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Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

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Nick Thompson
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Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by Nick Thompson » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:51 pm

Geilenkirchen are planning to hold an open day event on the 1/2 July with a spottersday planned for the 30th June. A post detailing the event and the planned registration process has been posted on Scramble and reads;
Dear Aviation enthusiast,

This year the NATO E-3 Component will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a cultural festival. During that festival there will also be a static display of aircraft, including a mini Tigermeet fly-in. The cultural festival is limited open to the public. In order to give spotters and aviation enthusiasts the opportunity to take pictures of the fly-in of the participating aircraft, a spottersday will be held on the 30th of June 2017.
We tried to follow a similar concept as in 2012, but that was virtually impossible. A lot of changes occurred the last 5 years. Security wise, but also personnel wise. During the last reorganisation the Component downsized by 600 people. So in order to make this event work, we would be heavily relaying on your cooperation. We need you to organise in groups (no official groups as far as we are concerned) in order to take away the burden of registration and payment.

We will NOT take individual subscriptions.

By the end of March we will inform you on the registration process.
We will be offering two options. A basic option, which will cost 30Euro (250 spots), and a so called VIP option, which will cost 75Euro (200 spots). Exact content of each option will be announced when we inform you on the registration process.

Since it is not possible for us to invite all the groups individually, we encourage individuals to cross-post this message via forums/Facebookpages as much as possible.

On behalf of the Base Commander,
Organizing committee for the Spottersday.
It seems as though individual registrations will not be possible. However I am definitely interested in attending, along with my Dad.

Unfortunately no further details are available as of yet and it is all a bit up in the air but would like to gauge whether a group application from FC would be possible.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts,

Nick

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by andrewn » Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:26 pm

Yes I am going with my Son and would like to reserve two places. Thanks, Nick.

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by BlackDragonU2 » Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:48 pm

Any confirmed aircraft list for it yet?

Nick Thompson
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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by Nick Thompson » Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:36 pm

No aircraft confirmed as yet but the organisers hope for a number of NATO tiger units to attend.

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by Nick Thompson » Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:28 am

Confirmed participants so far by GK Open days;

Hellenic Air Force - 2x McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II AUP
Hungarian Air Force - Saab Gripen JAS-39C
Romanian Air Force - Alenia C-27J Spartan

Also rumoured to attend from the normally reliable airshowinfo.hu are a Czech Air Force Gripen and a Polish Navy AN-28.

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by Nick Thompson » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:26 pm

The website for this event is now live and participant info available on the front page; http://www.35jahre-nato-awacs.de/

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by DeanW » Mon May 01, 2017 2:54 pm

If anyone's interested in attending the spottersday then drop me a PM and hopefully we can get a group big enough for registration.

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by Nick Thompson » Wed May 17, 2017 7:13 pm

http://www.35jahre-nato-awacs.de/alle-luftfahrzeuge complete list of participating aircraft, including a Mexican Airforce Embraer R-99 :thumb:

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Re: Geilenkirchen AB Spottersday 30 June

Post by Grass73 » Wed May 17, 2017 7:56 pm

There's one or two nice items on that list. :clap:

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