Strange noises and tails in the Simmental valley - four Hornets out of Payerne where used for an decentralisation exercise on the former military base of St. Stephan (in use 'till 1994).
Contrary to the cold war times, the huge amount of military security personel was very friendly and had a lot of military cookies and chocolate to give - thank you 💗🍫🍫🍫
Such exercises are important for ground and flight personal and are held regularly on Geneva airport and former Swiss Air Force bases like Buochs, Mollis and St. Stephan. Hornets will be back in SST next year, and the new fighter aircraft NFA is also planned to use those bases in the future.
Good news for the Fans - due an decentralisation exercise, some Hornets will fly the Axalp shooting exercise out of St. Stephan, an airbase in use 'till 1994 y the Swiss Air Force and knowed by enthousiasts for the yearly Hunterfest !
The Hornets will arrive for three days in the second week of repetition course.
End of August, like every year, thousands of aviation enthusiasts are travelling to the Simmental Valley to the former military airfield of SST. Always the same days like Dittinger Flugtage Airshow near the german border, only in Sankt Stephan (ICAO-Code: LSTS) you have some nice mountains in the background or to climb for taking pictures from above. And never trust the meteorologists in the alps - most time the weather is predicted much worse then in reality ;)
Some impressions from this years edition training day - more infos on the official homepage !
- ab 8.30: Eintreffen der Besucher und Flugzeuge
- 9.30: GV des Huntervereins Obersimmental
- ab 10.00: Verkaufsstände - 10.30-12.00: Flüge mit Hunter, Vampire, PC-7 - 11.00: Apéro Ehrenmitglieder, Sponsoren, Ehrengäste - 11.30-17.00: Rundflüge mit Swiss Helicopter - 12.00-13.00: Mittagspause - 12.00: Essen Ehrenmitglieder, Sponsoren, Ehrengäste - 12.00: Mittagessen in der Hunter-Beiz oder bei den Verpflegungsständen neben dem Hangar und bei den Jets - 13.00-17.00: Flüge mit Hunter, Vampire, PC-7 - Dazwischen Display Oldtimer-Flugzeuge - ab 16.00: Rundflüge mit Swiss Helicopter - ab 17.00: Rückflug der meisten Flugzeuge - Anschliessend aufräumen und Ausklang in der Hunter-Bar beim Hunter-Unterstand
Änderungen im Programm vorbehalten!
Bitte Verkehrslenkung und signalisierte Parkplätze beachten!
The real majesty of the skies above the Simmental valley - an golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) - shares its territory with some legends of steel like the famous Papyrus Hunter.
