BIAF is an international airshow held on Krumovo Airbase, the military part of Plovdiv International Airport

Plovdiv International Airport

Plovdiv Airport is the airport of the second largest city in Bulgaria, Plovdiv. Often referred to as Plovdiv Krumovo Airport, a small village located 12 km south-east away from the city on the main highway Plovdiv-Asenovgrad....

. It has been held every 2 years since 2007. The latest event was from 3 to 4 September 2011.

BIAF 2011

The theme of this years show was 100 Years of the Bulgarian Airforce

The show was divided into 3 section :

• The Past : Albatros, Kaproni, Dar-1, Laz-7 and Ме-109.
• The Present : Galeb , Swiss Air Force PC 7 Team, BGR AF heute
• The Future : JAS 39 Grippen, Eurofighter Тyphoon and MiG-29OVT.

As usual several neighbouring and coalition countries took part in the show with their Airforces.

Dynamic display from:

• Bulgarian Air Force – G 21, MiG 29A, PC9M, C 27J, Mi 17, Mi 24, Bell 206, AS 532AL, SU 25K
• Swiss Air Force – PC 7 Team
• Bulgarian Air Sport Ltd : Pitts – S2B LZ–AIR, Piper Dakota Turbo PA-28-201T
• Bulgarian organization for flight education Ratan LZ-TSA – Sting 2000 RG; LZ-RSS – Sting 2000; LZ-HPM – Sting 2000
• Romanian Air Force – IAR 99 SOIM
• German Air Force – EF Typhoon
• Russia, RSK MiG – МiG 29M ОVT

Static display from:

• Bulgarian Air Force – Mi 17, C-27J, PC 9M, SU 25 UBK, AS 532AL, MiG 21, MiG 29 UB
• Bulgarian Association of Light Aviation
• Bulgarian Aeromodeling Federation
• АК Galeb, Serbia – Galeb
• Flying club “Hawks”, Romania
• Swedish Air Force - Gripen JAS 39
• Romanian Air Force – C 27J
• Italian Air Force – EF Typhoon
• Greek Air Force – Т 6
• German Air Force – С160 Transall

Weblinks

• BIAF Airshow, official Website

Gold Sponsors

with their own pavilion

• SAAB – Sweden
• EADS / CASSIDIAN – Germany
• Lockheed Martin – USA
• Diehl Defence- Germany

Weblinks

• BIAF 2011 Offizielle Webseite