Spotter- and Media-Days for each candidate - Swiss Air Force's evaluation of a new fighter aircraft

At your agendas - the dates of the visits and spotterdays in PAYERNE (LSMP) for the new fighters are known !

Source: https://www.vbs.admin.ch/content/vbs-internet/de/die-schweizer-armee/sicherheit-im-luftraum.detail.nsb.html/74152.html

Airbus, Eurofighter (Week 15/16):
Medienanlass (Medias): Fr, 12. April 2019 (Vormittag / morning)
Spotteranlass (Spotters): Fr, 12. April 2019 (Nachmittag / afternoon)
Anmeldung ab (inscription possible from): Di, 2. April 2019, 09.00 Uhr

Boeing, F/A-18 Super Hornet (Week 17/18):
Medienanlass: Di, 30. April 2019 (Vormittag)
Spotteranlass: Di, 30. April 2019 (Nachmittag)
Anmeldung ab: Do, 18. April 2019, 09.00 Uhr

Dassault, Rafale (Week 20/21):
Medienanlass: Di, 21. Mai 2019 (Vormittag)
Spotteranlass: Di, 21. Mai 2019 (Nachmittag)
Anmeldung ab: Do, 9. Mai 2019, 09.00 Uhr

Lockheed Martin, F-35A (Week 23/24):
Medienanlass: Fr, 7. Juni 2019 (Vormittag)
Spotteranlass: Fr, 7. Juni 2019 (Nachmittag)
Anmeldung ab: Di, 28. Mai 2019, 09.00 Uhr

Saab, Gripen E (Week 25/26):
Medienanlass: Di, 25. Juni 2019 (Vormittag)
Spotteranlass: Di, 25. Juni 2019 (Nachmittag)
Anmeldung ab: Do, 13. Juni 2019, 09.00 Uhr

Rafale on duty for Sky Police - and the French Air Force says 'desolée' ...

It's really intriguing that the 'normal' people know nothing about the duties of the Air Forces around the globe ... yesterday the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air, AdlA) announced an sorry for the sonic boom created by an Rafale Fighter to intercept an aircraft that have lost radio contact with the ATC (Air Traffic Control) on thursday evening:

(via fb)

Anyway, with those votation coming in Switzerland about the future of our Air Defence (Air2030) it's really important for all you readers out there to inform your family and friends about it. Our Air Force has not enough aircrafts left to fly regularly over crowded areas like Zurich just for fun and show of force, there is normally no need for leaving the regular training areas above the alps and jura mountains. Out of sight, out of mind ....

Super Puma and Hornet Display Team Schedule for 2019

The shows are risking getting famous ;)

Super Puma Display Team

Hornet Display Team

Patrouille Suisse schedule 2019

For all the lovers of those red-white acrobats of the sky - to your agendas ;)

World Economic Forum Davos 2019 - restrictions and activity

In 2019, the armed forces will once again support the civilian authorities in the canton of Graubünden in carrying out security tasks in connection with the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Parliament approved the deployment of a maximum of 5,000 soldiers on these civil affairs support operations from 2019 until 2021. The 2019 WEF meeting will be held from 18 to 28 January.

Main base for our military fighter jets supporting the WEF with CAP's in Switzerland is PAYERNE (LSMP), second is Meiringen (LSMM) !

Air traffic in the Davos area is restricted during the 2019 World Economic Forum (GND to FL195).


Air traffic over Swiss, Austrian and Liechtenstein territory within a radius of 25 nautical miles (approx. 46 km) of the centre of Davos will be restricted from 21 to 26 January 2019. Special rules and procedures that have been worked out by the Swiss Air Force and the Federal Office for Civil Aviation must be observed for approaches to and departures from regional airfields and heliports. Only specified visual flight routes may be flown. All these flights will be subject to authorisation; accreditation of both pilots and aircraft is required for authorisation.

Flights outside the specified routes and flights to Davos also require authorisation, which will only be granted to pilots and aircraft that have been accredited beforehand. Even after accreditation, a request must be made to the air force for every flight. The air force will then decide whether to grant or refuse permission in accordance with requirements and security considerations. Detailed instructions can be found in official publications

The Swiss Air Force will support the civilian authorities with air transport and surveillance flights using helicopters, propeller planes and combat aircraft. Therefore, a considerable increase in military air movements even beyond the canton of Graubünden is to be expected.

As air traffic includes not only helicopters and aeroplanes, all other airspace users are also subject to restrictions that come into force on 21 January 2019. The regulations for model aircraft, UAVs, delta and paragliders are issued by the Graubünden cantonal police.


Restriction times: Monday, 21 January 2019, from 8am local time
until latest Saturday, 26 January 2019, 5pm local time

Swiss Air Force Flight Schedule of Emmen and PC-7 Team, 2019

Just for information purposes - I've updated the flight schedule post with the chart of Emmen and the PC-7 Team today ;)

PC-7 Team 2019

21 - 24. Februar	FIS Ski Weltcup Crans-Montana	Crans-Montana
17 - 19. Mai	Fête des musiques Gruériennes	Les Moulins
24 - 25. Mai	Tag der Öffentlichkeit Emmen	Emmen
29. Mai - 01. Jun	Heliweekend Grenchen	Grenchen
29 - 31. Mai	Gewerbe- und Erlebnisausstellung Buochs	Buochs
21 - 22. Juni	Eidgenössisches Turnfest Aarau	Aarau
28 - 29. Juni	15. Flüügerchilbi Beromünster	Beromünster
05 - 07. Juli	Züri Fäscht	Seebecken Zürich
19 - 21. Juli	International Gijon Airshow	Gijon, ESP
26 - 28. Juli	Sunderland Airshow	Sunderland, UK
30 - 31. August	Huntertag St. Stephan	St. Stephan
06 - 07. September	Flüüger-Fäscht Schmerlat	Schmerlat, Schaffhausen
20 - 22. September	Czech Air Force Days	Ostrava, CZ
04 - 05. Oktober	40. Modellflugtag Hausen am Albis	Hausen am Albis
11 - 12. Oktober	Air & Space Days Luzern	Verkehrshaus, Luzern
11 - 12. Dezember	Brevetierung	Vitznau

January picture in the Aero-Revue calendar

Switzerland's Aero-Club official publication has chosen two pictures by me for there calendar 2019 - enjoy ;)

http://www.aeroclub.ch

This month's picture taken at balloon festival Chateau d'Oex, 2019 edition january 26th 'till february 03 !

Swiss Air Force's QRA boost it's capacity in 2019

Today is a new big step in Swiss Air Forces Quick Reaction Alert system called Luftpolizeidienst24 (LPD24) - every day in between 0600-2200LT two armed F/A-18 Hornet aircrafts are ready for takeoff in less than 15 minutes. Full day capacity will be available end of 2020.
For us aviation geeks and photographs interesting is the additional night flights planned on wednesday evening, so two times a week now (normal night flight training monday or tuesday (meteo)).

Dates and Flight Schedules Swiss Air Force 2019

Some dates for next year are already known ;) UPDATE January 25th, 2019 - complete list europe on flugzeugforum.de

January
07 Beginn regulärer Flugbetrieb Schweizer Luftwaffe um 0830h LT
13-19 Intl. Alpine Balonwoche Arosa (Night-Glooming 13.), Arosa (CH)
17-19 Lauberhornrennen mit Patrouille Suisse, Wengen (CH) mit PS am 17. (Training 1130h) / 18. 1320h / 19. 1140h
21-26 WEF Davos, CAP's out of Payerne (CH)
26-03 41ème édition du Festival International de Ballons, Château-d'Oex (CH)

February
09-10 34ème Rassemblement International de Montgolfières, Crans Montana (CH)16/17 FIS Women Ski Worldcup, Crans-Montana (CH) with PC-7 Team

March
25-12 Trainingskurs Patrouille Suisse

April
01-19 Training of the Swiss Air Force Display Teams in Payerne (08-19, Hornet), Emmen (25 April - 12 March, Patrouille Suisse), Locarno (PC-7 Team) and Alpnach (Super Puma Display Team)
12 PSFC Tag, Emmen (CH) mit Patrouille Suisse, SP und PC-7 Team (evtl. Hornet)

May
10/11 Open doors REGA Swiss Air Ambulances with the new H145, Lausanne (CH)
15 Basevisit, Meiringen (CH) 
17/18 Fribourgstrophy Championship F3J model gliders, Pierrafortscha (CH)
20-24 Flights with Mirage III, Payerne (CH)
22-24 Flights with Hawker Hunter (Amici dell'Hunter), Sion (CH)
21-23 EBACE 2019, Genf (CH)
24/25 Tage der Öffentlichkeit mit Airshow, Emmen (CH)
24-26 Seaplane Meeting Hergiswil, Hergiswil (CH)
25/26 Meeting de l'Air BA155, Orange (F)
29-02 Schweizermeisterschaft Heissluftballon, Willisau (CH)
30-02 AMPA (Association pour le Maintien du Patrimoine Aéronautique) Swiss Tour 2019, multiple airfields in Switzerland

June
01/02 Heliweekend, Grenchen (CH)
03-07 FFA Mitgliederflüge 2019, Emmen - LSME (CH) mit Hunter/Vampire

14-16 Seaplane Meeting Divonne, Divonne-les-Bains (F)
15 Tag der Bundeswehr, multiple bases in Germany
15-16 Journées de l'Air 2019 (07.+08.09. Reservedatum), Bressaucourt-Porrentruy (CH)
22 Nostalgieflugtag, Meiringen (CH)
24-28 Flights with Mirage III, Payerne (CH)
28-30 Seaplane Meeting Perroy, Perroy (CH)

29 Flüügerchilbi 2019, Luzern-Beromünster (CH)
29/30 RIO 2.4, Ecuvillens (CH) (? or in 2020 ?)
29-30 Meeing de l'Air Cazaux BA120, Cazaux (F)

July
20/21 Eröffnung des Museums/Neubaus FMA, Altenrhein (CH) mit Patrouille Suisse
28-03 ProAero Jugendlager, Samedan - S-chanf (CH)

August
09-11 Seaplane Meeting Bönigen, Bönigen (CH)
09-11 8th Convoy to Remember, Birmenstorf (CH)
16/17 200 Jahre Waffenplatz mit Airshow und Bückermeet, Thun (CH)
16/17 Zigermeet, Mollis (CH) mit Gripen/Eurofighter Typhoon/Rafale/F35?
16-18 31. OSV Treffen 30 Jahre Oldtimer Segelflug Vereinigung Schweiz , Bellechasse (CH)
17 StansAIRhorn, Stans (CH)18 9. Fly Hai, Biel-Kappelen (CH)
22-31 30th World Aerobatic Championships, Chateauroux (F)
23-25 Acro Show , Villeneuve (CH)
26-30 EPERVIER exercise, Payerne (CH) with Armée de l'Air
31 Hunterfest, St. Stephan (CH)
31/01 Yv'Air 19, Yverdon-les-bains (CH) mit Gripen/Eurofighter Typhoon/Rafale/F35?
September
02-06 Flights with Mirage III, Payerne (CH)

October
01-04 FFA Mitgliederflüge 2019, Emmen (CH) mit Hunter/Vampire

09/10 Fliegerschiessen Axalp (-Ebenfluh), Axalp (CH)
11-13 Air & Space Days Verkehrshaus Luzern, Luzern (CH)
16 Basevisit, Meiringen (CH)

November
11-09 SCOTNIGHT exercise

December
13 Ende regulärer Flugbetrieb Schweizer Luftwaffe um 1700h LT

Flight Schedule of the Swiss Air Force 2019

PAYERNE LSMP

Main events will be the Air Policy CAP's for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos, the evaluation of the new fighter jets in summer and the week long visit of the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air, AdlA) end of August.

MEIRINGEN LSMP

A lot of Tiger activity throughout the year, but mostly only two aircrafts. PC-21 training out of Meiringen in spring and a very surprising event not yet ready for publication. The fighter aircrafts in evaluation for the NKF out of Payerne are also visiting Meiringen due there stay in Switzerland. For the Spottergroup at the Basevisits please contact me via flugzeugforum.de - Username Grimmi. Some places are still available at the moment.

EMMEN LSME

Main events are the Patrouille Suisse training week, the Hornet flights in August and some cargo aircrafts for Air Force (US Navy Herc's 'stealing' our F-5 Tiger aircrafts) and the RUAG, mainly Antonov AN-124.

Runway closed: July 1st - 26th

Hornet activity: July 29th - August 23rd

Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team schedule 2019

21 - 24. Februar	FIS Ski Weltcup Crans-Montana	Crans-Montana
17 - 19. Mai	Fête des musiques Gruériennes	Les Moulins
24 - 25. Mai	Tag der Öffentlichkeit Emmen	Emmen
29. Mai - 01. Jun	Heliweekend Grenchen	Grenchen
29 - 31. Mai	Gewerbe- und Erlebnisausstellung Buochs	Buochs
21 - 22. Juni	Eidgenössisches Turnfest Aarau	Aarau
28 - 29. Juni	15. Flüügerchilbi Beromünster	Beromünster
05 - 07. Juli	Züri Fäscht	Seebecken Zürich
19 - 21. Juli	International Gijon Airshow	Gijon, ESP
26 - 28. Juli	Sunderland Airshow	Sunderland, UK
30 - 31. August	Huntertag St. Stephan	St. Stephan
06 - 07. September	Flüüger-Fäscht Schmerlat	Schmerlat, Schaffhausen
20 - 22. September	Czech Air Force Days	Ostrava, CZ
04 - 05. Oktober	40. Modellflugtag Hausen am Albis	Hausen am Albis
11 - 12. Oktober	Air & Space Days Luzern	Verkehrshaus, Luzern
11 - 12. Dezember	Brevetierung	Vitznau

Patrouille Suisse 2019

Super Puma Display Team

Swiss Air Force Hornet Display Team

50 years of the Aero L-39 Albatros

Maybe the half of actual military jet pilots had trained on this little jet - today 50 years ago was the first flight at Vodochody !

My first real encounter was Air'94 airshow in Buochs (Stans) with the retirement of our famous Hawker Hunter. Albatros and western counterpart BAe Hawk each had a demo.

Two years later I was already steering those beauties (from the backseat, and only some minutes each flight) with the famous russian display team ! Great memories and flights, repeated the following years too.

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:

'new' homepage adress

Hi there,

with beam.to now the already 3rd redirection service in my live has given up and closed down it's services. I will change the title picture soon, but in the meantime just use the direct adress of

https://flytogrimmi.blogspot.com/

Thanks a lot ;)