Again at 8am we parked the car near the runway and waited, but this time we did not have to wait that long as 5 min past 8 oclock the first 2 F5s roled to the runway. It is amazing indeed that they come so close.
Weather improved drastically and we got sun, sun and sun. That was a nice change from the rainy days before. The sun and some clouds left behind gave a beautifull morning atmosphere. The rest of the day was just great fun. F18s and F5s taxiing out 4 times on both sides of the field!
We tried some different places as the one on the east side gets a bit boring halfway the day, only the sun does not turn that fast enough that it is perfect on the other side... you have to wait untill 4pm or so. I realized it is not really an advantage to have a sunny day... well WTH are we complaining about!! A great day at the repetition course at Payerne. The next day we stayed untill 1pm as we still had to drive back to Holland that day, but it was enough.
Payerne, 30-04-2009
#1 Gooodmorning!
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#3 Wiederholungskurs blast off!
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#5 a visitor we saw the day before at Meiringen
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#7 Hidden F18s ready for Take Off! The whole scene is just fabulous
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Towing F5s around? NO, transporting dead bodies!!!!
In the end we actually did have a great week in Switzerland! And we got everything: rain, sun, fog, clouds, mountains and F18s at Meiringen, choppers at Alpnach, and full activity of F18s and F5s at Payerne!
C&Cs welcome!
Corné Uittenbogaard
