These are some photo’s from a visit to Meiringen air base, Switzerland on the 22nd/23rd February. It was very cold experience and patience was certainly needed with the weather conditions at times but an extremely worthwhile trip altogether. I was hoping for a bit more F-5 action but they didn’t fly too much but the Hornets and a few other visitors kept us busy enough.
Kevin
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Hornet J-5011, the Tiger tailed special, flying in its current scheme before entering the paint shop for a new 2011 Tiger Meet scheme….
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Four out of six PC-21’s came by for some overshoots, two in the new scheme, two in the old one….
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A few EC-635’s dropped by during the day…..
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As well as the odd PC-7 ferrying crews about….
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From what I could tell, there was at least 6 F-5 Tigers on base including 2 in Patroulle Suisse colours on target towing duties. Sadly they were not flying too much…..
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Only a handful of onlookers this time, compared to the masses who attend during Axalp…..
12 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr
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Thanks for looking,
Kevin
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