The rear fuselage section had been removed and was sitting on this trailer with the rest of the plane 50m behind me when this shot was taken. The tail fin now sports a Romanian roundel instead of the scorpion depicted previously.

The rear fuselage section had been removed and was sitting on a trailer 50m behind me when this shot was taken. Presumably it had been removed to allow for some engine maintenance.

Seen departing from Waddington where it had been on display in the static park at the airshow

For me this is an Orao, but the Yugoslav and Romanian brother peoples could not even find a common name for their joint attack aircraft. Nationalism ran so high that first flights had to take place on the same day at Batajnica and Bacău on 31 October 1974. The Yugoslav civil war did terminate Romanian production in 1992 and the type was retired from Romanian service in 1998.

Taxiing in after another spectacular display. In 2013 Romania was one of four European nations still operating the MiG-21, along with Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia

One of seven Spartans from Flotila 90 Tra at Bucureşti-Otopeni parked on the remote support aircraft ramp

These days stored at Bacau, the shiny paintwork on this Romanian-upgraded MiG-21 is now very faded. 110 were modified in the LanceR programme; less than half were still operational by this time

Pumas were manufactured in Romania from 1975. A dozen have been upgraded to IAR-330M standard.

A Spartan transport of Escadrila 902 at Bucharest - Otopeni.

One of the absolute stars of the Kecskemét Air Show, seen here landing after a practice performance on the Friday photoday

Romanian-built medevac Puma from 713 Esc/71 Flotila Aer, Câmpia Turzii