Hungary - Budapest, Szolnok 20 august: air parade

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Hello Everyone!

It is still early to say anything specific, but since I am getting more and more qestions about the event, I tought I open a page for this.
If you are new to this, here is some background info:
The 20th of august, is State Foundation Day of Hungary. For that, the Hungarian Defence Forces have an air parade at Budapest in the morning and at Szolnok in the afternoon. So you have a chance to see both.
Before the program, there was always a training day, 1 at Budapest, and usually 2 at Szolnok, few days before. If weather permits of course.
Since the 20th is a sunday, my quess the Szolnok and Budapest training will be done on that week.

One thing for sure, the H225M will be showned as well, cause the first two will arrive in July.

I will post info, connected to the event, in this topic. Or if you have a question, feel free to ask.

My photos from 2021: https://combatant.blog.hu/2021/08/20/au ... egi_parade

I posted in the past some videos of the trainings:
https://www.scramble.nl/community/mess ... 8#p1037128
https://www.scramble.nl/community/messa ... 7#p1002977

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The 20th of august Saint Stephen's Day program series was approved and made public yesterday.
The air parade will start 09:00 at Budapest in the morning and will last 40 minutes.

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IMPORTANT INFO!

The Szolnok event was officially canceld today!

https://www.facebook.com/szalayferenc/p ... s1QFFjLbnl

The air parade on August 20 will be canceled...
It is a decades-old tradition that on the anniversary of the founding of our state, the city, and perhaps the country, pays attention to the helicopters of the MH József Kiss 86th Helicopter Brigade. Recently, however, I received the news that they will not be able to undertake the event this year due to their workload and other duties.
I can say on behalf of thousands, I'm sorry... Of course, duty comes first, but I hope that in 2024 we will see the "birds" fly over the Tisza again!