PC-7 Team schedule for 2025

 

The approved and published Display dates for this incredible Team - Aviation is an Art and you have to watch them whenever possible 💕

PC-7 Team Season planning 2021

 With Turbo against COVID'19 - the planning of Swiss Air Force's PC-7 Team 2021

Emergency Airworthiness Directives (EAD) for Pilatus training aircrafts

It began a few weeks ago with an 1st Emergency Airworthiness Directive for the Harley-type buckle assemblies in the seat harness of the ejection seat on Pilatus PC-21 training aircraft. French Air Force recognised a problem and informed Martin Baker/Pilatus and the respective governments:

Pilatus PC-21 is the latest turboprop-powered advanced military training aircraft and in use by the Air Forces of Australia (49), France (17), Jordan (12), Qatar (24), Saudi Arabia (55), Singapore (19), Spain (24, 1st delivery end of 2020; will replace mainly the CASA C-101 Aviojet, but will also take over advanced training which is currently carried out on the T-35 Pillan), Switzerland (8), United Arab Ermirates (25) and the United Kingdom (2 for advanced training in ETPS).

At this moment (December 23rd), there are all modern military training aircraft systems of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd listed with the same problem of requiring a specific inspection.

Training Course of the PC-7 Team next week

 Last chance also for the PC-7 Display Team to train this year - each day two displays above Dübendorf base:

Have a good flightweek and stay safe dear Team !

new 2020 brochure of PC-7 Team

 

With a little hope we will see the PC-7 Team in action this year - if not this new brochure will help over our loss ....

-> the brochure can be downloaded here (pdf)

Display Teams training weeks cancelled due COVID-19

 This year is a very hard year - at the moment all training weeks are cancelled. Let's hope it will get better in october for another chance.

Public Open Day / Airshow: PayAIR'n 21

With this lost year 2020 for Airshows, Payerne Air Base will hoist an interesting event next year, an Open Door event;

01st May 2021: PayAIR'n 21

other events of interest in Switzerland 2021:

11-13th June, 2021: Motor Classics, Lenzerheide https://www.lenzerheide-motorclassics.ch/
26/27th June, 2021: Seefest, Zug http://www.zugerseefest.ch/
28th July, 2021: different Air Displays, Samedan (Super Puma Display Team et al) due ProAero Youth Camp
20-22nd August, 2021: Flugtage Wittinsburg http://www.flugtage-wittinsburg.ch/
21st August, 2021: Hunterfest, St. Stephan http://www.hunterverein.ch/
28/29th August, 2021: Flugtage, Dittingen http://www.flugtage.ch/

Collision PC-7 Team with Camera, St. Moritz 2017: Former team leader awaits trial

After the collision of an (NC)PC-7 Turbo Trainer aircraft with an cable on Ski Worldcup February 17, 2017 at St. Moritz, military justice is ready for the trial against the former team leader. The pilot touching the cable and damaging aircraft and installations was already acquitted for.

Source: https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-79349.html

Display Schedules of the Swiss Air Force in Corona-Times

Quite a lot of Airshows for this year are already cancelled, also Swiss Air Force's Display Teams had to change there training weeks and more.

Changes in Swiss Air Force's Display Teams 2020

Happy new year to all of you out there ;)

2020 will see some changes in Swiss Air Force's Display Teams. Some people go - new one arrives 👪

Patrouille Suisse 2020

After 10 years with the Patrouille Suisse, Leader Gunnar 'GANDALF' Jansen steps down and Capt. Michael 'PÜPI' Duft (Tiger SEXY) will take over the Lead. As new guy comes Capt. Serim 'SALIM' Wetli, flying on position Tiger DUE. From this latter position, Capt. Claudius 'MAC' Meier will change to position Tiger QUATTRO. Tiger TRE (Capt. David 'PEPE' Pereira) and CINQUE (Capt. Lukas 'BIGFOOT' Nannini) saw no changes. Capt. Martin 'JAYDEE' Schär will change from DUE to SEXY and 1st Solo.

Hornet Display Team 2020

Nicolas 'VINCENT' Rossier ends his 3-year duty as Solo Display Pilot and will train the new Pilot, Capt. Yannik "FÖNSI" Zanata - the latter from Fighter Squadron 17 too. (photo by SwissHornetDisplayTeam)

SuperPuma Display Team 2020

Capt. Philippe 'PHILIPPE' Weber, in the team since 2013, retreats.

PC-7 Team 2020

No personal changes

Merci C.U. pour les corrections 👍

The return of the Fighters

After a month in central Switzerland, the active Hornet and Tigerfleet came back to Payerne this morning. Payerne was closed due runway maintenance, a fate now the runway in Emmen will have for one month.
Patrouille Suisse and the Pilot School on PC-21 are also operating out of Payerne, some Infos for the flightschedule in the coming days:


Swiss Air Force's Hornet Display Team

En août le SWISS HORNET DISPLAY TEAM sera visible à divers endroits en Suisse

03.08.2018
Payerne Airbase (VD)
08:45 & 13:45 (horaires à confirmer)
2 entraînements en remplacement des “Fêtes de Genève” annulées
24.08.2018
11:15 Dittingen (BL) : Dittinger Flugtag
17:00 Villeneuve (VD) : Acro Show
25.08.2018
14:00 Villeneuve (VD) : Acro Show
17:00 Dittingen (BL) : Dittinger Flugtag
Les démonstrations à Villeneuve comprendront des Flares si les conditions le permettent.

Patrouille Suisse

Vom 10.08 bis 11.08.2018 Flugvorführung
LW | Display Teams | Rapperswil-JonaSeenachfest Rapperswil-Jona 2018
Vom 17.08 bis 19.08.2018
Flugvorführung
LW | Patrouille Suisse | GachnangMXGP Switzerland 2018
Vom 23.08 bis 27.08.2018
Flugvorführung
LW | Patrouille Suisse | Radom (POL)Polish Air Force's 100th Anniversary Celebration
Vom 30.08 bis 01.09.2018
Flugvorführung
LW | Patrouille Suisse | Flughafen ZürichErlebnistage 2018

Super Puma Display Team

Swiss Air Force's PC-7 Team

23/24 june 2018: Rencontre Internationale d'Oldtimers - RIO 2.3, Ecuvillens (Fribourg)

The program of the airshow some kilometers from my doorstep is very nice again - and with two Display Teams of the Swiss Air Force, Hornet and PC-7 Team !

PC-7 Team

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RIO 2.3 #ecuvillens and @rockthering are you ready?

We are flying next weekend in Ecuvillens at the oldtimer airshow.

Come and see us next friday 14:15lt in Ecuvillens. It's a training together with the #swisshornetdisplayteam 💪. And at 19:05lt in #hinwil @rockthering 🤘.

Saturday at 19:05lt in Hinwil @rockthering 🤘.

Sunday we are flying again in Ecuvillens at 15:30lt.

#pc7_team #pc7team #avgeeks #airdisplay #swissness #fa18hornet @armee.ch

official homepage

Pictures

THE airshow without cords - you can touch nearly everything

the official SURPRISE was the fabulous P-51 Mustang

11'000 visitors where enjoying the sound and the weather

SURPRISE No2 and not in the program - one of the biggest birds in europe, the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) ! He took my attention during display of the Messerschmitt Me 108 Taifun

The fabulous Corsair of La Fêrte Alais in France

SURPRISE No3 and not in the program too - the world's biggest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225 on the way to Dakar !!!

Hornet Displays in Switzerland this month

Swiss Hornet Display Team is back in Switzerland - here the schedule for the coming days:

15.06.2018, 11h15 : Bure (JU), Training
15.06.2018, 16h10 : Payerne (VD), Training


16.06.2018, 11h35 : Payerne (VD), Journée Portes Ouvertes de la Base Aérienne
16.06.2018, 14h00 : Bure (JU), 50 ans de la place d’armes de Bure

22.06.2018, 14h15 : Ecuvillens (FR), Training with the Opening Display flight of the PC-7 TEAM
23.06.2018, 16h00 : Ecuvillens (FR), RIO

Payerne Schedule 2018

Finally, the new website of our main base is open again - note the Open Day June 16th !

https://www.vtg.admin.ch/fr/organisation/cdmt-op/fa/ba-pay.html

April
09-04 KVK/WK (FDT) FlPl Kdo 14, Payerne (CH)
09-20 TK Hornet Display Team, Payerne (CH)

13 TdA Kdo Fl S 81, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)

Mai
15-18 Flight week of the Mirage III DS J-2012/HB-RDF, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)
28-22 KVK/WK (FDT) FlPl Kdo 11, Payerne (CH)

June

16 Journée Portes Ouverte, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)
26-29 Flight week of the Mirage III DS J-2012/HB-RDF, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)

August
28-31 Flight week of the Mirage III DS J-2012/HB-RDF, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)

September

21 TdA Kdo Fl S 81, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)

PC-7 Team Schedule 2018

Swiss Air Force Schedules 2018 and some Events/Info

(due major update of this posting from mid-december 2017 I've putted in again on top position)


WEF (World Economic Forum) is approaching fast and with it the maybe last WEF-CAP out of Meiringen - in the future those CAP's are discussed out of Payerne only.

Other important changes:

- Repetition courses without Tiger F-5 activity in 2018 ! (Tiger can be seen only during independent trainings of the pilots, no more squadron activities)
- the summer deployment of the Figthersquadron 11 Hornets in Emmen is in July and not in August 2018 - please review your holiday planning !

MEIRINGEN 2018

Swiss Air Force worked again on there internet presence - the new link for Meiringen airfield you can find here: https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/organisation/kdo-op/lw/flpl-mei.html

CAUTION - new schedule published end of january:

EMMEN 2018

Swiss Air Force worked again on there internet presence - the new link for Emmen airfield you can find here: https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/organisation/kdo-op/lw/flpl-emm.html

PAYERNE 2018

SION 2018

Swiss Air Force worked again on there internet presence - the new link for the Sion airfield you can find here - the airport is only sporadic in use when aircrafts have to divert: https://www.vtg.admin.ch/fr/organisation/cdmt-op/fa/ba-sio.html

LOCARNO 2018

Some Events 2018 - actual and complete list on flugzeugforum.de

January
03 Begin of Swiss Air Force training flight activity 0830h
08-02 KVK/WK FlPl Kdo 13 mit WEF, Meiringen (CH)
11-13 88. Internationales Lauberhornrennen, Wengen (CH), PS am 11. (Training 11:30) 12. 13:20 13. 11:40
13 Rassemblement international de montgolfières, Crans-Montana (CH)
23-26 WEF - World Economic Forum, Davos-Klosters (CH) with WEF-CAP out of MEI
27-04 40ème édition du Festival International de Ballons, Château-d'Oex (CH)

February
19-02 A2A gunnery Dammastock with PS-Tiger, Meiringen (CH)

March
01-04 FIS Ski World Cup, Crans-Montana (CH) with PC-7 Team 02/03/04
11-17 Intl. Alpine Ballonwoche Arosa (Night-Glooming 11.), Arosa (CH)

Avril

09-04 KVK/WK (FDT) FlPl Kdo 14, Payerne (CH)
09-20 TK Hornet Display Team, Payerne (CH)
09-27 TK Patrouille Suisse, Emmen (CH)
17-21 Patrouille de Glaciers, Verbier (CH) mit PS
18-21 AERO 2018, Friedrichshafen - EDNY (DE)
25 FF-Basevisit I/II 2018, Meiringen (CH) with 4 Ho https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/zukunft-der-ff-basevisiten-spottergruppe-in-meiringen.87819/
25-29 ILA Berlin 2018 (Publikumstage 28.+29.), Berlin - EDDB (DE)

27 PSFC-Tag mit 40 Jahre Tiger und 30 Jahre PC-9, Emmen (LSME) (CH) with PS

Mai
05-06 Arbon Classics 2018, Arbon, St. Gallen - (LSZR) (CH)
14-25 NATO Tiger Meet, Poznan-Krzesiny - EPKS (PL)
15-18 Flight week of the Mirage III DS J-2012/HB-RDF, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)
18-20 50 Jahre Air Zermatt (19.+20. TdoT), Raron - LSER (CH)
25-27 Motorworld Classics Bodensee, Friedrichshafen - EDNY (DE), mit der JU-AIR
28-22 KVK/WK (FDT) FlPl Kdo 11, Payerne (CH)
29-31 EBACE 2018, Genf (CH)
31-03 Gewerbeausstellung Uzwil, Uzwil (CH) with Patrouille Suisse

June
01-03 Seaplane Meeting Hergiswil, Hergiswil (CH)
06 Nostalgieflugtag, Meiringen (CH) ->if canceled due meteo 2nd date 16th of june
07-09 12e Salon Intl. de l'Aviation Generale - France Air Expo, Le Bourget - LFPB (FR)
09 Tag der Bundeswehr, Verschiedene Standorte (DE)
10 Danish Air Show 2018, Aalborg - EKYT (DK)
10 RAF Cosford Air Show 2018, Cosford - EGWC (UK)
15-17 Seaplane Meeting L'Abbaye, L'Abbaye (CH)
16-17 Meeing de l'Air Evreux BA105, Evreux-Fauville - LFOE (FR)
22-24 Seaplane Meeting Yverdon, Yverdon (CH, Plage de Perroy - Lac Léman)
23-24 RIO 2.3, Ecuvillens - LSGE (CH)
26-29 Flight week of the Mirage III DS J-2012/HB-RDF, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)
30 Flugtage 50 Jahre Fricktal-Schupfart 2018, Fricktal-Schupfart - LSZI (CH)
30 Flüügerchilbi 2018, Luzern-Beromünster - LSZO (CH)
30-01 Meeing de l'Air Nancy BA133, Nancy-Ochey - LFSO (FR)

July
02-27 Hornet-Flugbetrieb in Emmen (NICHT im August wie die vorangegangenen Jahre !)
02-27 Runway closed / no flight activity planned Meiringen ('till august 01) and Payerne, SIO is ALTERNATE
05-14 FAI F4 Scale World Championship 2018 (07. Opening Airshow), Meiringen - LSMM (CH)
13-15 RIAT 2017, Fairford - EGVA (UK)
23-29 EAA Airventure 2018, Wittman reg. Airport/Oshkosh - KOSH (US)
27- Aug 31 Runway closed / no flight activity, Emmen LSME
29-04 Pro Aero Jugendlager, Samedan (CH) mit SP

August
11-12 Saturday Flight Fever & 8. Fly Hai, Biel-Kappelen - LSZP (CH)
17-19 Seaplane Meeting Bönigen, Bönigen (CH)
24-26 Acro Show , Villeneuve VD (CH)
25 Hunterfest Hunterverein Obersimmental, St.Stephan - LSTS (CH)
25-26 Dittinger Flugtage, Dittingen - LSPD (CH) mit Hornet/SP/P6
26 Müllheimer Flugplatzfest, Müllheim - SFG Müllheim/Baden (DE)
28-31 Flight week of the Mirage III DS J-2012/HB-RDF, Payerne (LSMP) (CH)

31-02 International Bücker Meeting, Thun (CH)
31-02 Seaplane Meeting Morcote, Morcote (CH)

September
01-02 11. Oldtimerclassic , Hittnau (CH)
02 Flügerchilbi Langenthal, Langenthal-Bleienbach - LSPL (CH)
08-09 Flüügerfäscht SFG Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen-Schmerlat - LSPF (CH)
15-07 A2A gunnery Dammastock with PS-Tiger, Meiringen (CH)
22-23 Meeting aérien Des Etoiles et des Ailes, Toulouse-Francazal - LFBF (FR)
27-06 62nd Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennet, Bern (CH)

October
10-11 Fliegerschiessen Axalp, Axalp (CH)
12-14 Air & Space Days Verkehrshaus Luzern, Luzern (CH)
17 FF-Basevisit I/II 2018, Meiringen (CH) with 6 Ho/2 Ti https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/zukunft-der-ff-basevisiten-spottergruppe-in-meiringen.87819/

November
12-07 exercise Scotnight, UK

December
14 End of Swiss Air Force training flight activity 1700h