The *IPMS Hellas is organizing its 28th plastic models exhibition from 21 to 25 October. For more information please visit http://www.ipms-hellas.gr/
*The International Plastic Modellers’ Society (IPMS) consist of local and national chapters of hobbyists interested in building Plastic model kits. The first chapter was established in the United Kingdom in 1963.
These chapters usually organise regular meetings or attend events of interest such as air shows. Within each chapter, Special Interest Groups (SIG) are formed which focus on a specific area or type of model building, for instance aircraft or science fiction figures.
Royal International Air Tattoo took place last weekend 18 & 19 of July 2009 in Fairford UK. With over 300+ aircraft participating each year, upwards of 170,000 visitors and support from the Royal Air Force and some of the world’s leading aerospace companies, the Royal International Air Tattoo has been acknowledged as the world’s largest military airshow. Greece participated RIAT 2009 with a RF-4 E Phantom II of 348 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron which is placed in Larisa 110 CW.
Other countries that participated can be found in the following List: Click HERE to view.
The pilots of Hellenic Air Force arrived Fairford on Thursday 16 and left the airport on Monday 20 of July. In the following pictures that are taken from our friend Kostas Tsipas you can see the crew and the technicians that accompanied the RF-4E Phantom of 348 TRS also patches, stickers and book that were sold to viewers of RIAT in Fairford. Please enjoy
348 TRS RF-4 E Phantom II Arrival & Departure Video
Hellenic Air Force and 348 Squadron participated Royal International Air Tattoo 2009 (www.airtattoo.com) organised in Fairford England. For that reason special patches were manufactured by Aeronautical, like the following:
Soon we will get back with a lot of photos from RIAT 2009 and especially the RF-4E Phantom of 348 TRS and its crew & technicians that travelled from Larisa Greece to Fairford… So tune in!!!
The Dornier Do-28 d2 of 355 Squadron celebrate 25 years of “Accident Free” duty in the Hellenic Air Force. For that reason a special patch was designed and manufactured as a limited edition.
Dornier Do-28 is another loyal servant of the Hellenic Air Force which has locked many thousand flight hours. The aircraft was designed in the mid-1960s as a light and cheap personnel and cargo transport. Has crew of two, Engine: 2 Lycoming IGSO-540-A1E, Wing Span: 15.55 m, Length: 11.40 m, Maximum Speed: 295 km/hour and Service Ceiling: 23,000 ft.
We thank our friend ksavvas for the information about the patch. Aircraft photo by Chris Lofting from ailiners.net .
Enjoy the new decals sheet from Three Stars Decals for the anniversary F-16 of 330 squadron. Three Stars Decals is a new company that produces Decals for models of all known scales (1/72,1/48 etc) for Hellenic Air Force Aircrafts and esepecially Anniversary & Retired schemes. For more information about 330 squadron decals please click Here .
The collection of patches is a time consuming and expensive procedure. That is why storage of your patches is important for their safety and protection.
Here you can see the right and wrong thing to do the one next to other.
There are two main solutions. The one is the use of common binders together with plastic pockets and the other is use of CD-ROM cases.
From the common exercise BRAVE HEART SOUTH 2008 between 330, 341, 347 Squadrons of the Hellenic Air Force in 111 CW and Mig-29 Fulcrums of Bulgarian Air Force from GRAF IGNATIEVO Air Base.
TheRed Flagexercises, held periodically at the Nellis Air Force Base since 1975, are very realistic aerial war games. The purpose is to give pilots from the U.S., NATO and other allied countries an opportunity to practice and refine their skills for real combat situations. This includes the use of “enemy” hardware and live ammunition for bombing exercises within the Nellis complex. The exercises with flares and all kinds of aircraft can make a spectacular show, especially at night. There are usually two or three sorties per day (except on weekends): One or two sorties during daytime and one in the evening or at night. The night exercises usually inlude only one half of the daytime forces.
There are two teams, the good guys (Blue Team) and the aggressors (Red Team). The Red Team is composed of Nellis AFB-based pilots specially trained for this purpose, flying F-15 and F-16 aircraft. The Blue Team is composed of the various guest “players” in their native aircraft.
The *IPMS Hellas is organizing its 28th plastic models exhibition from 21 to 25 October. For more information please visit http://www.ipms-hellas.gr/
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October 17, 2009 10:51 am | 
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