Dutch Airforce days
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you can watch the live stream from here:
on Friday 10th and saturday 11th of June, with static shows and air shows from Leeuwarden airforce base
http://www.defensiedagen.nl/vliegshows-en-static-shows-luchtmachtdagen
Enjoy!
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These are one of my personal favorites
F-35a high speed pass, nearly at speed of sound:
http://vid214.photobucket.com/albums/cc212/Falconf16/20160611_130041_zpslbd8kjjt.mp4
F-16s rolling in for bombing run:
http://vid214.photobucket.com/albums/cc212/Falconf16/20160611_125545_zpsoaf2spce.mp4
nearly 170.000 visitors on saturday!
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Fantastic event. My first air show ever at the tender age of nearly 50… we’ll certainly attend again in 2018. Thanks to Viper-47th for organizing the camp ground (“Kleine Wielen”, highly recommended)!
Uwe
Some pics (I’m gonna dump my 15 year old Nikon for a nice EOS the next time ;)):
Turkish Stars
F-16 popping a flare
Air Power Demo
Static display (there were lots of them)
Yours truly being targeted (thankfully not SOI!!! ;))
Frecce Tricolori
An entire hangar dedicated to flightsimming (“SimCity”), most of it BMS of course.
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Great sight indeed the vapor on the f-35!
Also nice to meet some online friends! -
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we’ll certainly attend again in 2018.
I believe the next one is next year in 2017 and 2018 will be a year without show again and then 19 and 20 will have shows again.
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Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that and thought they’d stick to the 2 year cycle. Any idea where it will be held next year?
Cheers, Uwe
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For me the F-16 is dramatically more beautiful than the F-35 (no shapes!
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For me the F-16 is dramatically more beautiful than the F-35 (no shapes!
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I totally agree, compared to the sleek outlines of the Viper, the F-35 is just…, sorry, butt-ugly, there’s no comparison. Sure it’s all stealth and that, but I guess as soon as you start hanging stuff off of the wings all the stealth goes out of the window.
I’m not meaning to start a debate here (topic is “Dutch Air Force Days”, after all ;-)), but hunting for a nice F-16 T-shirt on the Bazaar on-site all I was able to find was shirts with the F-35 on them which is the “future” according to the guys I talked to from the Luchtmaacht.
All the best, Uwe
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The Belgian Demo team was there, they sold all kinds of F-16 merchandise and I’m pretty sure I saw Viper stuff at the market located on the field, but then I wasn’t looking for it so could be wrong. Had fun for two days for sure!
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Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that and thought they’d stick to the 2 year cycle. Any idea where it will be held next year?
Cheers, Uwe
It’s in a 2 out of 3 cycle. I think next year is Volkel.
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It’s in a 2 out of 3 cycle. I think next year is Volkel.
Normally you’re right, but I think it has something to with the city of Leeuwarden being “the cultural city of the year 2018”. I also heard it was planned for Leeuwarden in 2018 again.
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Hope they reschedule to june or july when the weather is lot better. This muck ruins the airshow the Italians for instance showed which was amazing