2005 09 03 Koksijde Airshow

Every year Koksijde airbase helds it's airshow the first weekend of July. But this year the show was postponed untill the first weekend of September, as the usual date was dedicated to the Defence Days.
The organisers had prepared a mixed programme with some vintage jet, some display teams and some military solo displays. 
 The Belgian Air Force was well represented in the flying display with demonstrations of the Fouga Magister, the F-16AM, the Alouette II and III, a Falcon 20 (which is very rare) and off course the Sea King. Vintage jets were present in the form of a T-33A, a F-86A, a Folland Gnat and a Jet Provost. A regular display team at Koksijde is the Danish Baby Blue Team flying their 4 T-17's. Patrouille de France had to challenge the lovely weather with a hazy sky. This sky made it also very challeging to make some good pictures.
Other military were a PC-7 from the Netherlands, a Danish F-16, a French Mirage 2000C but the star of the show must have been the MiG-29UB from the Hungarian Air Force. This one alone was worth the small trip to Koksijde.
This year I choosed to stay outside the base and try my luck at the Burgweg. This wasn't too bad because the sun was in my back but most aircraft banked too early which didn't resulted in the shots I wanted. Next year I'll try another spot more to the west. 


ERJ-145LR  Belgian Air Force  CE-04

MiG-29UB  Hungarian Air Force  26

MiG-29UB  Hungarian Air Force  26

MiG-29UB  Hungarian Air Force  26