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Polish International Air Show 2015

Photo report by Helmut Richter from Poland's International Air Show 2015 held at Radom on August 22-23.

The bi-annual Polish International Air Show has established itself as one of the major European air shows. Since 2000 the air show is held at Radom-Sadkow air base (42.BLSz), home of the PZL-130 training aircraft of the Polish Air Force.

The drawback of Radom Sadkow is the location of the air show grounds on the north side of the runway. Therefore, in order to avoid backlight conditions for photography, many enthusiasts move to the south side outside of the air base for the displays.

As in previous years, the Polish International Air Show in 2015 provided a comprehensive participation of Polish Air Force, Army and Navy aircraft types as well as some very interesting foreign visitors.

International highlights of the static display were two Lithuanian transports, a C-27J and an L-410, as well as an Israeli C-130H. Out of the Polish types in the static display, my favourites were the SH-2G and the Mi-14PL of the Polish Navy, in particular, as the Polish Navy did not participate in the flying activities.

One of my personal highlights of the show was the impressive fly-past by formations of all major Air Force and Army types. After having watched the fly-past twice already, I took the opportunity on my way back to the airport on Sunday for a stop at Minsk-Masowiecky to take some landing shots of the Su-22s and MiG-29s returning from the fly-past.

The long flying programme had a good mix of solo and formation displays. Because it only started at noon, the last displays after 7 pm already had quite low light. In addition to less than perfect weather conditions, this produced some quite challenging conditions for photography. Of the many highlights in the flying programme, my favourites were the Romanian MiG-21 display and the Polish Army Mi-24 pair. The large number of fast jet solo displays resulted in a competitive situation, in particular between the French Rafale and the Italian Typhoon displays, which - not only in my view - was won by the Tifone.

Overall, the show at Radom was certainly one of this year’s air show season highlights.



MiG-21MF-75 6487 & 6807 Esc861
MiG-21MF-75 6807 Esc861
Falcon20 053 717Skv
Mi-24V 7358 221.vrlt
Mi-8T 644
Mi-8T 642
M28B-PT 0219
C295M 023 & 025 13.el
C-130E 1502 14.el
Su-22 formation
F-16C 4046 & 4049 10.elt
PZL-130 formation
PZL-130 TC-II 048 42.PLSz
Tornado ECR TaktLwG51
C-27J 2705 Esc902
EF2000 TaktLwG74
L-410UVP 01
C-27J 06
TS-11 bis D 1214 SP-YBC
TS-11 bis D 1214 SP-YBC
PC-7 414 3H-FC
PC-7 414 3H-FC
Team Iskra flypast
F-16D 4087 10.elt
TS-11-bis DF 3H 2006 Team Iskra 6
L-159A ALCA 6051 212.tl
L-159A ALCA 6051 212.tl
Patrouillle Suisse
Patrouillle Suisse
F-5E J-3084 Patrouillle Suisse
MiG-29AS 6627 1.Bl
Hawk T1A XX339 CK RAF 100 Sqn
W-3PL 0901
SH-2G 163544 28.Esk.MW
TS-11R 1917
Mi-2PSz 41.BLSz
C295M 018 13.el
W-3WA 1014 1.BLTr
C-130H 436
TAI T129 P6
SW-4 6604 41.BLSz
Mi-14PL 1011 44.BlotM
Mi-17AE 606
Mi-8S 634 1.BLTr
PC-7 417 3H-FF
L-39CM 5301 3.Vl
W-3WA 0903
Mi-8T 636 1.BLTr
SW-4 6605 & 6614 41.BLSz
Mi-2P 4708 & Mi-2D 5243
Mi-2URP(G) 8220
W-3W 0611 & W-3WA 0818
Mi-24D 209 & 272 49.PSB
Mi-24D 174 49.PSB
M28B-PT 0223
MiG-29 formation
MiG-29G 4120 & Mig-21GT 4110 41.elt
MiG-29UB 1.elt
MiG-29A 114 1.elt
MiG-29A 114 1.elt
MiG-29A 114 1.elt
MiG-29A 114 1.elt
F-16C 523 Zeus
MiG-21MF-75 6487 Esc861
MiG-21MF-75 6487 Esc861
MiG-21MF-75 6487 Esc861
Patrullla ASPA
EC120B Patrullla ASPA
Patrulla ASPA
Rafale C 119 113-IX
Rafale C 119 113-IX
Rafale C 119 113-IX
F-16AM FA-123
F-16AM FA-123
Su-22M4 3817 21.BLT
F-2000A MM7278 RS-23 RSV
F-2000A MM7278 RS-23 RSV
F-2000A MM7278 RS-23 RSV
Patrulla Aguila
Mi-24V 736 1.ESSz
Mi-24V 736 & 738 1.ESSz
Mi-24V 738 1.ESSz
Mi-24V 738 1.ESSz
Mi-24V 736 1.ESSz
Team Orlik
PZL-130 TC-II Team Orlik
Team Orlik
Mi-24V 7358 221.vrlt
Mi-24V 7358 221.vrlt
MiG-29AS 6627 1.Bl
MiG-29AS 6627 1.Bl
Su-22M-4 8816 21.BLT at Minsk
Su-22M-4 3201 21.BLT at Minsk
MiG-29A 54 1.elt at Minsk
MiG-29G 4116 41.elt at Minsk


Report and photos by Helmut Richter ( view portfolio )

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First Published: 23 November 2015
Last Modified: 23 November 2015