The (belated) Dijon/Ramstein autumn sunshine topic

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The (belated) Dijon/Ramstein autumn sunshine topic

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Greetings,

I finally had the time to sort my stuff out!

After my week down the Mediteranean, I still had some days left. And with the Saudies at Dijon combined with some nice autumn sunshine, a small trip was scheduled which would also include some bits of Ramstein. Flying overthere was unfortunatly not that much, but a local C-130J made it worthwile as it was flying all over the place breaking left and right.

C-130J-30 performing a short base low approach
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"Happy" tanker taking off for another mission
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At Dijon the autumn colors came out very nice! Stars of the show were of course the Saudi Eagles. As it was not clear whether they would depart on Thursday or Friday, we decided to go both days, just in case. On Thursday we got shocked to see that they were already carying three external tanks fitted for their flight back to Saudi-Arabia. That would mean only one chance :evil: (take-off), but luckily it turned out we were wrong and they were just early in fitting them with these tanks. :mrgreen:

Perfect morning light
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Chasing it's own shadow
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Got a light? :P
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Dijon local taxiing out for the morning wave
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Deux-milles on the go!
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Orange dual helping out the locals
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Saudi support
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French support
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Afternoon taxi shots
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Alpha Jet with gunpod
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Some shots from Ramstein on the way back. It was good to see that the weather had improved here and we even got some sunshine. Not bad, considering it was raining non-stop already since Nancy.


Gally taking off, but shortly after it would return due to some problems with his inflight refuelling capabilty. Since they had a rendez vous over the Atlantic it was a wise decision to return.
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Last rays of light for this Scott AFB C-40.
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Sunset at ETAR
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I hope you liked them! :wink:
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Sjoerd wrote:I hope you liked them! :wink:
Yes I do! ;) Great pictures Sjoerd! Above all the F-15 pictures, and the last one is also nice! ;) Thanks for sharing this nice stuff :) Off course we appreciate that!
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Nice visitors you had on both fields 8) Pictures are delicious. i'm still working on mine from Dijon but its hard for me to find time at the moment :@(:
greetzz. Jos FISHER01 K.™

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Re: The (belated) Dijon/Ramstein autumn sunshine topic

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Gave ploatjes Sjoerd, vooral the F-15's helemaal top!
Als je weer naar ramstein gaat.....
Just love the smell of JP-4 fumes in the morning!!
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larrythechief wrote:Gave ploatjes Sjoerd, vooral the F-15's helemaal top!
Als je weer naar ramstein gaat.....
Please use only English in the Photoforums! And check your spelling ;)!
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