Monday Airshow Photo! Captured at #Aviatickápouť 2025 #airshow, this #replica of #JanKašpar's #Blériot #aeroplane reminds us of the #pioneering era when powered #flight was still a remarkable novelty and #aviation legends were only beginning to write their stories.
Surely they do. The Luftwaffe used to fly a spectacular Bo 105 display with many loops, which is now succeeded by the EC 665 Tiger demo. Sometimes performed in pair of them. And then here was a long time classic with the Red Bull Bo 105. RIP Felix... :( He was a great guy.
Oh, the C-27 loop :) I´ve seen it twice during air shows but it was already quite a long time ago. It´s crazy to watch that stunt live :) Ok, I´ll go more softer this time. Luca Bertossio, an Italian multiple world champion in glider aerobatics and winner of several FAI medals, in Polish Swift S-1.
Nice one! Well, I miss the Dutch F-16 solo display, it was always a good show. OK, my turn :) Martin Šonka (maybe you remember him from the Red Bull Air Race serier), this time in his workplace - flying instructor of the CLV training centre:
#Monday #Airshow Photo: “Once you’ve got used to flying the Edge 540 and forgotten that you’ve actually switched aeroplanes in the meantime.” 😉 We are starting the week with Łukasz Czepiela showing his piloting skills at the controls of #CarbonCub #STOL #aircraft at Płocki Piknik Lotniczy 2025.
Our current #Monday #Airshow #Photo features a beautifully crafted #ultralight #replica of the #Curtiss JN-4D “ #Jenny ”. Originally a #WWI trainer, later a #barnstorming #icon of freedom in the U.S. Photographed at #CIAF2017 in #HradecKrálové, #CzechRepublic.
Oh, great one. I haven´t seen a Strikemaster for ages. I presume the last time there was one at local show was somewhere in the late 1990s. However, we have a lot more "inverted" photos. And, here is the next shot ;)
Today, the #Monday #airshow photo series takes us to the 22nd Helicopter Air Base in the Czech Republic, where an open day event took place last Saturday. One of the highlights of the flying programme was a display of the #Sikorsky UH-60M #BlackHawk helicopter of the Slovak Air Force:
In this week’s #Monday #Airshow Photo, we take a closer look at the heart of a legend — the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp #RadialEngine of the Canadian Car and Foundry #AT6 #Harvard Mk IV - photographed during #PłockiPiknikLotniczy2025, and being one of only two airworthy AT-6 #aircraft in Poland.
This #Sunday with Afterburner archives we are returning to June 2023 and TdBW open doors event in #Bückeburg, where we had the opportunity to photograph this trio of #EurocopterTiger UHT and HAD variants operated by the International Helicopter Training Centre of the #GermanArmedForces.
Our today's #Monday #Airshow Photo takes us back to 2014 and IV Festyn Lotniczy at Aeroklub Ostrowski in #OstrówWielkopolski. One of the pilots who demonstrated his #aerobatic skills at the event was Artur Kielak, pictured here shortly after his display while taxiing his #XA42 #aircraft.
Let's start the new week with a touch of #WorldWarI #aviation spirit! Our #Monday Airshow Photo today features an #ultralight #replica of the #legendary #Nieuport11 #fighter #aeroplane during flying display at Lotnicza Majówka Iława 2018 #airshow.