Florennes 27/10/05 (A-10's and Apaches)

Post by **speedbird1** » 27 Oct 2005, 20:51

I visited Florennes today for the second to last day of the TLP. The weather was stunning nearly clear skies, with a reasonably strong wind. The 2 A-10A's were the aircraft that I was looking forward to the most having never seen one "live" before, and they didn't disappoint by one racing towards the end of the runway very low the pulling a high G climb and a semi barrel roll at the top simply fantastic stuff, highlighting the outstanding agility of the A-10.

Log:

AERITALIA AMX MM7164 Italian Air Force
AERITALIA AMX MM7174 Italian Air Force
AMD MIRAGE F.1 603 French Air Force
AMD MIRAGE F.1 631 French Air Force
AMD SUPER ETENDARD 3 French Navy
AMD SUPER ETENDARD 4 French Navy
DASSAULT FALCON 20 G-FRAS FR Aviation
FAIRCHILD A-10 THUNDERBOLT 81-0984 US Air Force
FAIRCHILD A-10 THUNDERBOLT 81-0992 US Air Force
GD F-16 FIGHTING FALCON FA-113 Belgian Air Force
GD F-16 FIGHTING FALCON FB-09 Belgian Air Force
MCD F- 4 PHANTOM 37+89 German Air Force
MCD F- 4 PHANTOM 38+10 German Air Force
MCD F- 4 PHANTOM 38+29 German Air Force
MCD F- 4 PHANTOM 38+44 German Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE 83-0018 US Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE 84-0004 US Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE 84-0014 US Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE 86-0165 US Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE 86-0178 US Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE 91-0314 US Air Force
MCD F-15 EAGLE ZA556 US Air Force
PANAVIA TORNADO ZA556 Royal Air Force
PANAVIA TORNADO ZA587 Royal Air Force
PANAVIA TORNADO MM7011 Italian Air Force
PANAVIA TORNADO MM7023 Italian Air Force
PANAVIA TORNADO MM7051 Italian Air Force
PANAVIA TORNADO MM7071 Italian Air Force

Also seen were these Apaches, a particular highlight for me!

Q-01 AH-64D KLU 301Sqn Royal Netherlands Airforce
Q-08 AH-64D KLU 301Sqn Royal Netherlands Airforce
Q-22 AH-64D KLU 301Sqn Royal Netherlands Airforce
Q-29 AH-64D KLU 301Sqn Royal Netherlands Airforce

Any more info just ask!

Emirates

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 27 Oct 2005, 22:26

here are already some of the pics i took today at the spottersday

FANTASTIC day indeed, the A-10's where the absolute stars of the day for me

but, the rest of the bunch was very good too ;D

Fabke · Post by **Fabke** » 27 Oct 2005, 22:42

Thanks for the log

, I had a great day with Vonsmalhausen during the TLP's spottersday , weather was very nice and so were the participating aircraft , here a smalll impression...

Tompie · Post by **Tompie** » 27 Oct 2005, 23:34

Hello,

Great pictures all

I see you also had a nice day today at the spottersday. We were also at Florennes today but outside the base, at RWY26-side for takeoffs and RWY08 for landings, and also had a great day with sunny weather.

It was also remarkable that one of the USAF A-10 crew came to the spotters standing outside the base in the landing area, to sell some patches to the spotters. It's the first time I saw something like that, really appreciated it.

So this was the last day of TLP at Florennes for this year, I hope the TLP's next year will bring us back interesting aircraft as good as this year or maybe even better 8) .

Our pictures will also follow in the near futur

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 27 Oct 2005, 23:51

Tompie wrote:It was also remarkable that one of the USAF A-10 crew came to the spotters standing outside the base in the landing area, to sell some patches to the spotters. It's the first time I saw something like that, really appreciated it.

first, thx for the comments

it's rare indeed to see crew of BAF or TLP participators come to the spotters to sell patches, pics, cd's or other stuff, but it happened before ; i bought a cd of 350sqn not that long ago while i was spotting along the fence at Corenne, and i know crew/personnel of 1sqn somethimes do this "public relation" also

... never saw it done by a foreign sqn do

i think this can be interpreted as a positive interaction/appreciation between AF personnel and spotters

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 28 Oct 2005, 08:39

more pictures here http://tfp.fotopic.net/c742001.html