The Bulgarian International Air Festival (Български Международен Авиационен Фестивал / Balgarski Meschdunaroden Awiazionen Festiwal / Bulgarisches Internationales Luftfahrt Festival; BIAF ()) is an international airshow held on Krumovo Airbase, the military part of Plovdiv International Airport. It has been held every 2 years since 2007. The latest event was the 20th, 22nd, 27th, 28th, 29 September and the 2nd, 4th, 5th & 6 October 2013.
BIAF 2011 The theme of this year's 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 Typhoon 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 – MiG 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
Gold Sponsors with their own pavilion
SAAB – Sweden EADS / CASSIDIAN – Germany Lockheed Martin – USA Diehl Defence- Germany
External links
BIAF 2011 Offizielle Webseite