15 years ago - Sion with F-5 Tiger II and a lot of steel on the railroad

Heavy Metal 15 years ago - Sion was always an fascinating airbase to combine my photografic interests in military aviation, birds and railways.

all pictures Mai 03rd, 2005

F-5E Tiger II J-3025 - now in duty by VFC-111 Sun Downers in the US Navy

F-5E Tiger II J-3076, sold and ready to be shipped to the USA

Two Re 4/4 - this combination is also called Re 8/8 - may be 11267 and 11276

Two Re 4/4 again, 11287 and an unknown one

Re 6/6, now called Re 620 061-2 'Gampel-Steg' in SBB Cargo colours

Re 460 015-1 in special paint Radio DRS 3, named 'Uf u dervo' (up and away)

Re 460 013-6 in special paint Microsoft/SAB, named 'Nord Vaudois'

Re 460 012-8 in special paint DRS I-II-II / RSR idée suisse (D/F), named 'Erguel' (a village)

Ae 6/6 11518 'Flüelen', believed scrapped today

scrapping of an Ae 6/6 on youtube

Just a little flight - RIO Ecuvillens, 1994

This time you can travel quite a lot of years into the past - my first flight in an Boeing Stearman was made out of Ecuvillens due one of those fabulous RIO's (Rencontre Internationale des Oldtimers). I helped with the parking organisation as 'Bénevoles' and enjoyed this little tour around the Gruyères area.

The star of the event was the Dassault Flamant, after the Mirage 2000 demo and the famous Patrouille de France a year before a much more rare bird to see in Switzerland. Film was expensive and camera all manual, but soon I was buying my first own camera back then, an Minolta Dynax 700si with lenses (kit) up to 300mm for the Shows in Ambri, Buochs and Langenthal in the autumn of 1994.

 

If the actual US President will ever know about this place, he whould be travel each weekend to switzerland ...

The end of the Gruyères lake and a view in direction my home with the 'Guggershörnli' in the background:

Bückermeet AirThun 2018

Up to 4000 people have visited the little airfield at the beginning of the famous Berner Oberland area - after an very sunny, very long and hot summer unfortunally with not so nice weather at 12° Celsius. But the colorful aircrafts and the good organisation allowed some nice impressions and we all hope to see this event in the future again.

Next great airshows in Switzerland - Air Thun and Yverdon Fly-In

After an airshow is before another airshow - so I'm preparing my gear already again for the next event in Thun this weekend ;)

Air Thun - Internationales Bückertreffen, 31st August - 02nd September

The 19th International Bückermeet is held on this little airfield south of the city at the lake with the same name.
http://air-thun.ch/

Fly-In Yverdon, Saturday 15th September 2018

With many historic aircrafts like P3, Moth Major, Chipmunk, L4, Messerschmitt 108, T6 and the famous Grandjean Replica !
http://www.lsgy.ch

-> next year again a big YVAIR-Airshow  31st August - 01st September 2019 !!!

Other Events of interest - but without participation of myself:

Erlebnis Flughafen Zürich, September 1st and 2nd 2018
70 years of ZRH Zurich Airport with Patrouille Suisse and PC-7 Team
http://www.welcome-flughafen-zuerich.ch/erlebniswochenende/

11th Oldtimerclassic Hittnau, September 1st and 2nd 2018

Cars and Aircrafts 

http://www.oldtimerclassic.ch

Flüügerchilbi Langenthal, September 2nd, 2018
The tradition is going on
http://sgoberaargau.ch/uber-uns/flugerchilbi-2018/