Evaluation NKF - Mission Rafale

Third candidate comes from just the country beside - la France ! With quite a lot of common training between our Air Forces and good relations, France is expected as a favourite. Now they have to show the capabilities of there new generation of fighter aircraft.

Evaluation NKF - Mission Super Hornet - Arrival, Media- and Spotterday and Departure

With the arrival of two Super Hornets and an KDC-10 as support aircraft, the second candidate began it's evaluation in Payerne Avril 29, 2019. Unfortunally the two Fighters lost there squadron insignas for the trip to Switzerland.

This time also normally civil spotters where informed about the guests - there interest was mainly the KDC-10 ofcourse.

The Nightflight mission was also very hot - never ending afterburner 😍

Very good point made - sending a female pilot is quite normal in the USN, in Switzerland on military jets very seldom.

Evaluation NKF - Mission Super Hornet

The second candidate will arrive this week and includes an Omega Company Tanker as support. The test flights will start next monday april 29th and end on Mai 3rd. Eight missions are scheduled, with a total of 17 takeoffs and landings (PAY/MEI).

As support aircraft an KDC-10 Tanker aircraft is expected (N974VV, Mc Donnell Douglas DC-10-40) - due Air'04 Airshow an KC707 of the Omega company was here. 

OMEGA Air Refueling: http://www.omegaairrefueling.com

All photos taken by myself, archive.

Evaluation NKF - Mission Eurofighter - Media- and Spotterday

The first visit on base due evaluation NKF is made and ended with a lot of informations and pictures. Highly secured (military police everywhere), highly visited (around 600 people only in the spotters zone) and highly appreciated event of Armasuisse, our Air Force and Airbus company - good job !

Some impressions from my side ;)

Evaluation NKF - Mission Eurofighter Typhoon

As first of the candidates for the new fighter aircraft in Switzerland, two RAF Typhoons landed in Payerne today. For the following days eight missions are scheduled, with a total of 17 takeoffs and landings (PAY/MEI). Flight days are in between11th 'till 17th of April, with a nightflight mission next monday.

Present aircrafts:
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4
Registration: ZK356 (cn BS117)

and

Eurofighter Typhoon T3
Registration: ZK303 / AX (cn 207/BT017/ISPA5)

Spotter-/Mediaday of april 12th - no Eurofighter flights in the morning. Takeoff in the afternoon 1515, landing 1615h local time. Beware of the Hornet Display training at 1330h.


(photos out of my archive)

Patrouille Suisse training weeks

Today our national display team performed two trainings in my area - above the idillic little airfield of Bellechasse. Some pictures of a friend, Adrian Flühmann:

tomorrow no display training due weather: 

Swiss Hornet Display Team training week schedule 2019

Weekend approaches and with it the begin of this seasons training week of our Swiss Hornet Display pilot Nicolas 'VINCENT' Rossier in his 3rd year.

Training in mid altitude will begin Monday, from Wednesday on low altitude training already:

Lundi les entraînements sont prévus à 10:00 et 14:45 au-dessus de la base de Payerne: entraînements des figures individuelles à moyenne altitude. Mardi probablement basse altitude à 10:00 et 15:00.

Hornet Display training this week (25-29.03.2019) over Payerne airbase will be : Tuesday 10h00 & 15h00 medium altitude Wednesday 10h00 & 15h00 low altitude Thursday 09h45 & 15h00 low altitude Friday 08h40 medium & 10h20 low altitude See you there 

No Display Training 27/28th of March !

Good News for tomorrow Friday:

Tomorrow Friday 2 trainings planned : 

08h40 medium altitude

10h20 probably first low altitude for this year😁

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New week, more fun ;)

Dés lundi, les entraînements de démonstration à basse altitude du Hornet Solo Display vont continuer au-dessus de Payerne:

Lundi 8.4 à 10h & 15h15. 

Mardi 9.4 à 10h & 15h15. 

Vendredi 12.4 à 14h. 

Les horaires des entraînements peuvent être adaptés à tout moment sans préavis.

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Demain mardi 9.4 deux entraînements du Swiss Hornet Display Team au-dessus de la base de Payerne:
10:00 Full show (programme beau temps, 3D)
15:15 Flat Show (programme mauvais temps, à plat)

Demain vendredi 12.4 à 13h30 (⚠️ nouveau timing): entraînement du Swiss Hornet Display Team au-dessus de Payerne pour la «Journée des Parents de l’école de recrue d’aviation».

Dernier entraînement avant les vols de validation du 18.4.

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Next week, Thursday, the Patrouille Suisse training course starts in Emmen. Team 2019 is looking forward to a great season! ------------------ Programm Trainingskurs (p. 2): https://buff.ly/2YoAY14

German Stallions Mountain Training

Also this year the German Air Force is based multiple weeks in Switzerland for Mountain training with CH53 - this and next week out of Alpnach. Next week without CH-53 but with the new NH90 !

Soon you can also see some strange aircraft above Switzerland - L39 Albatros flights are planned out of Sion (March 22-24th) and Emmen (August 16-18th, 2019). Booking via migflug.ch

ROBOCOP - a red kite with GPS sensors

Quite a lot of birds are wearing some GPS sensors and showing an insight view into the population.

Article (german) of the red kite project: https://www.blick.ch/life/natur/forschung-mit-gps-sendern-die-schweizer-rueckkehr-der-rotmilane-id8087440.html

Spring is coming

Nature awakens with the arrival of the Storks, Black Kites and Swallows from the south - and the Stoat is also changing from the hivernal fur to the brown-white pattern in the summer. Some impressions taken the last few days out in the nature - I hope you enjoy.

The Storks loves the view in Avenches area and the Black Kite is whatched closely by an Raven at the eastern board of Lac de Léman (Lake Geneva).

The fur is changing beginning on the nose of the Stoat (Hermelin, Mustela erminea) and the aerobatics of the Northern lapwing (Kiebitz, Vanellus vanellus) are incredible to watch.

Grey heron (Graureiher, Ardea cinerea) in the early morning light and the common snipe (Bekassine, Gallinago gallinago) searching for food.