CIAF air show begins in Hradec Králové

The two-day Czech International Air Fest 2009 began at the airfield in Hradec Králové, eastern Bohemia, on Saturday, with aircraft from 13 countries. The air show features the Royal Jordanian Falcons acrobatic team as well as Eurofighters of the Austrian Air Force, Belgian F-16s, Czech Republic’s Jas 39 Grippen and the Harrier aircraft of the RAF. Flights of the historic plane of the Wright brothers from 1906 had to be cancelled due to strong winds.

Author: Jan Richter