Sri Lankan Fighter Pilots Facebook page

Sri Lankan Fighter Pilots Facebook page has quite a few interesting pictures of behinds the scenes life in the SLAF. The most interesting photo for me is this pilot's self portrait taken in the cockpit of of a K-8 Karakorum. The framing of the shot is iconic particularly given the situation when it was taken. …

Sri Lanka Air Force museum aircraft identified from Google Earth

Aviation photographer Suresh A. Atapattu generously identified the SLAF museum's out door aircraft exhibits seen in the Google Earth screen grab below. He also went through the trouble of re-numbering the aircraft in the image. His numbers in yellow correspond to the table below. This image was originally used in my post about the Sri …

Sri Lanka Air Force Museum: Google Earth view

The Google Earth satellite imagery of Ratmalana Sri Lanka Air Force base has been recently updated. The Google Earth satellite screen-shot in this post shows the recently renovated and expanded Sri Lanka Air Force Museum. I have crudely numbered the out door exhibits visible in the image. Despite all my Google Earthing, I'm a lousy …

SLAF Tigers and Chipmunks

Did anyone see the restored Sri Lanka Air Force De Havilland Tiger Moth and Chipmunk aircraft in the air on the 5th? Hope there are some pics of it on the web besides the news item on the SLAF website. Apparently they are the oldest birds in Sri Lanka right now. Updated Sept 2010

Flights to Arugam Bay, Pottuvil: Ampara airport a vital hub

There is a lot of talk about opening up the treasures of Sri Lanka's neglected east coast (such as Arugam bay/Pottuvil) to the wider world. However one of the biggest obstacles to such a process it getting there. Currently Arugam bay/Pottuvil is a 8 hour drive from Colombo - which doesn't compare well with the …