Kuopio - Rissala Tour de Sky 18 and 19 June

[Sleegertje]

Hello,

Most of the spotters went to Meiringen, Skrydstrup or Avord but we decided to take a risk by going for a small trip to Finland and visit the Tour de Sky airshow at Kuopio - Rissala.
Tour de Sky was 2 years ago at Oulu which is more northern than Kuopio and Kuopio is easier to combine with other bases.

On saterday the weather was nice, around 19 degrees cloudy with sun and only a few showers on the whole day.
On sunday the weather was ==censored== all day and we've decided to wait on the parking and finally we didn't go on base.

Static:
AW-119 OH-HVM Border Guard
H-215M OH-HVP Border Guard - Also flew
MD-500E HH-7 2HK - Also flew
NH-90TTT NH-221 1HK
L-70 VN-26 KoulLlv
Hawk MK.51A HW-353 1 HavLlv41
Hawk Mk.66 HW-364 HavLlv41
F/A-18C HN-417 HavLlv31
F/A-18D HN-467 HavLlv31
Typhoon FGR.4 ZJ920 R 2SQ
Typhoon FGR.4 ZJ921 E 2SQ
Jas-39D 39833 833 F21
EC-135 D-HDDL Ausbild.
P-3C 60+03 MFG3
Lancer C 6487 861Esc
C-27J 2707 902Esc.
HKP-14D 144049 49 2HKPSKV
MC-130J 12-5757 352SOG/67SOS
CV-22B 12-0063 352SOG/7SOS


Flying
NH-90TTT NH-218 1HK
AW-119 OH-HVO Border Guard
L-70 VN-16 KoulLlv
L-70 VN-22 KoulLlv
Hawk Mk.51 HW-307 1 Midnight Hawks
Hawk Mk.51 HW-327 4 Midnight Hawks
Hawk Mk.51 HW-338 3 Midnight Hawks
Hawk Mk.51 HW-340 2 Midnight Hawks
Hawk Mk.51 HW-343 7 Midnight Hawks - Solo display
F/A-18C HN-439 HavLlv31
Casa 295M CC-2 TukiLlv
PC-12 PI-02 TukiLlv
Jas-39C 39263 263 F21
Jas-39C 39290 290 F21
Lancer C 6824 861Esc.


Other side:
F/A-18C HN-423 HavLlv31
F/A-18C HN-440 HavLlv31


It was a small but very nice airshow with types you don't see often and also nice to do something different than most of the spotters.

Any additions or comments are welcome.
Kind Regards.

Rene Sleegers
Bram Marijnissen
Peter van den Reek
Michel Niesten

[AndyMarden]

Rene,
The Gripens were all from Lulea, so F21
The NH90 was also from Lulea. The pilot confirmed that this type is nowadays only at Lulea and Ronneby - none at Malmen
MiG-21bis MG-129 was also in the static.
Andy

[Sleegertje]

Thanks Andy for your reply.
I've changed the units.
I don't write the Mig-21, it's not operational anymore, unfortenately.

[Hans van Herk]

Hello Rene and others,
Did you have any luck with reading the c/n of the Swedish Hkp14D on the static? Painted on the tail?
As Andy has made a remark, the unit of this NH90 is 1.Hkpskv, which is based at Lulea.

Regards,
Hans van Herk

[Sleegertje]

On the tail was 144049, no c/n read by us.

[AndyMarden]

Hans.
It was c/n 1064.
Andy

[Hans van Herk]

Hans.
It was c/n 1064.
Andy

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Hans van Herk