According to the Scramble SIS page it should be in the weeks 17 'till 20 that Payerne conducted the 2009 Wiederholungskurs/Cours de répétition/Repetition Course. This was the main reason for us (me and my brother) to drive down to Switzerland on Sunday the 26th of April. As it was our first time in Switzerland we decided to take the whole week and visit not only Payerne. However, as we were full of excitement the first day was not as expected... Not to forget the horrible night we had in our hostel: one snorry guy and not much of sleep. So with a bad mood, at 8am, we stood ready along the runway of Payerne. While waiting, the weather got 'better':
... NOT. Clouds were moving fast, rain was coming down and more rain came down! ... at least it was 'good' wx for bad-weather shots!
OK, so after a few hours still nothing happend besides one All3 and a PC7...
Actually, that was the result of this first day: rain, rain, rain, and a few props moving around... ... We thought: "are we watching a 'nichterholungskurs' or what?!" So we ended with an even worser mood than we stood up with...
Payerne, 27-04-2009
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The only one F5 we spotted stood outside its shelter
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THE movement of that day!
Next day we tried our (bad) luck again at Payerne. Same story this time: around 9am still no activities. That was it! A short consultation at the security office resulted in us racing to Meiringen as the jet activities at Payerne were only to begin from that thursday!! Weather still stayed at these marvelous, rainy, low cloudy, vortexy conditions. Wonderfull opportunities at Meiringen thus... ... At least there jets were flying!! The weather drained our minds and we started to enjoy shooting in the rain!!!
Meiringen, 28-04-2009
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vortex and afterburners!
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you gotta love that crappy weather
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Back to the safe, dry mountain
More of Meiringen, Alpnach and Payerne to follow soon...
Ciao! Corné