Currently a large nature fire is ongoing in the Aamsveen area, close to Enschede (NL).
The Dutch MoD will assist the fire brigade with a helicopter as of 14.00.
Ik zat even te kijken wanneer dit topic gestart was en dacht eerst dat het zo'n 15 jaar geleden was, maar het bleek dus nog deze maand te zijn! Ik zat al bijna te wachten op de vraag of je ook met Eurocheques kan betalen (wie kent ze nog). :-) Geloof me, Curaçao is in zo'n grote mate van toerisme af...
One unexpected visitor at the end of the day on the 11th was this Mirage F.1, which made an emergency landing. It arrived when the majority of the spotters were on their way to or in the cars already.
No, I could not see that since I was not able to move any further towards the front of the plane. (it was also quite far away and I left my binoculars at home)
Today saw a very nice visitor at Le Bourget; a brandnew C-17 of the United Arab Emirates Air Force on it's delivery flight. Taking a picture prooved to be rather difficult, due to the construction works for the Paris Airshow. The picture below is the best I could do. But hey, you don't see them ever...
First Flight of Hawk Mk 66 with Upgraded Cockpit (Source: Finnish Air Force; issued May 6, 2011) The Finnish Air Force is making good progress with the service introduction of its ex-Swiss BAE Systems Hawk 66 jet trainers. A red-and-white Hawk with a new glass cockpit fitted in Finland made its firs...
27 Apr. 2011 F-16 aircraft incident upon landing at Sigonella SIGONELLA, Sicily - An F-16 aircraft participating in the NATO-led Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR was involved in an incident upon landing on the outbound runway of Naval Air Station Sigonella at approximately 11:35am. The pilot ejected safe...
Coming Saturday a Fly-In of historical aircraft will be held at the Musée de L'Air et de L'Espace. The following aircraft will arrive between 10 and 12.30. • C 195 (1947) – F-AZRS • Cessna 140 – F-AZON • DHC-1 – G-AOJR • Douglas DC3 – F-AZTE • J5AE1 N203SA • JODEL D140 Mousquetaire F-PUIL • L19 CESS...
Today we saw a regular visitor at Le Bourget. The 1292/SU-BEY is seen here quite often. By the way, does anybody know what this new (hopefully temporary) building fence is for? I did not see it last Saturday and as you see, it's positioned in a rather annoying way. http://www.niekvanderzande.nl/Imag...
Today a summit was held in Paris to discuss the No Fly Zone above Libya. For this meeting delegations from Europe, the US, Africa and the Middle East were expected. For these kind of events Le Bourget is usually the place to be. However, during the day I found out that Villacoublay was also receivin...