Mińsk Mazowiecki Open Day Report + POTW

[UK Airshow Review]

• "Polish Power" - Peter Reoch travelled to Poland to report for UK Airshow Review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• May's Pictures of the Week page has been updated with a new selection of images too.
  
  Week 19, May 2014:
  
  

[sylvancatharsis]

Point of reference for your reporter, it's "Team Iskry", not Team Iskra...

Biało-Czerwone Iskry to be exact... but now I'm just being a pesky pedant

[larky]

Point of reference for your reporter, it's "Team Iskry", not Team Iskra...

Biało-Czerwone Iskry to be exact... but now I'm just being a pesky pedant

Which means White-Red Sparks to be exact )

[st24]

Also Minsk is not the home of the entire Polish Fulcrum fleet, 41.elt based at 22.BLT Malbork fly our old friends the ex-German AF Mig 29 "G"s alongside a few of the original fleet.

[capercaillie]

Displaying Seasprite and Mi14!!!!!!!

Lets get those over for the UK shows instead of a Bryza on static every year.

[Hammy]

Displaying Seasprite and Mi14!!!!!!!

Lets get those over for the UK shows instead of a Bryza on static every year.

I thought you'd have been more interested in a W-3PL Gluszec

[st24]

Displaying Seasprite and Mi14!!!!!!!

Lets get those over for the UK shows instead of a Bryza on static every year.

I thought you'd have been more interested in a W-3PL Gluszec

I was going to add that it was good to see capercaillie at the event!!

[capercaillie]

I had no idea

I wish they would stop giving the same helicopter different names Can't keep up with it.

[Flankerman]

Displaying Seasprite and Mi14!!!!!!!

Lets get those over for the UK shows instead of a Bryza on static every year.

There was a Polish Mi-14 at Fairford - in 2012.

It had a massive Orca painted down the side - I asked the crewman sitting in his deckchair looking bored if I could look round inside.

I took loads of piccies......

Ken

PS - Just noticed that its the same one in the photos report above.......

[Wissam24]

I can't believe I had no idea this event was happeneing otherwise I'd have begged borrowed and stolen to go there.

[capercaillie]

Displaying Seasprite and Mi14!!!!!!!

Lets get those over for the UK shows instead of a Bryza on static every year.

There was a Polish Mi-14 at Fairford - in 2012.

It had a massive Orca painted down the side - I asked the crewman sitting in his deckchair looking bored if I could look round inside.

I took loads of piccies......

Ken

PS - Just noticed that its the same one in the photos report above.......

Thanks for that, oddly enough I never saw it in the flying display but there we go.....

[st24]

I wish they would stop giving the same helicopter different names Can't keep up with it.

It's not just the number of names it's the bizarre nature of them - a Falcon, a bright star (or possibly raccoon!?!) a delicate flowering herb, huge wetland snake and big fat game bird Even the proposed variants had different, equally odd names- alligator, salamander, hawk and hussar!!

There was a Polish Mi-14 at Fairford - in 2012.:

Indeed, but on static not displaying...