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BirdieBarty wrote:Thanks for the reply guys. I´m thinking of bringing my scanner with me. Does anybody have the frequenties of the tower & Air2Air Freq. ?
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De Zamboni heeft kramp in zijn achterwiel Jan Maarten Smeets, Heerenveen 31 oktober 2009
The first few participants in the flying didn't do much to me. I think most of what flew before the Sentry could be best described as filler acts, and start a display with all filler acts that you have doesn't help much for keeping the public's attention. Great though to see that all the in the program announced acts flew and even the as "reserve listed" advertised ones made it into the air. On the other hand though, was it ever seriously thought that the Lightning, Edge 540 and Apache would take up a complete hour together?
Was yesterday's weather really the best weather ever at a Texel Airshow, as the commentary wanted us to believe? Sorry, I've been to all of them since '89, and I can't remember to have felt such a chill crosswind into my face at any of those before. Didn't put off my jacket until the latter part of the afternoon (normally, it ends up in my backpack around 10 o'clock).
Mixed feelings about transport. Good to see that for the first time ever someone at TESO has had the bright idea to not stop sailing every 30 minutes after 3 o'clock (as was advertised in advance), but continue this for some time to help the airshow visitors returning to the other side more smoothly. (And while we are at that part of the island: Has anybody even considered to use the advertised offer from the restaurant at the harbour about a sole for 32 Euro?) Texeltours though was a nightmare as three years ago. In the morning they weren't completely ready to sell their wristbands when the ferry offloaded its first batch of visitors. (there was a queue at one side of their as a sellingpoint used van, then after some time someone showed up starting to sell from the other side at once.) About the returntrip, I wonder if it is really too difficult for them to understand that they will have their guests (or should I type business) at the airport side of their route, and hardly (if any) at the harbour? Why weren't the busses positioned at the airport at the end of the show? Something they can learn a lot about from RIAT or Luchtmachtdagen (Given that Luchtmachtdagen and Texel have people on board that have responsibilities at both makes that some experiences from one should be used at the other).
De Zamboni heeft kramp in zijn achterwiel Jan Maarten Smeets, Heerenveen 31 oktober 2009
Vond het een mooie show met zoals altijd een goede organisatie. Het is toch geweldig dat zoiets allemaal op een grasveldje kan? Het weer was ook prima, geen jas nodig, korte broek en shirt.
Voorlopig logje:
PH-ZWS Extra 300/LT leaseweb
PH-AFS S.11.1 Fokker Four
PH-HOL S.11.1 Fokker Four
PH-HOK S.11.1 Fokker Four
PH-HOG S.11.1 Fokker Four
SE-XUI MFI-15 Safari 200A P. Tuit
86+33 Bo105P1M HFWS
PH-XXV B-25N Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht
ST23 SF260M+ Red Devils
ST34 SF260M+ Red Devils
ST31 SF260M+ Red Devils
PH-SMX Su-26MX Dutch Rush Aerobatics
XZ731 Lynx HMA8SRU 815NAS
LX-N90445 E-3A NAEW&CF
99/F-SEXP TB-30 Cartouche Doré
69/F-SEWL TB-30 Cartouche Doré
113/F-SEYD TB-30 Cartouche Doré
G-BPCF J3C-65 Brendan O'Brien
N590D O-2A Stichting Postbellum
08-8604 C-130J-30 37th AS
JY-RFA Extra 300L Royal Jordanian Falcons
JY-RFE Extra 300L Royal Jordanian Falcons
JY-RFC Extra 300L Royal Jordanian Falcons
JY-RFB Extra 300L Royal Jordanian Falcons
3368 Mi-35 221.vrl
PH-OUQ Spitfire Mk.IX Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht
G-KAXF Hunter F.6A Dutch Hawker Hunter Foundation
N25Y P-38L Red Bull
Q-30 AH-64DN 301sq
N540SG Edge 540 Melissa Pemberton
PH-PBY PBY-5A Stichting Exploitatie van de Catalina
FA123 F-16AM 10w
S-442 AS532U2 300sq
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