Guest Levent Report post Posted June 28, 2009 The following is a small photo report of the AirPower 09 Air Show held at Zeltweg Air Force Base in Austria. The last air show here was in 2005, and this year's show was visited by 280,000 people over two days. Small but sweet... the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This one is from the Belgian Air Force. A bit bigger and more impressive is this Hungarian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum. One of the early generation fighter jets. Switzerland had a large fleet of Hawker Hunters. One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built, in my opinion: the PBY-5 Catalina amphibian. Nice and shiny and beautifully restored Lockheed P-38 Lightning of Red Bull. Quite an impressive sight, this C-130 Hercules of the Austrian Air Force. Zeltweg was the first air show where the Austrian Eurofighters were shown to the public, although they were already operational during the Euro 2008 football matches last year. Compare the Eurofighter Typhoon with this World War I fighter... The German Army gave an impressive solo display with this CH-53 Super Stallion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted June 28, 2009 Wow.... very nice... Thanks for sharing, Levent Agree with you... Catalina is a beautifully crafted aircraft... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 29, 2009 Great series of pictures, Levent !!! Really love the dramatic shot of the Diesel-Charley Hotel 53 !!! Was the MIG flying or just static ? and, for the number-crunchers: Austrian AF helicopters Noted at Zeltweg June 26: static: AB.212 5D-HN S.70A 6M-BC Alouette III 3E-KU KFOR OH-58B 3C-OK spec. c/s near runway end (on standby with firetrucks): AB.212 5D-HW, 5D-HH other side of runway: AB.206A 3C-JA, 3C-JC, 3C-JE, 3C-JH, 3C-JJ, 3C-JM OH-58B 3C-OF, 3C-OC, 3C-OB, 3C-OD S.70A 6M-BE, 6M-BA (KFOR), 6M-BI, 6M-BF, 6M-BH (KFOR) AB.212 5D-HZ, 5D-HF, 5D-HB, 5D-HG, 5D-HK, 5D-HR +1 Alouette III 3E-KV, 3E-LC +2 (one reported as 3E-KC, but not read by us) grasfields near main gate: AB.212 5D-HI, 5D-HQ Alouette III 3E-KL, 3E-KB, 3E-KH, 3E-LA flightline: Alouette III 3E-KN +1 note: there were some flights between the other side of the runway and the grasfields near the maingate and vv. Eurofighters noted: 7L-WA AS001 static 7L-WI GS028 Flw2 hangar 7L-WJ GS003 Flw2 hangar 7L-WK GS007 Flw2 hangar later to shed 7L-WH GS027 shed later to Flw2 hangar 7L-WG GS024 towed between sheds 7L-WF flying from sheds 7L-WC flying from sheds There was (at least) one more 2000 noted in the Flw 2 hangar, only tail visible. 7L-WK and 7L-WH changed positions during the day. Also GermanAF 3040 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Levent Report post Posted June 29, 2009 Was the MIG flying or just static ? The MiG-29 was only in the static display, which is a shame of course... The Hungarians flew with the Saab Gripen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerhard 0 Report post Posted July 4, 2009 A few action-pictures from a local Spotter my personal Star Netherlands - Royal Air Force - General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon Czech Republic - Air Force - Saab JAS-39C Gripen 2 Austrian Airforce - Eurofighter Typhoon EF2000 Germany - Army - Sikorsky CH-53G Greatings from Austria Gerhard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iwan 3 Report post Posted July 4, 2009 those F-16s look stunning no matter what color they paint them..love those planes!an the eurofighter...not as elegant but still looked graceful in the air..will we ever see them at LIMA.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted July 5, 2009 Gerhard, Fantastic shot of the RNAF 'demo' F16, burning the asphalt of Zeltweg !!! Hope, you can share some more, as not many Austrian AF pictures shown on the web: no Saab shots ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted July 5, 2009 The pix of 2 EuroFighters is amazing, and the Sikorsky reminds me of a scene from Transformers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon 3 Report post Posted July 6, 2009 Beautiful pics there Gerhard Welcome to Malaysianwings.net Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
