30/31 July: Spangdahlem

[mo76]

Hi all,

The Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 and the "tentative" Romanian MiG-21 are not listed anymore

http://www.spangdahlem.af.mil/library/openhouse2011.asp

[Flanker27]

Does or can anybody have/get any info about what time the flying display will be?

[Oscar01]

Hi Rene,

From Thursday noon, till monday noon, no AMC a/c are allowed to land, according to NOTAM. So gues no amc on the friday.

Indeed might see some locals that day

Regards,
Oz

Any thoughts on operational activities at SP on the Friday before the Open House?

I believe last year brought some AMC movements, a few locals ( some are on tdy at this time ) and arrivals for the show.
Planning to go there myself 2 days, of hunting...
And from what i've heard from Spangdahlem Ab pr-officer, only Mig-21 Romania and F-15 USAFE are tentative.
Bulgarian Mig-29 still a "go"....

Grtz, Rene

[wamovements]

Currently the programm is as follows:

Schedule of events
10:45 a.m. — Gates open for searches
Noon — CES robot demo
12:15 p.m. — Mass casualty demo
12:30 p.m. — Military working dog demo
12:45 p.m. — LRS 60K loader
1 p.m. — Weapons load demo
1:30 p.m. — Firebird parachute demo
1:50 p.m. — Spangdahlem A-10 demo
2:10 p.m. — Spangdahlem F-16 demo with A-10 formation
2:35 p.m. — CES robot demo
3 p.m. — OV-10 demo
3:15 p.m. — L-39 demo
3:30 p.m. — Military working dog demo
3:45 p.m. — LRS 60K loader
4 p.m. — MXG weapons load demo
4:35 p.m. — F-16 West Coast demo team
Gates close at 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 pm. Sunday

[attila.szabo]

The STATIC is maybe not very impressive but with some nice weather and the local HOTdogs and BURGERs…

Military
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USAFE 48th FW F-15E
USAFE 52nd FW A-10C and F-16C/D
USAFE 86th AW C-21A
USAFE100th ARW KC-135R
Luftw. JBG31 EF-2000(T)
Luftw. JBG32 Tornado IDS/ECR
Polish AF F-16C/D
RAF Tucano T1

Civilian
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German T-33A
Lux. Stearman
Lux. Stampe SV4c
Lux. Klemm 35b

Full scale model
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USAF F-35/JSF

[Copter]

German T-33A

Is this the one who got dammaged recently ?

[Nighthawk]

The STATIC is maybe not very impressive but with some nice weather and the local HOTdogs and BURGERs…

Military
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USAFE 48th FW F-15E
USAFE 52nd FW A-10C and F-16C/D

Is that 1 aircraft for static or more than 1 from each type ?

[attila.szabo]

Military
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USAFE 48th FW F-15E
USAFE 52nd FW A-10C and F-16C/D

Is that 1 aircraft for static or more than 1 from each type ?

Probably one aircraft per type, so 52nd will show there 2 types; the Fighting Falcon and Thunderbolt II + the ones that will perform a display!

[wamovements]

Military
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USAFE 48th FW F-15E
USAFE 52nd FW A-10C and F-16C/D

Is that 1 aircraft for static or more than 1 from each type ?

Probably one aircraft per type, so 52nd will show there 2 types; the Fighting Falcon and Thunderbolt II + the ones that will perform a display!

Atilla, please stick to the facts

[mailman]

Last SP open house I attended was about 3 years ago I think. This was not too spectacular. As far as I can remember there was a local flight of a couple A-10s and F-16s, but not very good.

Access was through the gate near the new(ish) AMC platform. The main gate was not in use for the airshow visitors. And that's where all the preserved aircraft were obviously.

If you think the Open House 3 years ago was not spectacular you should stay at home, I had a great time and I am going again for sure!!!
Just my thought....

Well, let's face it... This is not an event where you shoot lots of GB's or fill up a notebook with serials, but these kind of smaller events have their charm, too... It's what Atilla says: only a couple of airplanes, but lots of hotdogs and burgers!!

[warthog64]

+1 I will be there!

[bvdboomen]

I'll be there too! And not expecting too much but only to be on an American oriented airbase is interesting enough to go.

[Tony]

Hi Guys,

I was planning on going saterday with my family, no i read the newspaper that it is going to be "black saturday".
This means it will be busy on the roads throughout europe.
What will be the best route to take from Utrecht (NL) to Spangdahlem (DE) considering the expected traffic jams.
Love to hear your responeses.

Kind regards,
Tony

[michel N]

Just follow your navigation. Black saturday is not so bad in this area. Traffic jams are expected in France, and in Germany, but only south of Frankfurt, mainly on the roads to / through Austria.

[Flanker]

best way from Nederland is via Maastricht, direction Luik.
take direction Aachen : watch out for the 'belgium roadsigns / construction' at that point.
Still don't know how they could have built something like that.....
Then on to Verviers (be careful for the new speedcamera in the 'middenberm' at the 100 km/h-bit)
St. Vith and then just stay on the road until exit Spang.

Wish I could go to my 'homebase' myself, but I will be enjoying the Texas sun....

have fun guys (and girls)