Reims Meeting du Centenaire - 27 june 2009

[Key]

The last photo was actually taken some 50-60 away from the base, on our way back to Luxembourg during a short stop in the little village ofVouziers!

Well done, it's my fav of the series!

Erik

[warthog64]

nice hans!

[amarx]

Hi Hans,
Is this outside the fence? and how many mmtr's did you use?

[HansDrost]

Yeap. These pictures are all taken outside the fence with apr. 150 to 200 mm. You'll need a five-step ladder and some luck with the security on base. The Gendarmerie usually only checks your passport.

[henkderidder]

Here some results of a great depature day at Reims. Hans Drost and I were lucky with wind and weather.No trouble with security .
Lucky to see this one in one pice after its ditch digging landing on thursday:





And another 494 FS one:


A nr 2 bird with a 617 crew. They came from Cyprus to Reims before moving up north.



Does anyone know what kind of missle she is carring on the centerline?

And 2 from Gioia Del Colle from 36 stormo/12 gruppo.

[Richard]

Henk & Hans,
nice pis!

Does anyone know what kind of missle she is carring on the centerline?

That is an ASMP medium-range nuclear missile. ASMP stands for Air-Sol Moyenne Portée.

Gr.
Richard

[Brian]

In addition to Richard:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/france/bomber/asmp.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[arrecoos]

What happened to the eagle then?

Arco

[Spiller]

The F-15E went around because of very strong gusty crosswinds, because it happended just at the moment of the flare, I looked pretty impressive and wobbly. Because of the go around and the side drift, it formed a rather big cloud of dust. The dutch F-16 behind it had to go around as well.

[henkderidder]

Here a movie can be seen: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9qpzr ... eims_sport" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Its a pity you don't see the impressive dust cloud it created. According to de crew they digged a 15 meter ditch besides the runway in just a few seconds......... The Rafale which was taxing to 25 stopped and had to wait for minutes before the dust cloud disappeared.

[arrecoos]

Seemed spectacular, thanks for clearing up!

Arco

[r.e.hendriks]

Hi all,

I finally had some time to sort out my shots taken during the Meeting du Centenaire at Reims.
Here is only a few, more can be found at my website: http://www.fly-by.nl













Hope you like these!!

Best regards, Rob.
http://www.fly-by.nl

[Hornet]

Hi,

Here are some "feelings" of the "Meeting du Centenaire", at Reims (France) Air Force Base
on June 27th and 28th.

Changing wether all the day long and an enduring mist harmful for picture's quality...

Nevertheless, a great airshow with an exceptional diversity of flying machines covering
100 years of aeronautic history !

Without doubts, an absolute must of 2009 year !


Here we go...






























Hope you enjoyed them, so here are some more :
http://www.lerx.net/Arbre/Photo/Galleri ... _2009.html

Thank you so much for visiting !

See you later !

[Macc]

Some lovely compositions. One I really liked was the Dutch F16 going vertical, an unusual but well thought composition.

Well done,
Chris.

[cliom]

Great collection.

The Air France Dak looks superb.....