Firstly, I would like to thank bvdboomen for his apology and Frank Kramer for his comments. Having been here 10 years now, I know it's impossible to get an apology from Dutch men as they refuse to take responsibility for anything. I'm surprised there are any children in NL
Next. Having missed out on the arrivals day, I decided to go to the departures day. Today.
I met 4 English guys that travelled to the Ostrava airshow only for it to be cancelled. NO LUCK.
I asked these Coningsby based spotters WHY would the RAF paint a EUFI in D-DAY colours? The answer was typically British. "The only reason it was painted is it is getting scrapped next year." It is one of the first Eurofighters the RAF got, with a construction number of "BS004". The RAF have newer, upgraded Eurofighters and these are far too old.
It is nice to see the RAF sending their old garbage to European Airshows.(If you could call that an Airshow)
Only 1 US F-16 departed and only 1 F-18 of Finland(At time of posting). I heard the Turks leave tomorrow as they found extra space in their F-16's to fill with marijuana. Of course, the Irish took off two times.....to be sure, to be sure.
E.190 the Danish A.F. F-16 gave a nice "Wing wave" as he departed.
The ultimate star of the show goes to "Sally B". "Sally B" still sends shivers down the spine. The Germans banned it from their airspace and put up 4 tigers at the border because the last time it was in Germany brings back too many bad memories.
As for the rest of the participants. All I can say is YAWN.
Finally for Fishbed. The only reason the Swedes arrived was they FINALLY became part of NATO. NO OTHER REASON.
The Irish turned up because they were promised "FREE GUINNESS" from the organisers.
The reason YOU appreciate the Belgians is that the Dutch STOPPED the Volkel Airshow after Covid therefore making it the nearest airshow to you. If you don't like my posts Fishbed you DON'T have to read or comment on them. As YOU said. IT'S YOUR CHOICE
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