Posted by kestrel2003 |
Sep 25, 2017 @ 12:49 AM | 1,685 Views
A solid Airshow in the mountains. The Swiss Tiger F-5E replacement Programm is beeing restarted soon, so the main contenders are heating up the race; Gripen, Rafael, Eurofighter, maybe soon F-35
Posted by kestrel2003 |
Jun 30, 2016 @ 05:38 AM | 4,978 Views
Just before the Eurosatory Fair I found some time to visit the Le Bourget Airplane Museum in Paris. Well worth the visit, many typically French airplanes and a wide selection of diffrent planes and objects to look at. HIghlights:
2 Concordes
Mirage V
Super Etandard
Ouragan
Plexiglass F1 Mirage
Skyraider
Model Airplane...Continue Reading
Posted by kestrel2003 |
Dec 17, 2013 @ 04:18 AM | 8,537 Views
During this years Swiss Air Force refresher course the 35mm Air Defense Units got to conduct numerous live firings. Both radar guided and using the Gun King Optical Sight. To train the gunners the PC-9 deploys the drogue that is then about 900 meters behind the aircraft. The Aircraft is at about 3000 ft. After the firing the drogue is dropped.
The Pc-9 is most elegant and it nice to see something diffrent for once.