Sion
Mondaymorning, they were putting the Hunter back on the poles after maintenance......
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Early scramble, they would do that several times, creating great photo opportunities as they took off from the other runway side..
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The well known Tiger J-5011 came in, now in its natural habitat instead of somewhere abroad......
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Thwo early birds, the F-5 often fly 4 waves....
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Always a lot of support planes around a Wiederholungskurs, the first of many liaison aircraft was this PC-6
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Also many helo's, every day we saw at least one Super Puma/Cougars and/or Alouettes...
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Many great spots for taking pics at Sion, including this one...
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..and along the main taxiway...
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..where, depending on the take-off angle, one can make great flying shots too...
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as well as taxiing ofcourse ..
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Just for fun, another tak-off shot...
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One of the cool things about the Swis AF if you ask me; the dayglo stuff they put on their Tigers...
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Another great vantage point; the end of the runway, although many F-5's leave the runway one exit earlier...
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Does this pilot have the "JP Airline Fleets" with him?!
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Back near the tower, the next Cougar, with Sion Castle in the background..
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Alpnach
As distances are not too excessive between all Swiss bases we decided to go to Alpnach as well Not a lot of flying going on there, nevertheless a nice shot of this AlouetteIII
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Emmen
One of the trip-targets were the newly delivererd PC-21's. We were lucky, four of them flew during our stay at Emmen.
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A "first' for me, Drones were flying in close formation with an Alouette II. Never saw a dronde being launched before...
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Payerne
On the first and last day of the trip we went to payerne. Great weather and good flying...
On monday the PC-7 team filled the flightline, arriving from Sion's open days..
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This PC-7 took off from the taxiway.....
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..and an NPC-7 as they are designated once they have gotten a new cockpit and a fresh coat of paint.....
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Here to many small ransports. This PC-6 stopped by for only ten minutes or zo...
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The F-5's we doing gunnery practice on the nearby lake, great sounds and sights!!
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Always nice to see an F-5F. The first ones have already been withdrawn from use, so theye becoming rare birds....
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One of three back-up F-5E's in Patrouille Suise colors, yet they don't show the PS titles....
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Another goal achieved! We really wanted to get some good shots of the new EC-635s, and luckily we managed, thanks to a pilot who hovered in front of us for a couple of minutes.. Thanks mate!
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The J-5026 still has its Martian/flying saucer-zap...
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Last pic we took was this Hunter, it belongs to the museum but for some reason it was parked outside....
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All in all a great, typically Swiss trip!
Grtz