Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

Post by Johan »

G´day all,

As I missed the Ilmavoimat Hawks last week on their way to Cazaux I decided to visit Leeuwarden today to catch the Hawks during their tankstop back home.
The Hawks came in around 12 o´clock with about 2 hours delay. Weather at the moment was misty and a heavily overcasted. At about 14:00 the southern wind had succeeded to blow the mist north. Departes of the Hawks between 14:00 and 14:30 were blessed with a nice autumn sun combined with lovely autumn colours in the backdrop. Really love this season with its amazing colours!

It was really worth the drive!

Some pics, sorry I couldn´t choose :D

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Transport with their brandnew casa. Looks good sexy slim aircraft!

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And some locals, Slammer 1-4, departing during typical Frysian weather :wink: and nice light during landings

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Comments are more then welcome

Ciao Johan
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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Nice, the best pics of EHLW i've seen today!
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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Nice pics Johan, I also was at Leeuwarden today enjoying the last day of my autumn holiday with nice aircraft in perfect light.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,

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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Nice pics, but they've raised one question... Did these Hawks receive new tails?

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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Nice pictures (look a lot like mine :lol: )
A few remarks:
a. the first Hawk landed around 12:03 according my exif-info.
b. the first Hawk took off at 13:22 (and not between 14:00 and 14:30)
c. the last Hawk took off at 13:26.
d. The C295M took off at 13:38.
e. The last of the four F-16's landed at 14:09.

A few pictures from me (hard to find new angles as every-one stood within 50 meters of each other)

1 This was the weather like when they arrived:
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2 HW-332:
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3 HW-347:
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4 "Duelling eye-to-eye..." or is it: "Swordfight!"... or: "Eskimos kissing?":
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5 HW-332:
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6 CC-1:
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Greetingsenzo,
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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Nics pics everyone!
@Mudmover: nice casa frontal shot!

michel N wrote:Nice pics, but they've raised one question... Did these Hawks receive new tails?
Don´t know but definately looks like it. It´s clearly visible at the camo one, but the grey ones seem to have a colour difference between fuselage and tailfin as well. Someone can shine a light on this?

Heron wrote:A few remarks:
a. the first Hawk landed around 12:03 according my exif-info.
b. the first Hawk took off at 13:22 (and not between 14:00 and 14:30)
c. the last Hawk took off at 13:26.
d. The C295M took off at 13:38.
e. The last of the four F-16's landed at 14:09.
Bert, you´re complety right about the times :oops: Thought I had a good memory, but exif tells otherwise :wink:

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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Nice weather for some visitors :mrgreen:

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The dirtiest glider we have....
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Don't steal my pictures...
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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

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Leeuwarden wrote:Nice weather for some visitors :mrgreen:
Nice work Jan, again proof that sunshine is desirable but not necessary for good shots!
To all the others, thanks for sharing these, I missed them :(

Hans.
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Re: Leeuwarden 23/10/2009 FinnAF Hawks

Post by Redskin301 »

Some very nice shots of aircraft which we do not see for many times
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