'Wings of Glory' Historical Air Picnic, Saturday 13th September 2014, Sobienie-Jezioro, Poland



If you have been wondering what I have been up to recently click on to discover the details of the indulgence of my private passion:

http://casualcars.blogspot.com/2014/09/wings-of-glory-historical-air-picnic.html

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Full English details of the programmes, biographies of Artists and Professors as well as Masterclasses are available using this link:
http://festival.pl/wp-content/uploads/73-MFCh_2018_EN.pdf


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