First trip to Skrydstrup this year

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First trip to Skrydstrup this year

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Went to skrydstrup for a couple of hours yesterday, due to the fact that RNLAF was practicing approaches with G-273.
NATO had also requested approaches later the same day, but never showed up.

RDAF had a few F16 in the air (as usual), and caught some of them as well..
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Later the same evening, The Great Wall Airlines landed in Billund with B-2433.
So I had to start the car once again and I got these shots :)

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enjoy..! :)
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Re: First trip to Skrydstrup this year

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Nice pictures of 'our' Herc :-)
Great lightening on that 747!!
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RDAF have the best looking F-16's in Europe! The RNLAF can take an example of it.

Nice pics!
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Re: First trip to Skrydstrup this year

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CoHaBa wrote:RDAF have the best looking F-16's in Europe!
:confie: What's so exceptional about the exterior of their F-16's?
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Thanks for putting these images up! Am again reinforced in my view that "short Herculeses" look better than "lengthened ones" :twisted: .

The "practice Sidewinders" do a good job somewhat "brightening up the dull weather".
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SquAdmin wrote:
CoHaBa wrote:RDAF have the best looking F-16's in Europe!
:confie: What's so exceptional about the exterior of their F-16's?
1. Like the Norwegians, their paint is semi-gloss, whereas the standard F-16AM/BM scheme for Dutch, Belgian and other "non-Have Glass paintjobs" operators is matt (the "Have Glass" paint of course tends to be looking even more worn down after just a few months of operations)
2. They are kept clean and to a much higher standard of finish than those of other operators (especially our own ones..)

Obviously, both observations stem from the fact that Danish and Norwegian F-16's generally operate in a much more salty environment than the Belgians and Dutch (that do a lot of overland work), so corrosion is a big fear there and the paint is used as much for protection of the airframe as for camouflage.
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You see, the matt finish has a rough surface. That is the reason it is matt in the first place, the surface reflects the light in more directions. But on a matt surface, dirt an salt will cling very well.
A (semi) gloss surface is much smoother, giving less opportunity for dirt and salt to cling.

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