Charleroi/Brussels South - Gosselies - EBCI 10/05/2011

[matrix]

Hi all,

here are 2 pics of a very nice arrival today at CRL for the SABCA factory

[Stratofreighter]

Interesting flap-arrangement in the second picture

[Wim]

Great shots

[ZeroOtto]

Nice!
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[ehusmann]

Interesting flap-arrangement in the second picture

The "flap" that seems to be positioned upwards is actually the airbrake. It opens both upward and downward. You can also see the part positioned downward if you look carefully. It certainly is visible in the first picture (where you can just make out the tip of the upward one as well).

Erwin

[FISHER01]

the pilot is also wearing a dessert suit.

Nice catch and thanks for sharing

[J.J.]

Special thanks for sharing both of these unique and significant photo proofs, matrix. Outstanding job!

A-10C 79-0189 arrived at Lajes Field, Azores, for stopover on March 9, 2011, as part of the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, enroute to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A nice arrival shot, already published exclusively on my blog, was taken by Warthog News contributor André Inácio from Portugal. See the following low-res version:



Sometime later, maybe on March 24, 2011, an official USAF photo of this aircraft (visible in the foreground at right) was taken at Kandahar's A-10C ramp and released on the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing's public website (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Willard E. Grande II). See the following low-res version:



Please note: In both pictures, A-10C 79-0189 weares the 74th Fighter Squadron's blue fin flash with the white lightning. But now, it is wearing the 75th Fighter Squadron's chequered fin flash... The reasons of this change and of the arrival at SABCA are both still unknown to me.

@ FISHER01: Yes, the pilot is wearing a desert flight suit because he's coming from A'stan.

[Stef V]

Could it be that this A-10 will replace the crashed Spangdahlem one?

Stef V