... USMC Harrier and an USN F/A-18 in the air, and with similar conditions on Sunday it was a long wait until the early afternoon when the program finally started.
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... before the real start of the flight display at 9am. As an attraction for the locals this year even two US Marine Harriers and one F/A-18D took part in the static display and surely gave a good addition ...
... to see two Harriers and three C-130J Hercules, that were doing practise approaches. Tired of the driving we used to time for sunbathing and decided already at midday to drive on to El Centro. This was ...
... but also western visitors were a nice few. Remarkable was the very strong British participation with 4 Tornados (2x GR4 and 2xF3) and 4 Harriers. A Li-2 and a Po-2 rounded the variety of aircraft quite ...
Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton is a large multi-role air station located in the scenic Somerset. It is home to Royal Navy (RN) Sea Harrier F/A2s, RN Lynx Helicopters and RN Commando Helicopter ...
... Also a US Marines C-130 was nicely banking into the sun, as did a JMSDF YS-11 and a P-3Orion. There was also some activity of the based AV-8B Harriers and F/A-18 Hornets, but they were very small in the ...
... (Swiss F-18 Hornet, British Sea Harrier), team aerobatics (Patrouille Suisse, PC-7 Team, Red Bull Team, Breitling Jet Team) and displays by the Swiss Air Force Super Puma, a Darwin Airlines Saab 2000 and ...
... that form the black BAe Hawks. A Sea Harrier from Culdrose was also planned for the flight display and we could hear him arrive, but the pilot did not manage to see the runway, so off he went. The only ...
... the highlight for most of the spotters, besidesthe two Sea Harriers in the static display and the 'Open Skies' An-30 from Bulgaria. The rest of the static display was filled with a nice selection of modern ...
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Flight Display Demonstartions of the Italian Air Force and Navy, the highlights beeing the Harriers and the Pelican:
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... participation came also from the US. In the static have been 2xF-16Cs,2xF-15Es, 2xA-10s accompanied by a KC-135. From the UK was a Harrier and a Hawk on the ground, another Hawk that spotted a special ...
