Mass migration probably gives you images of thousands and thousands buffalos crossing the African savannah. The mass migration the Wall Street Journal pointed at is of a different animal. It's us humans and more specific our Chinese friends. Chinese officials estimate that 3,65 billion passenger trips will be made during this year’s 40-day Lunar New Year travel period. 3650000000 trips! That's a lot...
You can visualise the migration pattern live at
baidu, here's a screen shot:
We're in the darkest period of the year for those on the Northern Hemisphere who like airshows. So all we got to bridge this gap with, is submerge ourselves in some nostalgia. In the early nineties there were still wonderful events where a very diverse air display was put up operating the show from a grass strip. What would you say of following line-up: a plethora of warbirds (B-17s, Spitfires, Bf109, Corsair, Fury, B-25, Mosquito, Blenheim), a T-33, dH166, some regular airshow visitors (F-27, F-16, C-130, Alpha Jet, ...) and the icing on the cake being Team 60 (Swedish airforce flying 6 Saab 105/Sk 60 Oë) and Team Striji with 6 MiG-29s! And all of that taking off from the grass strip just in front of you (except for the F-16 and Alpha Jet). So, in an attempt to brighten up your days as well, some (grainy) pictures from those good old times!
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| Fokker F-27 KLu |
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| Team 60 Saab 105/Sk60 0ë |
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| Team Striji MiG-29 |
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| Team Striji MiG-29 |
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