Bulgarian International Air Festival

Bulgarian International Air Festival
Bulgarian International Air Festival
Genre	Air show
Frequency	Biennial
Venue	Krumovo Airbase
Country	Bulgaria
Established	2007

The Bulgarian International Air Festival (Български Международен Авиационен Фестивал / Balgarski Meschdunaroden Awiazionen Festiwal / Bulgarisches Internationales Luftfahrt Festival; BIAF (Bulgarian: БИАФ)) 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