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Post by harvard1041 on Jun 11, 2012 23:02:05 GMT 12
Hopped on the bike and rode up to the Danish Aalborg airshow yesterday - wet & windy - but some really great flying and some good ground displays. Lots of loud AB, high G, low down jets - Danes with their F-16s, Swedish Gripens, Luftwaffe Typhoons etc. Few photos below. Rgds Hvd1041 Aalborg is in the north of Denmark - about three hours from where I am working.  Danes have been flying the F-16s for decades now - well maintained aircraft - and some really neat flying - cloud base was about 500 ft in drizzle.  ![]() Polish Mig 29s i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq24/Hvd1041/Aarlborg%20Airshow%20-%20Jun%2012/IMG_7279.jpg[/IMG]Luftwaffe Eurofighters  Swiss F-5E Team  Harvards for us Harvard fans....  Norweigen P-3  F-16 in the Hangar - connected to a Hyd Rig - would have looked very similar in RNZAF service....  Gripen  EH-101 - big beastie - put on a good display  A builder....  Neat Historic displays as well  Usual Tanker / Transports  Hope you enjoy...airborne ones were the 'grey dot in the grey sky variety' sadly. |
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 11, 2012 23:46:18 GMT 12
Great selection of photos there, Harvard1041 - pity about the weather.
It's funny that someone from WoNZ went along to this, as I have been following the lead up to this air show via the Flyvevåbnet Facebook page.
On Friday they posted this clip:
The weather wasn't looking very promising then either.......
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Post by jonesy on Jun 12, 2012 7:50:52 GMT 12
I remember Aalborg when we went up that way in the mid 90's. Loved Denmark. Are you in Flensburg?
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Post by harvard1041 on Jun 12, 2012 21:43:25 GMT 12
Hi Jonesy No - Sonderborg - got a little ATR Project on the go. Couple more RAF Tornado GR4  More F-16s  C-130 Combat  P-3C USN  Lynx  Hawk  JDAM  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 13, 2012 0:22:57 GMT 12
I love that Lion Red marked F-16.
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Post by nuuumannn on Jun 16, 2012 14:39:44 GMT 12
Neat piccies; loved Denmark - very handsome people there - especially the girls  I wonder what the little skull and cross bones markings on the nose of the Lynx represent? |
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Post by harvard1041 on Jun 17, 2012 5:47:37 GMT 12
Think the Lynx markings are from the Danish work against Somali pirates. The Danish girls are a good looking bunch - as they say, 'It's in the jeans, and tight T-shirts ' Had a look around the Danish FlyMusuem today - very nice collection. Museum Building complete with plastic Spitfire  Spitfire MK XIX  Hunter - think the Danes had about Qty 60 in the day  Harvard IIB - Canadian Built  C-47 - very cool skis - the Danes operated them in Greenland ( which I think is / was a Danish colony ).  Danish Designed & Built KZ aircraft - a complete hall of unique Danish a/c  Hawker Dancock - Sydney Camm designed fighter.  The coolest Fueling Tanker - got to love it !  Dove  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 17, 2012 7:13:03 GMT 12
A very nicely kept collection by the looks of it. Some of those types i don't recognise. What are the aeroplanes marked with 'Zonen' and with '158'?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jun 18, 2012 12:25:20 GMT 12
Fantastic photos, thanks for posting them. Are the Swedish Harvards part of the museum display?
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Post by harvard1041 on Jun 18, 2012 21:22:51 GMT 12
Don't think the Harvards ( being Swedish ) have any connection to this Museum. Here's a few more: Very nice Catalina  F-16A  Draken  Another Danish Designed KZ machine  Very Danish - Lancaster model built from Lego  ..and often the best part of Museums - the storage shed - in this case a Swedish Firefly ... plus lots of interesting boxes.  Rgds Hvd1041 |
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 18, 2012 21:33:30 GMT 12
Great photos there - but you start to feel old when F-16s are now ending up in museums!
No North American F-100s in the collection?
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Post by harvard1041 on Jun 19, 2012 2:30:29 GMT 12
No - could see any - F-100s - Huns aren't they ? T-33s  and F-86s however  ..and their was an F-84 over in the Storage shed. Cheers Hvd1041 |
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Post by nuuumannn on Jun 19, 2012 13:07:34 GMT 12
Very neat museum, as expected of the Danes. Thanks for posting Harvard1041; Makes sense about the Lynx markings - and the girls . A bit about the Danish KZ machines. Built by Skandinavisk Aero Industrie, the high wing aeroplane is a KZ III and the twin is a SAI KZ IV, both first flew during the German occupation in 1944 and both were designed as air ambulances. These aircraft are flyable. That Dancock is based on the Hawker Woodcock II and is the oldest surviving Hawker built fighter. A real gem. The Spitfire is actually a Mk.IX; perhaps an extra 'X' creeped in... Great photos! |
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