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For one last time the Skyvan photoship flew to Danish airspace to catch the former prime bird of the Danish Air Force, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The days of the jet are certainly numbered, as they will go out of service fairly soon. The biggest wish of the photographers was to see the special painted demo jet ‘Half Century’. We had planned to fly two days, but unfortunately the opening of our European season was a full day cancellation, still a rarity in all our projects. But there is little you can do when you look up and see low clouds and rain. |
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| The second day had beautiful weather and high hopes to get the action. Demo pilot ‘TEO’ did not disappoint and took the super colored red & silver jet up… twice, so all the photographers could enjoy this F-16 for a final time. The first join up was a long solo photomission with all the photo angles you could wish for! One the second join-up we got to see something unique, a 2-ship formation with the RV-8 of Tom Schau, former airshowboss of so many of the big military airshows Denmark used to host. He is active now for the Roskilde airshow, turning it into the prime airshow of the country! His wish came true as he flew a formation with the F-16 of ‘TEO’… and all photographers happy. | |||
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| We also got two join ups of the new F-35, the first being a soloship coming to the Skyvan for a good 10 minutes. The second join-up later in the afternoon was a 2-ship with some of the real nice poses. What was quite surprising to see is that the jet that came back from the USA ( Danish pilots are trained at Luke AFB, Arizona ) looked beaten up by all that desert flying! Interesting view and photos for all the photographers onboard. | |||
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Highlight of this day was another 2-ship F-16s, complete with fuel tanks and armament!! Much to the delight of every one of them was a twoseater, as we all realized that would be thé final time for us to see that jet in the air. | |
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| For the photographers joining us on the ferry flight to Sweden, there was a pretty sweet surprise: we were greeted along the way with the 3 trainers the Danish Air Force once used: the historic KZ II – fantastic looking vintage trainer – the classic Chipmunk and the T-17 that is still in service today. The photos and videos of this day are definitely a nice farewell to the Danish Vipers that brought us so much action and joy in the previous years!! | |||
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