Very nice photos, congratulations!

Bushpilot wrote:Nice set Mark, I went down to 05 for the roll out to get a bit of shelter from the wind. BTW does anyone know the significance of the martian nose art on J-5025?

J-5026, not J-5025. More details about this nose art: http://www.mc-one.ch/documents/right%20 ... t32Bp3.htm

Love #6

I hope this is the right place for this announcement: A fantastic new photo book will be published by the end of March 2017 about the F-5 Tiger in the Swiss Air Force. Text is in English and German and worldwide shipping is no problem. More information and the possibility to order your copy: http://...

Captain «Teddy» Meister, display pilot of the Swiss AF F/A-18 Hornet, landing at Meiringen after his stunning display.

HornetlandingMEI by Erich Riester, on Flickr

mikee115 wrote:...Does anyone have maps of the bases with spotting locations?...

Try http://www.swiss-wings.ch/index.php/meiringen

And for good topographic maps use https://map.geo.admin.ch/

Aviation museums are also an option: Dübendorf http://www.afc-fliegermuseum.ch/en/opening-hours/ (open Tuesday to Friday 13:30-17:00 only, Saturday 9:00-17:00) Payerne http://www.clindailes.ch/mca_horaires_eng.php (open Tuesday to Sunday 13:30-17:00 only) Altenrhein http://www.fliegermuseum.ch/index...

I have to confirm that. Very sad times in the Swiss AF at the moment. The young Hornet pilot that died a month ago flew too low through clouds and hit a mountain. The aircraft was smashed into the smallest debris. The accident was probably caused by an air traffic controler that gave him a wrong fli...

Just WOW!

I am happy that I could let you know that the Patrouille Suisse will fly at Meiringen! Link to the official announcement (in German only, sorry): http://www.vtg.admin.ch/internet/vtg/de/home/dokumentation/news/newsdetail.62183.nsb.html My English is not very good but I try to translate that for you:...

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nice pictures!

very funny

Wow wow wow
I must book a flight to Japan asap...

Love the last photo

During my trips to the Mach Loop in 2010, 2012 and 2014 I had blank Mondays. But in June 2015 I had 3 Hawks, 2 Tornados and 2 Hercules until 2 o'clock, the rest of the day blank.

Regards, Erich