Classic British Flight Sim

They don't have many airshows in Switzerland, but I can safely say that in Britain, I've never experienced one like this! A 3 hour train ride to Briens followed by about 30-45mins on the bus which took me above the cloud layer to Axalp, followed by a 2-3hr hike up to a ridge at about 2200m / 7200ft altitude. The airshow only lasts 2hrs and is a part excercise with aircraft firing cannon as various targets around the valley.

If anyone would like to see pictures of clouds and trees and mountains, I can post those tomorrow!














































Toby

Nice pictures Toby. I like the pictures of the (Ithink) F-5 jet aircraft.

Awesome!

Not quite as good as the Swiss Navy

Nice to see a Puma-like helicopter still going strong

I've often wondered why Switzerland has an airforce (or even an army for that matter). I guess it's because we can't afford their watches so foreign countries pay in surplus arms Hmm.. perhaps not quite PC but something to ponder over

ATB

DaveB

That have a Navy too.sort of, that patrols the lakes with small boats

Didn't Switzerland win the America's Cup a few years back (??from the Kiwis?? )

ATB
MikeW

Yes they did win the Americas Cup. Hope we can get it back to NZ someday.

Yup the air force is a mix of F-5 and F-18. The F-5s seem to be used primarily as interceptors and electronic warfare aircraft and the F-18s for strike capabilities. The military is taken pretty seeriously over here and every male up to the age of 35 does his 3 weeks military service once or twice a year having done a longer stint of initial training. Plus they all have a gun to take home. Quite odd to see lots of young guys in uniform hanging around oin station platforms on Sunday evening with holdalls and rifles slung over their shoulders!

Cracking pictures Toby. Thanks for sharing.


Graham

Funny that. Everybody has guns but where is the gun crime? We should take a leaf out of their book.