Hunterfest St Stephan (Switzerland) 20/08/11
Posted: 21 Aug 2011, 12:01
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!
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!
