January of 2015 will begin strong - Repetition Course at Meiringen Airbase with CAP's above WEF Summit Davos and the traditional Balloon Festival near Gstaad for the people searching silence in the middle and above the mountains ;)
January 05th 'till 30: KVK/WK (FDT) FlPl Kdo 13, Meiringen (CH) January 24th 'till Feb 01: Int. Ballontreffen,Château-d'Oex (CH) http://www.festivaldeballons.ch/
Highlights of the Balloon Festival are those special shaped ones, but the scenery itself is already worth a visit. C u there ;)
Another fabulous Happening on a main base of the Swiss Air Force was held on 31st of May this year - a meeting of different civil registered nostalgic and actual props !
More than 25 aircraft ranging from "Praga Baby" over different Piper aircrafts 'till the big Ju-52 and Super Constellation visited the famous mountain base of Meiringen that day - enjoy some pictures of mine ;)
The last Repetition course at Buochs (-Stans) airfield dates back to 2003, when F-5 Tiger and Mirage IIIRS where using the mountain caverns and attracted a lot of spectators from around the world.
A Revival of this event happened in Mai 2014, when thousands of enthusiasts travelled again in the heavy rain of the exercise REVITA, an exercise of Repetition Course Meiringen with Hornets and Tigers.
Happy Tiger Pilot
One of the five Hornets using the field on this 3-day exercise
A picture possible on a few bases a few years ago, aircrafts crossing main streets.
Hornet in heavy rain
impressive Lineup
Tiger seconds to land on former Sleeping Base
J-3092 is giving some heat to the spectators
With this exercise, Buochs will loose its status of an Sleeping Base and the Air Force is cancelling all activities there.
