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RNLAF Open Days 2007, Volkel Airbase


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This weekend I visited the RNLAF Open Days at Volkel Airbase, in the Netherlands, and afterwards I drove to Geilenkirchen for the NATO Open House there.

 

I'm still sifting through all 1468 pictures I made this weekend, but have already finished the ones from last Thursday, traditionally the arrival day for the RNLAF Open Days.

 

KC-135R, US Air Force

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Tornado ECR, German Air Force

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F-16AM, Belgian Air Component

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F-16AM, RNLAF (Royal Netherlands Air Force)

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Hawker Hunter T8C, in RNLAF colors

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E-3A Sentry, NATO AEW Component

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An-26, Polish Air Force

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Su-22, Polish Air Force

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Hope you like them, there's more to come :)

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Here are some pics from Friday, the first of the two official open days.

 

The weather was quite bad in the morning, with a very low cloudbase, resulting in rather dark and gray pictures,

but lots of vapour coming off the aircraft.

 

The Belgian F-16 pulls some 9G turns, generating clouds of vapour above the aircraft

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Paul Rorive shows one more time how to take off in a Fouga Magister

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Dutch F-16, reg J-018, seconds before it suffered a birdstrike and performed an emergency landing

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Two Hawker Hunters, flown by the Swedish Hunter Flying Group

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An Extra-300L of the excellent demoteam The Blades is refuelled for its next flight

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Over 60 years old, but still going strong, the DC-2 'the Uiver'

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Two Breitling Team L-39s cross in front of the crowd

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The Swiss PC-7 Team, with the Swiss F-18C Hornet behind them

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The RAF CH-47D Chinook performing a wheelie, backwards

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Tornado ECR, German Air Force

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JaBoG32!!! :thumbup::pilotfly:

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btw: that tornado picture is a good one...the plane looked quite crappy on the ground.....the RAF Tornado was in far better shape

 

Yep.. That's what I was thinking as well. :D

 

For a couple more picture see this topic on our forums.

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@Laud: Actually there were two JaBoG32 Tornados, the one on that picture left in the afternoon, just after the other came in.

 

@Invicta: Nice pics! Did you only go on Saturday, or also on Friday?

 

I have finished processing all my pictures, here are some from Saturday:

 

The French C-160 Transall, which provided the support for the Patrouille de France

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People from Cross-Service remove a liquid oxigen tank from the Mirage 2000

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The Swiss F-18C has folded its wings to fit on the picture :)

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Close-up on a PC-7 from the Swiss PC-7 Team

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This F-16, wearing the 55 year anniversary paint of 312Sqn, took part in the Airpower Demo

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The Blades performing their "Crazy Formation"

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Formation fly-by with 13 F-16s

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A Mirage 2000 can also come in handy if you need shelter from the rain :)

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The Dutch F-16 Solo Display comes in for a touch and go

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Smokin'!

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"The Last Whistling Turtle" has landed on Dutch soil for the very last time

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The Turkish Stars take off for their demo

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Watch out for oncoming traffic!

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The latest addition to the Dutch Historical fleet is this Hawker Hunter T8C

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Click here for more pictures from all three days

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Nice shots!

 

I'm still sifting through all 1468 pictures I made this weekend
:surprise: I'm glad that i only have CF Cards with a total amount of 3GB so I can't take more than thousand pics during travelling. ;) How satisfied you are with your Sony A100? E.g. this photo looks quite blue:

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Thanks for sharing. They looks so sweet! I prefer to get them with high resolution :megalol:

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The A-100's image quality could be better, it's a bit grainy sometimes, but this could also be the result of some setting in the camera.

I really like the image stabilizer, which lets you take sharp pictures with shutter speeds as long as 1/15 seconds if you have a steady hand.

The image stabilizer also doubles as an anti-dust system, which shakes the sensor when the camera is switched off, removing most (not all) dust particles on the sensor.

 

The main reason for me to choose the A-100 was the price, as my previous set was stolen, and I didn't have the money for a new EOS-20D.

For about 850 Euros I got the body plus two lenses, one 18-70mm and one 75-300mm, and it feels better than e.g. an EOS-400D, which I think is too small and too light.

 

The colors on some pics might be a bit off, that's because I edited them a bit to compensate for the less than ideal light conditions, but I'm color blind, so keeping the colors right is a bit difficult for me :)

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