Winter in Meiringen

Photos of operational aircraft from bases, airports and "spotter" outings
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Kevin Martin
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Winter in Meiringen

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Hi all,

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…….

Cheers;

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…..

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Thanks for looking,

Kevin
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LN Strike Eagle
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Re: Winter in Meiringen

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Superb. Portrait shot of the Hornet pair is a cracker.
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Re: Winter in Meiringen

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fantastic set

lozza
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Re: Winter in Meiringen

Post by lozza »

Stunning set of shots, love going there :rock: :rock:

lozza

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