Not sure if you've come across this great video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qMRl57t1aU
Just a little flight through the Alps......
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Re: Just a little flight through the Alps......
Nice video. The footage of Mont Blanc took him over France and Italy.
If you have Google Earth, take a look for Sion, Switzerland. It's an air force basis and public field. There are F-18's and Mirage 2000's based there. One can stand about 300 feet from the runway edge, behind a fence of course, and watch these machines blast off. Try that in Canada.
Switzerland uses two EU training zones. One over the Mediterranean and one in Scandinavia. Given the samll size of Switzerland, I have always joked that Swiss fighters would have to be a in a perpetual hard turn to stay within the country borders.
Good video. There are a couple of Hunters in private hands here (Switzerland).
If you have Google Earth, take a look for Sion, Switzerland. It's an air force basis and public field. There are F-18's and Mirage 2000's based there. One can stand about 300 feet from the runway edge, behind a fence of course, and watch these machines blast off. Try that in Canada.
Switzerland uses two EU training zones. One over the Mediterranean and one in Scandinavia. Given the samll size of Switzerland, I have always joked that Swiss fighters would have to be a in a perpetual hard turn to stay within the country borders.
Good video. There are a couple of Hunters in private hands here (Switzerland).
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Re: Just a little flight through the Alps......
That video surfaced a while ago. Love the hunters.
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This is a nice video as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVgSlaNXHeg
Song: Amena
Artist: Era
This is a nice video as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVgSlaNXHeg
Re: Just a little flight through the Alps......
I watched the Hunter video till the end and I can confirm it's Sion. Here's the airport.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g ... 5&t=h&z=15
You can see how close the parking lot is to the button of 25. If you head east along the Rhone River in that valley, you'll come upon a two more runways used by the Swiss airforce. One in Schlussil and one at Raron. It can get pretty noisy during weekdays in the valley. The valley is known as Le Valais. It's in the French part of Switzerland until Sierre, then it becomes German.
The whole valley is a major wine producing region.
Open it in Google Earth and use the flightsim F-16. As you climb out from east to west, Mont Blanc is almost directly in front of you.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g ... 5&t=h&z=15
You can see how close the parking lot is to the button of 25. If you head east along the Rhone River in that valley, you'll come upon a two more runways used by the Swiss airforce. One in Schlussil and one at Raron. It can get pretty noisy during weekdays in the valley. The valley is known as Le Valais. It's in the French part of Switzerland until Sierre, then it becomes German.
The whole valley is a major wine producing region.
Open it in Google Earth and use the flightsim F-16. As you climb out from east to west, Mont Blanc is almost directly in front of you.
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