After two missed opportunities, the author finally managed to attend this worthwhile aviation event at the third edition of the airshow at Bucharest's Otopeni airport. Impressive was not only the programme itself, but also the fact that the displays were concentrated in just two and a half hours, which pleasantly sets the event apart from many others.
The show was opened by a formation of four MiG-21s – three LanceR C and one LanceR B two-seater – from Feteşti (two of them pictured here), ...
... one of which then broke away ...
... to give a spectacular solo display.
In the cockpit sat – as in 2008 at Erfurt, Paris and Kecskemét – Gheorghe GICA Stancu, ...
... who can do incredible things with a MiG-21.
Then two LanceR A with smoke rockets circled over the airfield, also making use of their flare dispensers
In addition, the Forţele Aeriene Române was represented with almost all its equipment, including IAR 330L SOCAT, ...
... An-26 ...
... and IAR 99 Şoim.
The civil participants also gave great displays, among others with formations of Zlíns, ...
... Extra 300 and ...
... IAK-52 as well as ...
... a TAROM Boeing 737 in a low pass.
At the end there were two more MiG-21 LanceR C, which "forced" a "hijacked" C-27 "to land".
The aircraft was then "stormed" by special forces, dropped by Mi-8 ...
