Hunterfest St Stephan (Switzerland) 20/08/11

[TobyV]

I had a great day at St Stephan yesterday at the Hunter association festival, perfect weather, good flying program, good food and of course came home and found out about the tragic accident at Bournemouth which together with the 737 crash which rather overshadowed the aviation "view" of yesterday. However, I'd like to share my photos of the event with you and there is a video here. There was also a simulator in one building belonging to the Schindlers, one of whom seems to have created a lot of repaints of Swiss military aircraft including Dave G's Hunter model. His website can be found here: http://www.schindis-sky.com


Beech


DC-3


Hunter F.58 backtracking


Hunter formation


DC-3 departure


DC-3 airborne


Vampire backtracking


Hunter T.68


Hunter T.68 returns to the apron after display


DC-3 touchdown


Hunter F.58 airborne


Hunter T.68 retracting gear




















Papyrus Hunter under restoration in the mountain bunker


Me trying to artistic in a concrete bunker


The world outside the bunker




Vampire in the Valley. Slightly cropped from 300mm (480mm effective) shot just to show the backdrop!




Vampire trainer and PC-7


DC-3 getting airborne for the last flight of the afternoon. The river runs alongside the runway for most of its length and then through a short culvert under it!

[John]

WOW WOW WOW!

That looks like a magnificent event

Kind regards

John

[Garry Russell]

Great shots Toby

Thanks for that

[WhisperJet]

Enjoyed these shots very much!!
Especially the Hunter's sleek lines... lovely...

Thanks,

Nick

[TobyV]

Thanks for the comments guys