Thanks to all of you for your replies. Mollis is a very nice show and I recommend that you make it there next time around, which is probably in 2021 or 2022. Next time I will try that clearing up on the mountain on the other side. Guess I was just lucky with the first one capturing those shockwaves ...

Nothing better than a airshow in a tight Swiss valley. Running a competition for the future fighter aircraft also certainly helped to bring up participants. Rafale clearly took top honours giving a truly shocking demonstration of its performance. #1 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48586573606_6b...

.... For some reason that I don't know, the radome shape varies, some are more pointed than others, you can see it clearly on Dan's pics. Up until a few years ago the pointy noses were used on live missiles only and the blunt ones on acquisition rounds. As I was told the pointy noses apparently hav...

Thanks for your replies!

Joerg

Number 2 is a really nice shot.
Joerg

Hi! Working through the pics shot last Friday, here`s a first selection. Excellent show again with the Swedes being the stars of the show - for me at least. Wouldn´t have dreamt to see a Draken and Viggen airborne again a few years back and with the stunning backdrops of Zeltweg and excellent weathe...

2 and 6 for me. Nice to see the Fishbeds and your pics are excellent.

Cheers,
Joerg

Hi! Just got back today from a wonderful weekend in northern Italy. The Italian Airforce put on a fantastic show to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Frecce Tricolori. While I still have to go through over 4.000 shots from Friday and Sunday here is one which immediately had to be processed. Ch...

Thanks for your replies. Here´s a few more. #11 https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/13923903583_6c7c3503f9_b.jpg F-15D 233-7 von Plastikschrottler auf Flickr #12 https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/13900723321_d518c81bd9_b.jpg Rafale B 342-2 von Plastikschrottler auf Flickr #13 https://farm4.staticf...

Very nice Joerg, although some of your Mirage 2000Ds are Mirage 2000Ns (with the grey underside and black radome.) Chris, they all are Mirage 2000Ds and none of them has a black radome or grey undersides. You can easily identify 2000Ds by the large chaff/flare dispenser on the spine, the radome wit...

Hi! Opened the new season yesterday with a day trip to Nancy to see the Saudi F-15s which had come to play with the Armee de l'Air in Exercise Green Shield 2014. Had a really nice day with two rounds of flying action. Each wave consisted of 4 F-15s, 2 Rafales, 4 Mirage 2000-5F and 6-8 Mirage 2000Ds ...

Fantastic set. #4 is excellent.


Joerg

The whole set is just brilliant. If I had to choose a favourite it would be no.26.
Great work.

Joerg

Fantastic set. All are very good, but No. 6 is special.
Well done!

Joerg

HI!

Really like number 2. Kinda Looks like the shadows are far ahead of the aircraft.

Cheers,
Joerg

Just found out that Photobucket now decreases image quality quite drastically. I have now uploaded them to Flickr and what a difference this makes! Left the Photobucket ones for comparison. Joerg #1 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8437232359_bd1d940007_b.jpg F-5E_J-3073-1 von Plastikschrottler au...

Hi all, after ending last season at Axalp, I figured it would be fitting to kick of the new photo season at Meiringen yesterday. During the last week the 2 based squadrons FlSt 11 Tigers (F-18C) and FlSt 8 (F-5E) provided air policing for the world economic forum at Davos. The two units launched 2 t...

Hi all, after a rather wet week spent in Switzerland here´s what I got from 2 days at the Axalp shooting range. The weather forecast had it that Monday and Thursday were to be the good days, so we decided to spend Monday on Äbeflue, to finally get on the "other side", and then go to KP on ...

Hi guys, thanks for the positive replies. Here´s a few more from this fantastic event. Joerg #31 http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t93/plastikschrottler/Zhukovsky%20VVS100th/RussianKnightsSwifts-11.jpg #32 http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t93/plastikschrottler/Zhukovsky%20VVS100th/RussianKnightsS...

Hi all, back from a memorable trip to Moscow for the 100th anniversary airshow of the Russian Airforce. And what a show it was. For me this was the best show ever! Even Fairford 91 doesn´t come close to it. In times when you get all excited when 1 Ukranian Flanker is in the static at RIAT, how about...

Fine set Nigel! My fav is #6 - man you can count the rivets on that one. Brilliant shot!

Joerg

Hi! When planning my airshow attendances in April, I actually dismissed going to Florennes, as I wasn´t too keen on seeing 5 F-16 Displays from Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Turkey and Greece. While the Greek Viper would have been nice, but I thought it wasn´t worth the travel alone. Well, all that cha...

Brilliant shot.

Joerg

The worst performance was by 230Sqn/RAF, who did not care to do even a single flypast for the approximately 500 spotters! Wouldn´t even have noticed if they didn´t participate at all. Anybody with connections to 230Sqn, please go and tell them. I'll pass that on to the crew for you! I think they di...

Hello! Here´s a couple of pictures from the very well organized spotterday for NTM12 at MAS Ørland/Norway – nothing like last year in Cambrai, when we still were queing outside the gate when the first planes took off. There were 2 different photo locations provided by the Luftforsvaret for take-off ...