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Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

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Bruno
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Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by Bruno » Sat May 04, 2019 2:53 pm

Hi,

Last week I was out of Cognac Air Base. There was quite good activity.
The were some brand new PC-21 in flight
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But I was there to take pictures of TB30 Epsilon who will be phase out next july. Lot of them wearing special paint scheme on the tail.
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This "escadrille SPA172" was flown by the past on Cambrai Mirage 2000's...
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There were lot of Gros 120AF. What a shame, civil registration and any roundel neither code...
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There are currently 17 of them at Cognac AB
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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by John flightpath » Sat May 04, 2019 3:30 pm

Some nice shots there Bruno

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by slogen51 » Sun May 05, 2019 9:16 am

Those Epsilons look great as does the PC-21

Only 90 minutes from Bordeaux where I have one spare day during the Tiger Meet!

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by Bruno » Sun May 05, 2019 3:03 pm

Hi Slogen51,

Don't forget other option during this spare day. Usually Qatar Rafale are flying each day out of Bordeaux-Merignac airport until first days of June.

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by slogen51 » Sun May 05, 2019 3:08 pm

Wow!

That has made my mind up as I am based at Bordeaux for a couple of days

Many thanks

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by matt e » Sun May 05, 2019 6:18 pm

nice set,especially the special tail`s

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by PeteHemsley » Mon May 06, 2019 8:29 am

Love the look of the pc-21. Such a well engineered aircraft.

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by Pune » Mon May 06, 2019 6:19 pm

Great images, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by SW Sky Blue » Tue May 07, 2019 10:40 am

Nice set Bruno :thumb:

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Re: Cognac AB (France) - April 2019

Post by F3 » Fri May 10, 2019 8:26 pm

Tres bon. Liking the blue scheme on the PC-21s and those special tails on the Epsilons.

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