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Yes, the F-18 started to swing on Final for rwy 05; I do not know why ... but this was pretty nice for most of us out there on the butte Unfortunately this was the only one who swang on that day to my knowledge. The other shots (400mm) were taken on the old railroad near Spot #1.

There has already been lots of photos published so I will keep it short ... actually the rest is not worth showing ;-) . These have been made in the morning when the sun was still shining. The afternoon was pretty bad in terms of lights and temperature (freezing cold facing on the hill facing north ...

Some shots from the football field, where we stood in the afternoon : 1. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/265/18281007290_9993463510_h.jpg 2. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/450/18520693011_a4bc9e8b52_h.jpg 3. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/378/17863111483_065027c845_h.jpg 4. The green monster seen fro...

I would not call it 'problem' because we could stay. We went through the gendarmerie check (id, car and photos). No hassles, they are just doing their jobs and we respect the home rules. So in the end, everyone is happy and this is how we want to keep it !

Been in Nancy Ochey early in the morning but there was no flights activities as all squadrons have been relocated for three weeks to Luxeuil ( :cry: ). Decided to move on to St Dizier and caught some nice actions ... even though it was on the RW29 side which is the most difficult to shoot : 1. This ...

Here it is (ISO 100 for all of them) :
1. Canon 7D - f/5.6 - 360mm - 1/800s
2. Canon 5D Mark II - f/5.6 - 400mm - 1/1000s
3. Canon 5D Mark II - f/5.6 - 260mm - 1/1000s
4. Canon 7D - f/5.6 - 300mm - 1/800s
5. Canon 7D - f/5.6 - 360mm - 1/800s
6. Canon 5D Mark II - f/5.6 - 365mm - 1/1000s

Thanks. Very easy : with landing gear down : spot #1 (near the Titan shop on the grass trail) ; others : spot #4 (between the hill and Bitgumerdijk road).

1. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7680/17159741795_a2a5ea99b7_b.jpg 2. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7723/16952314717_157e1a2d10_b.jpg 3. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7640/17157972022_3f438df7ae_b.jpg 4. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7602/17157807812_867b56af69_b.jpg 5. https://farm9.staticflick...

1. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3844/15227168005_0abdb5ec3b_c.jpg 2. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/15227250605_c999c2339c_c.jpg 3. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3853/15227468595_5264f6cc6f_c.jpg 4. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/15041679348_4890c93ac7_c.jpg 5. https://farm6.staticflick...

Good to see them back home ! Nice shots.

For all the Rafale lovers out there ! :

Shot #1 of Wim is absolutely stunning !

Special Mention to shot #2 of Hans and Melvin.

Announced on the NTM site, the Tiger Meet 2015 will take place in Turkey and is planned in May next year :

The NATO Tiger Squadrons will reconvene next year in May at Konya AB, where NTM’15 will be hosted by 192 Filo of the Turkish Air Force.

Date : 04/05/2015 - 16/05/2015

Thanks Strato, appreciated ! I might have another surprise add-ons. This panorama of the departing afternoon wave on the taxiway leading to R23 was taken on the 24/06 ... The morning was chaotic because at first we were positioned at the R23 spot with weak crosswind when we realized that the R05 was...

Sorry could not resist - found these one in the pile :
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