Volkel (NL) - Open days

Post by **Bottie** » 19 Jun 2004, 22:30

Today I've made a little trip to Volkel (near Eindhoven), the weather wasn't that good, but the spectacle was

for some pics:

http://home2.pi.be/bramb3/Volkel.htm

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 19 Jun 2004, 22:36

Hi Bram,

First of all nice pics

I wanted to go to Volkel too, but a thunderstorm this morning was the reason that I took the decision to stay at home. Hopefully the weather will be more steady next year.

Regards, Robin Bamps.

Zorba · Post by **Zorba** » 19 Jun 2004, 22:49

Wow Bram, great pictures! Now I know what I missed

Anyway, hope too take some nice pictures at Koksijde!

Kind Regards,
Rutger

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 19 Jun 2004, 23:22

Those are some great shot's you made out there Bram.

Thanks for sharing them. I also decided not to go when I woke up this morning and saw a hailstorm out of my window.

Didn't knew there was a Nimrod coming over

Best Regards,
Yvo

A318 · Post by **A318** » 19 Jun 2004, 23:30

Great pics, I saw a lot of training already this week at EHV so I had a little pre open day

Greetz,

Erwin

Post by **luchtzak** » 19 Jun 2004, 23:47

Great shots Bottie! Thanks for sharing 8)

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 20 Jun 2004, 00:54

great pics, was there to

it was a good show, but not super, i prefer from far the edition of last year in Twente (and this is not because of the bad weather

)
wil post some pics tomorow to (or the day after

)

Lyulka · Post by **Lyulka** » 20 Jun 2004, 01:29

Is that antonov expected somewhere in Belgium this year?

Fabke · Post by **Fabke** » 20 Jun 2004, 01:43

Very nice shots

I recognise a lot of this in my own photos I took

I was there on both days and weather was indeed very poor

Friday was the worst day with many showers and in late afternoon it started raining till late evening

Today was better with from time to time a shower but also many sunny moments

All in all a good show with specials such as Italian F16's , Special painted F16-Tornado-AMX-... , Air Power Demo

, ... but it's true that I already saw better KLu Open Days

My photos will be soon online on my website as I have to sort them out , took almost 1200 photos with my 300D,hugh... 8O

8)

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 20 Jun 2004, 15:06

I went and had a look to at Volkel Open Days on Saturday:

The weather behaved very good on saturday, eventhough rain and thunder where announced, the afternoon was very nice.

The quality of the show was good, but not to the standard compared to other years. All aircraft originated form UK, B, NL, I, F, D, US, and CH, not new NATO members where present, except for Bulgarian AF AN30. No scandinavian countries where present. Very interesting where the Italian F16s MM7248 and MM7246

The flying show was good, however I did not see al of it. Especially the Swiss F18 was a very good demo, as was the KLU F16

The good thing about this show was the entrance price being free, the sun being behind the spectators the whole day.

The lessors things the amount of people, the static being in front of the flying line, meant all people where packed in front of the static...

Also the numbers of military in front of the staic display was really to much

LOG Volkel

T-781 Lj.35 VIP Flt (dep)
ZE439 Jetstream T3 RN
D-665 CH-47D 298 Sqn D665
XX178 Hawk T1W RAF
J-5026 F-18C SwissAF SwAF505A
J-5011 F-18C SwissAF SwAF505B
J-016 F-16AM 313 Sqn Orange
J-643 F-16AM 313 Sqn
R-02 AB.412SP 303 Sqn
A-941 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-935 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-925 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-914 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-931 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-912 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-911 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-908 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-936 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
A-906 PC-7 Pilotenrekrute
.../4-BX Mirage 2000 FAF FAF9101?
37+01 F-4F GAF GAF3769
MM...../51-03 +1 AMX ItAF
J-066 F-16BM TGKlu
1x AH-64DN 301 Sqn Hawkeye05?
J-017 F-16AM 312 Sqn Shark (dep)
1x Bo105 GAr
AT-23 Alpha Jet E 1W BAF401
ZH867 Hercules C4 RAF
91-0329/LN F-15E 492 FS Copper11
1x /LN F-15E 492 FS "492 FS" Copper..
1x Tornado
J-869, J-630 +6? F-16AM/BM RNlAF
1x Jaguar RAF
1x Tornado GAF
U-01 F.60UTA-N 334 Sqn NAF61
45+30 Tornado MFG2 GNy4550
055 An30 BulgariaAF

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 20 Jun 2004, 16:45

here you can find my pics of Volkel

http://tfp.fotopic.net/c210236.html

this Swiss pilot made a lot up for the day

AN124 · Post by **AN124** » 20 Jun 2004, 16:50

Those are some very nice shots Thomas.

It looks like the problems you had with your camera are solved.

Best Regards,
Yvo

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 20 Jun 2004, 17:04

AN124 wrote:Those are some very nice shots Thomas.

It looks like the problems you had with your camera are solved.

Best Regards,
Yvo

No

, just a lot more work in photoshop etc....
the weather beïng relatively covvered helped me to ; it alloawed me of taking pics on F6.3/7.1 where the dustdots dont show up to mutch

taking pics of a propellor plane in action is almost inpossible without freezing the prop

wil have to buy an other one

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 20 Jun 2004, 17:53

Thanks to Bram's and Thomas's pics I had the feeling of being there

I really like the Swiss F15

ciao,
TriStar

Post by **Bottie** » 20 Jun 2004, 18:01

Vonsmalhausen wrote:
AN124 wrote:Those are some very nice shots Thomas.

It looks like the problems you had with your camera are solved.

Best Regards,
Yvo
No , just a lot more work in photoshop etc....
the weather beïng relatively covvered helped me to ; it alloawed me of taking pics on F6.3/7.1 where the dustdots dont show up to mutch
taking pics of a propellor plane in action is almost inpossible without freezing the prop
wil have to buy an other one

Intrested in buying my 300D?

Maybe I'll buy a 10D

Anyway, very nice pics you've (even with a "bad" cam) made there, same words for B737229, very nice pics

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 20 Jun 2004, 19:48

Bottie wrote:

Intrested in buying my 300D? Maybe I'll buy a 10D

Anyway, very nice pics you've (even with a "bad" cam) made there, same words for B737229, very nice pics

no

think i'm going for the 10D myself

Post by **Bottie** » 20 Jun 2004, 19:59

Vonsmalhausen wrote:
Bottie wrote:

Intrested in buying my 300D? Maybe I'll buy a 10D

Anyway, very nice pics you've (even with a "bad" cam) made there, same words for B737229, very nice pics
no think i'm going for the 10D myself

take a look here: http://dc.netadmin.be/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=17

There are some 10d's for sale

Fabke · Post by **Fabke** » 20 Jun 2004, 21:09

L-1011 wrote: Thanks to Bram's and Thomas's pics I had the feeling of being there

I really like the Swiss F15

ciao,
TriStar

Hi Tristar , it's not an F15 but F18

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 20 Jun 2004, 23:41

Fabke wrote:
L-1011 wrote: Thanks to Bram's and Thomas's pics I had the feeling of being there

I really like the Swiss F15

ciao,
TriStar
Hi Tristar , it's not an F15 but F18

should've known that

thanks for correcting me (military's not my specialty)

But if my memory is correct, then they have some navy fitted (with the hook) F18's, so they can land on very short "foldable" rwy's hidden in the mountains...

ciao,
TriStar

meerkat · Post by **meerkat** » 20 Jun 2004, 23:49

It is a sad time in Europe when yet another Air Force joins the F-16 club. I know that the 16 is a capable aircraft but now the Italians have them there is even less variety in the mil skies.

At least the French hold out against a constant US barrage.

Meerkat