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Warrant
June 20th, 2009, 09:38
Today a spontanious and unique flight combination was displayed @ the RNLAF Open Days:

A Hawker hunter (flown by an acquaintance of mine, former F-16 demo pilot Patrick Tuit) , an AVRO Vulcan (last one still flying) and the RNLAF F-16AM (demo aircraft, flown by another acquaintance of mine; Ralph Aarts) in close formation. :jawdrop:


The decision to combine the 3 aircraft types in a single display was made during the party the evening before (so, very short notice), where the demo crews met each other. It evolved in a extremely rare and magnificent show! :medals::medals::medals:
Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2009, 10:29
I'll post a few HQ photos in the newshawks later; just got home and I'm in the process of uploading 1,100 photos to my computer (In addition to the 1,067 from yesterday.. :isadizzy: )
Meso
June 20th, 2009, 11:29
How was the weather? in the north (EHLW) it was "wisselvallig". Looks to have been a great event.

Kind regards,

Meso
Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2009, 11:51
The first day was slightly better, with more blue skies. Today was more overcast, but no rain today and only a very short shower on friday. Still quite cold with the wind blowing over the field.

You can find some of my photos here :

Part 1: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=18194

and part 2: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=18254

:)
Meso
June 20th, 2009, 12:43
tnx! Great pictures.
Warrant
June 20th, 2009, 12:48
Wow, great photo's, Ferry :medals::medals::medals:

Thanks for sharing.

Too bad i was occupied with my job, so i was only able to take a few shots with a simple quickshot camera from time to time.

Hope you enjoyed oth days at "my" airbase.:wavey:
Mithrin
June 20th, 2009, 13:14
It was the best moment of the day! Totally awesome!
Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2009, 13:35
Hope you enjoyed oth days at "my" airbase.:wavey:

On base everything was fine, it was the parking that ruined it once again. I was stuck for over two hours on a grass field on Friday and because of that I missed a concert of a friend's band in Tilburg. Took me nearly four hours to get home (About 70 kilometers).
Things went a bit smoother today, but this time we stayed on the base for about an hour after the show.

Can I park in your front yard next time..? ;)
Ferry_vO
June 20th, 2009, 13:43
A Hawker hunter (flown by an acquaintance of mine, former F-16 demo pilot Patrick Tuit

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Volkel2009/Img_3054.jpg


RNLAF F-16AM (demo aircraft, flown by another acquaintance of mine; Ralph Aarts)


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Volkel2009/Img_4349.jpg

:d