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European Trainer Meet at Beauvechain |
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25 years Alpha Jet operations
Of course not every training squadron is able to show up for such an event, either by other commitments or just a lack of interest for this. The list of invitations was impressive and you'll always have to wait and see what shows up. One of the best were coming from Ala 23, Talavera air base Spain: two updated F-5B+ aircraft. They are a very rare sight outside Spain and so for the enthusiast a very welcome guest. Other
interesting participants among others were 2 Italian SF-260s, 2 Italian
MB-339CDs, 2 French Alpha Jets (one from Cazaux and one from Tours), 2
French TB-30s, a brand new Irish PC-9, 2 Royal Air Force Tucano's, a
Of course the Belgians brought everything they use for pilot training, such as the based Fouga Magister, SF-260 and Alpha Jet (1 in extremely nice colour scheme!). In addition to this there was an F-16B and and from the Belgian Army several A109s, an Alouette II and a BN-2A Islander. Some of the main non-showers were Greece (TA-7), Turkey (F-5B), Sweden (Sk37) and several eastern European L-39 users. From the spotters point of view we think this was a well organized event. Special areas had been created with very good photo opportunities. The day started off with clear skies but in the course of the morning clouds developped to scattered to broken. This resulted in some aircraft without sun on the picture. Several participants arrived much later than expected. The crowd was instructed to leave the base at 16.00 hours but the organisation even allowed us to wait for the last arrivals around 17.00 hours. Our compliments for this event, well worth the 20 euro fee! |
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It
is twentyfive years now that the Belgian Air Force is operating the
Alpha Jet E now. To celebrate this and the graduation of new pilots
promotion, the 1st wing invited traing aircraft from a large variety of
NATO training squadrons. The Belgian Air Force was keen enough to invite
aircraft spotters and other enthusiasts as well for this occasion!
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L-159, a Danish Saab T-17 and a French Mirage F.1B foreseen from WWII
invasion stripes.)
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