Sion Open Day 26/27 Sep 2008

Thor · Post by **Thor** » 21 Jul 2008, 19:11

Does anyone have any news about this Open Day?
It is really two day long? I did not found anything around...
Thank you!

Jaap · Post by **Jaap** » 21 Jul 2008, 21:53

Both the Patrouille Suisse and PC-7 Team will perform both days.

On the listings the 65th birthday of Sion Air Base is given as the reason given for the Tag der Offenen Tur.

Jaap

Thor · Post by **Thor** » 21 Jul 2008, 23:11

Thank you Jaap!
I saw the Patrouille Suisse and PC7 on Scramble and this is nice, but I would like to know if there will be more...

AK01 · Post by **AK01** » 22 Jul 2008, 11:35

According to the SIS section both Flst 18 and Flst 19 will have their Wiederholungskursus? during this period at Sion. So F5's and F18's.
So there should be plenty of aircraft on the base, but don't ask me if they can be seen during the open day.
Regards Pieter

Thor · Post by **Thor** » 05 Sep 2008, 13:54

Any news?
Thank you!

uiver · Post by **uiver** » 05 Sep 2008, 15:08

AK01 wrote:According to the SIS section both Flst 18 and Flst 19 will have their Wiederholungskursus? during this period at Sion. So F5's and F18's.
So there should be plenty of aircraft on the base, but don't ask me if they can be seen during the open day.
Regards Pieter

I only know that the base will be open for the public on friday afternoon and on saterday the whole day . There driving busses from the trainstation to the airbase .

PIK Flyer · Post by **PIK Flyer** » 09 Sep 2008, 17:45

There is a PDF flyer on the base website now.

Try this link (if it works) then click on the poster image.

http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaf ... o_sio.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The basic facts if my French translation is correct:-

Friday 26 September

13:00 Doors Open
14:00 –16:00 Flying Display
(Team PC-7)
(F/A-18 Hornet)
(Patrouille Suisse)
18:00 Doors close

Sat 27th September

09:00 Doors open
13:30 – 15:30 Flying Display
(Team PC-7)
(F/A-18 Hornet)
(Patrouille Suisse)
18:00 End of show

Static display of fighter aircraft, helicopters, transport aircraft and “oldtimers”
Fighter aircraft in their shelters?? (abri d’alarme)
Presentation of special vehicles of the air force
Demonstration of guard dogs
Presentation of military forces? (moyens militaries) from the airbase.
Flying display in the afternoon
Other attractions and much more….

Food etc open from 10:00 till 18:00

Shuttle bus from the Sion railway station
Parking at : Place de Pra-Bardy at Aproz (follow “Doors open” (Portes Ouvertes) signs.)

Sounds like quite a nice event - I've been to one of these open days some years ago at Meiringen and it was a low-key event (no foreign participation) but a nice day of wandering around the base.

Hopefully this one will be the same - I'm going!

PIK Flyer · Post by **PIK Flyer** » 10 Sep 2008, 14:36

PIK Flyer wrote:Fighter aircraft in their shelters?? (abri d’alarme)

Presentation of military forces? (moyens militaries) from the airbase.

Clarification of my question marks courtesy of my French speaking friend.

She tells me that "abri d'alarme" should be what we know as QRA shelters.

She translates "moyenes militaires" as "military means", so I'm not entirely sure what they are referring to - it's obviously some kind of ground display anyway, so no big deal.

Ries · Post by **Ries** » 12 Sep 2008, 19:43

I was in Switzerland recently and found out they have a testing period of 3 types of aircraft (for replacing the F5E in 2015). At this moment two Swedish Saab Gripens at being evaluated. I saw them at the St. Stefan during the Huntermeeting and during a test day at Meriringen. So you coulf expect some Gripens or otherwise some Eurofigters or Rafales, because they will be tested too.

Ries

PIK Flyer · Post by **PIK Flyer** » 12 Sep 2008, 19:47

Ries wrote:I was in Switzerland recently and found out they have a testing period of 3 types of aircraft (for replacing the F5E in 2015). At this moment two Swedish Saab Gripens at being evaluated. I saw them at the St. Stefan during the Huntermeeting and during a test day at Meriringen. So you coulf expect some Gripens or otherwise some Eurofigters or Rafales, because they will be tested too.

Ries

That would certainly be a welcome bonus. We'll see what turns up on the day. (Sunshine would be the most welcome visitor

)

zerofive · Post by **zerofive** » 13 Sep 2008, 20:19

Who knows the list of the participants? Large thanks. hello S,

panik · Post by **panik** » 16 Sep 2008, 18:32

take a look here:
http://flir-forum.actifforum.com/air-fo ... s-t988.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PIK Flyer · Post by **PIK Flyer** » 29 Sep 2008, 16:47

Very nice couple of days in mainly sunshine. No sign of any foreign participation but a good range of Swiss hardware on show.

Full marks to the PC-7 team for a superb display against a beautiful background.

I'll post a full log if nobody beats me to it but in the meantime, did anybody manage to identify the two PC-9s parked between the buildings in the direction of the hornet shelters?

nhoogenboom · Post by **nhoogenboom** » 30 Sep 2008, 01:32

This is what I've seen during both days:

Static:
PC-21 Swiss AF A-101
PC-7 Swiss AF A-941 (spare for PC-7-team, new c/s)
Hunter Swiss AF J-4100 (preserved)
PC-6 Swiss AF V-617
PC-6 Swiss AF V-619 (only on the Friday!)
Vampire civil HB-RVN (Swiss AF mks as J-1197)
Mirage3 Swiss AF R-2114 (preserved)
PC-7 Swiss AF A-916 (old c/s)
PC-9 Swiss AF C-402
Al.3 Swiss AF V-240
AS332M1 Swiss AF T-318
F-5E Swiss AF J-3076 (inside shelter; maintenance demo)
F/A-18C Swiss AF J-5004 (inside shelter; replaced on Saturday by the J-5002!)
F-5E Swiss AF J-3070 (behind shelter)
F/A-18C Swiss AF J-5005 (inside maintenance hangar)
F-5F Swiss AF J-3205 (inside maintenance hangar)
PC-9 Swiss AF C-403 (inside H2-hangar)
Al3 Swiss AF V-206 (without main rotor)

Flying:
PC-7-team:
A-929
A-925
A-938
A-940
A-936
A-939
A-931
A-928
A-934
(all in new c/s; arrived in the morning before the open day (Friday but didn't land after their demo but departed.On Saturday the same thing; In the morning the arrival and departing after their demo. Only the A-929 landed to pick up a crew member)

F-18-demo:
F/A-18C Swiss AF J-5007 (both days)

Patrouille Suisse:
J-3081
J-3083
J-3084
J-3086
J-3087
J-3090

Al.3 Swiss AF V-260 (flew around with police mks)

Elsewhere:
Vampire Swiss AF J-1190 (at gate preserved on pole)
Vampire Swiss AF J-1080 (dumper on east side of airfield)
Vampire Swiss AF U-1235 (dumped on east side of airfield)

PC-9 Swiss AF C-405 (parked next to shelter 7)
PC-9 Swiss AF C-406 (parked next to shelter 7)
(both PC-9s were not visible from the public airshow area)

PIK Flyer · Post by **PIK Flyer** » 30 Sep 2008, 12:42

Many thanks for posting a complete log - that saved me a bit of typing.

(Also thanks for tying up the 2 PC-9s)

A couple of small corrections:-

V-619 PC-6 was present on the Saturday but was parked out of sight with the 2 PC-9s.

On the Friday, it was A-939 that landed to pick up the crew member.

Some additional info from my notes:-

Noted flying on Friday (not connected with the open day) were:-

F-5s J-3079/3092/3077/3093/3063
F-18s J-5008/5004/5015/5017/5019

Visiting on Friday (to the civil side) was A-702/HB-HOT JU-52

Outside the field were:-

J-1154 Vampire - preserved at a garage
0856 Mig-21UM - preserved at a military store

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