BIAF airshow
BIAF (English: Bulgarian International Air Festival; Bulgarian: БИАФ; Български Международен Авиационен Фестивал / Balgarski Meschdunaroden Awiazionen Festiwal / Bulgarian International Aviation Festival of the Povovian Air Force base) is an international aerospace exhibition of the Plowov International Airport . It takes place every two years, the most recent exhibition was from September 2-4, 2011.
The aviation exhibition was organized by the Bulgarian Air Force Foundation with the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense.
BIAF 2011
The motto of the show in 2011 was: 100 years of Bulgarian aviation .
The show was divided into three sections:
- Past: Albatros , Kaproni , DAR-1 , Laz-7 and Bf 109 .
- Present: Galeb, Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team, BGR AF today
- Future: Saab Gripen JAS-39 , Eurofighter Typhoon and MiG-29OWT
To this end, many neighboring and friendly countries were again represented with their aircraft.
- Flight demonstrations
- Bulgarian Air Force: MiG-21 , MiG-29 , PC-9 , C-27J , Mi-17 , Mi-24 , Bell 206 , AS 532AL , Su-25
- Swiss Air Force : PC-7
- Bulgarian Aviation Association : Pitts – S2B LZ – AIR, Piper Dakota Turbo PA-28-201T
- Bulgarian Flight Instructors Association: Ratan LZ-TSA - Sting 2000 RG; LZ-RSS - Sting 2000; LZ-HPM - Sting 2000
- Romanian Air Force : IAR-99 SOIM
- German Air Force : Eurofighter Typhoon
- Russian Air Force : MiG-29M OWT
- Exhibitors
- Bulgarian Air Force: Mi-17 , C-27J, PC-9 , Su-25 , AS 532AL , MiG-21 , MiG-29
- Bulgarian Association of Light Aviation
- Bulgarian Aeromodeling Federation
- АК Galeb, Serbia: Galeb
- Flying club "Hawks": Romania
- Swedish Air Force : Saab Gripen JAS-39
- Romanian Air Force: Alenia C-27
- Italian Air Force: Eurofighter Typhoon
- Greek Air Force: Beechcraft T-6
- German Air Force: Transall C-160
Previous dates
- 5th-6th September 2007
- 6-7 September 2005
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Gold sponsors
With its own pavilion
- SAAB: Sweden
- EADS / CASSIDIAN: Germany
- Lockheed Martin: USA
- Diehl Defense: Germany