Leeuwarden 2011 16 & 17 september Opinions and chit chat

[aviodromefriend]

Don't know if it is already posted but Team Viper will be at Leeuwarden according there site: http://www.teamviperdisplay.com/

Also known if they fly a routine with 4 hunters or a mix of hunters and strikemasters? (I have to say as a full strikemasterteam at Volkel I thought their performance was a great show.)

[Nielis]

At sanicole this year it was mensioned that next year they will perform with six hunters

[Pieter]

Maybe the RNLAF Open Dagen team can try to get some IDF stuff, now we are so quick to help our Israeli friends with there bushfires.

[Redskin]

Maybe the RNLAF Open Dagen team can try to get some IDF stuff, now we are so quick to help our Israeli friends with there bushfires.

Huh quick, the fire was under control before our heli's arrived

[aviodromefriend]

Israël stelde ook prijs op training in het blussen vanuit de lucht. Dat gebeurt met flexibele waterzakken die onder de helikopter worden gehangen. Nederland zal op een later moment alsnog gevolg geven aan dat verzoek.

Maybe they can combine something with this?

(translation of the quote: Israel also requested to be trained in fire-extinguishing from the air, which is done with bambi-buckets as an underslung load underneath a helicopter. The Netherlands will fulfill this request at a later stage.)

[Stratofreighter]

I think this means

It indeed does!

http://translate.google.com/#

Spanish to English translation
Back in September (days 16 and 17), the Dutch base in Leeuwarden will provide a framework for the Open Day of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, an aeronautical quoted in Holland, is more important than margarine and cheese ball and of the most unique in Europe. The formation of the AGA acrobatic show their skills there.

[Nighthawk]

According to: http://www.mil.be/aircomp/subject/index ... 504&PAGE=1

we will have a big Belgian participation: F-16 f+s, Alpha Jet static, Sea king sar+s, A109 flying and SF260 flying.......

Gr.

Oscar

On the list is also an event in May at Geilenkirchen ? Is that correct ?

[K-9]

Good question, wrong topic... However i ( so far ) haven't heard anything from the PR-officer at Frisbee.

[Arjan]

I have seen a RN Lynx pair show at Eggebek. Don't know if they called them the Black Cats those days?

[Chrisse]

Saw them at Bierset in 2003(?) if memory serves.

[Nielis]

Source?

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[Stratofreighter]

Source?

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http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/pu ... 62e3a2996f

September 16th and September 17th

Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Days in Leeuwarden. The Finnish Air Force Participates with the Hornet solo display.

[Nielis]

Yeah rock on , never saw the Finish hornet display

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[aviodromefriend]

Hi all,

picked up a RUMOUR which I would lik to share. I hope this will not be true .

The dutch defence cutbacks are now known. The armed forces need no personel anymore. Infact they have to fire about 6.000 employees. The dutch airshow at Leeuwarden has lost it's most important goal which is to attract young people for the armed forces. So the airshow at Leeuwarden will be probalably cancelled.

Again this is a RUMOUR!

Grtz,

Edward.

That should still leave other goals for the show to accomplish, like showing off the capabilities to the tax-payers and creating some (now even more welcome) goodwill amongst the population (since Hillen said he only praised the troops last Thursday, because he was scared about his own contra-cuts-demonstrating military personel, being in his very close proximity at that very time). IMO in these days it will be even more important for the armed forces to do this, else Dutch defense will become even more an inside focussed organisation then nowadays, which is something the parliament already complained about during the Lynxbya debate.

Maybe they can turn the show into another chance: This is what we can, there are 6000 out there that can do the same! Do you know someone that needs someone that can do this to: contact the MoD!

Besides that, this is not the first time a lot of military people will be made redundant, (and during these times the show was always on) and Hillen also made it clear there will be a necessity to take up new challenges for the military, which capabilities are not on board at this moment, and capable personel should be found for this (cyber warfare).

[LifelinerOne]

Hi all,

picked up a RUMOUR which I would lik to share. I hope this will not be true .

The dutch defence cutbacks are now known. The armed forces need no personel anymore. Infact they have to fire about 6.000 employees. The dutch airshow at Leeuwarden has lost it's most important goal which is to attract young people for the armed forces. So the airshow at Leeuwarden will be probalably cancelled.

Again this is a RUMOUR!

Grtz,

Edward.

Well, the 6000 employees which are to be laid off, are mainly civilians and "older" military staff. There will be need for new young "canon fodder", so recruitment will continue, even with the upcoming cuts.

Cheers!