[vid]Hopsten F-4's rotate with French Mirage V's

Snipes · Post by **Snipes** » 11 Feb 2013, 22:35

Here a short video of Hopsten F-4's rotating with French AF Mirage V's. I guess this was somewhere in '94, but I don't know exactly, so if anyone had got some more info on that....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSm_gJFNZg4[/youtube]

nilsko · Post by **nilsko** » 12 Feb 2013, 07:57

I was there the last day of this rotation. Arrived just in time ( or should I say too late..) to see the last Mirage take-off for its homebase. This was on the 22nd of October 1993. So I guess you taped this in the week or weeks preceding that..

Remember going to Hopsten by bike from Rheine station

Snipes · Post by **Snipes** » 12 Feb 2013, 12:31

Thanks for the info!

And we also did the train-bike trip a few times

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maurits · Post by **maurits** » 12 Feb 2013, 19:40

Very nice video. What a time..the Colmar Mirage 5F and IIIBEs were phased out some months later, early 1994....

Thanks for sharing!

Coati · Post by **Coati** » 12 Feb 2013, 20:15

There were two Mirage 5Fs and two 3BEs:

268 13-PV Mirage 3BE EC2/13 Hopsten 21-10-93
270 13-PX Mirage 3BE EC2/13 Hopsten 21-10-93
15 13-PE Mirage 5F EC2/13 Hopsten 21-10-93
32 13-PR Mirage 5F EC2/13 Hopsten 21-10-93

Snipes · Post by **Snipes** » 13 Feb 2013, 16:21

Thnx for the additional info!

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