Athens Flying Week 2024 - Tanagra (Part 2)

Post by **TomG** » Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:43 am

For Part Two its a look at the non-Greek participants at the event, a bit of a thin showing this time around possibly due to Athens, Air Power, the (sadly cancelled) Bucharest event and Sanicole all taking place in a two week period. The non-Greek static consisted of a German EF2000 from TLG-31, Italian AF F-35A, Austrian specially marked PC-7 (tightly barriered), USMC AH-1Z and MV-22B. One of the two Saudi Typhoons was parked in the western static each day with the specially marked example there on Saturday, standard jet on Sunday. The flying display saw the Austrian PC-7 solo display, Saudi Hawks, Saudi Typhoon, Spanish Patrulla Aguila (who flew as a 5 ship), Swiss PC-7 Team and French AF Rafale pair 'Requin Mike' demo who were a big disappointment for me when compared to what we have seen from the French with past pairs tactical demos.

Heat haze was an on/off issue and a fair bit of the stuff was a little distant for decent photography - a common theme at a lot of events nowadays. All that said, I didn't go to Greece for the 'other' stuff and had a great time over the week. A few pics to close, thanks for taking the time to have a look.

3HFK Pilatus PC-7 Austrian AF/Lehrabteilung Flächen flugzeuge (LAbt FläFlz) by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

Spanish Air Force Aerobatic Team, Patrulla Aguila by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

Patrulla Aguila support:

T.21-02/35-02 C295M Spanish AF/Ala35 by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

8020 Typhoon FGR4 R.Saudi AF/80 Sqn by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

8022 Typhoon FGR4 R.Saudi AF/80 Sqn by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

Royal Saudi Air Force Aerobatic Team, Saudi Falcons. by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

8820 Hawk Mk65A R.Saudi AF/88 Sqn by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

A-936 NPC-7 Swiss AF/PC-7 Team by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

MM7364/32-15 F-35A Italian AF/32 Stormo, 13 Gruppo by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

327/4-HZ Rafale B French AF/EC 01.004 'Gascogne' by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

309/4-HB Rafale B French AF/EC 02.004 'La Fayette' by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr

168337/YM-04 MV-22B US Marine Corps/VMM-365 'Blue Knights' by Tom Gibbons, on Flickr