Military Jets Photography: 2009 06 19 Luchtmachtdagen at EHVK

The Luchtmachtdagen (Air Force Days), were held at Volkel AB again this year. During these days a variety of aerobatic teams, solo displays and historical flights could be seen.
The air force paid much attention to a spectacular air show and static display with aircraft, helicopters, guided weapons and a varied exhibition. Participants of the air show came from the Netherlands and abroad and formed a complete and interesting day program. Included were demonstrations from Patrouille de France, the Red Arrows, Patrulla Aguila, Marche Verte and the Turkish Stars. Also several solo displays were shown during these days. These displays were the Spanish EF-18 Hornet, the British RAF Typhoon, the Belgian and Dutch F-16 and a Polish MiG-29 Fulcrum. The Avro Vulcan was for many spectators the highlight of the air show besides many other interesting participants. The Avro Vulcan comes from England and is the last still flying one out of 134 ever built.
The show was opened by a replica of the Wright Flyer which was built by the Wright Brothers in 1903. They were the first people ever who made a motorized flight in Kitty Hawk, US. Only the light stuff would fly during the morning hours. One fighter was scheduled in the morning, this was the Typhoon of the RAF. The pilot of the Typhoon gave an excellent demo in which he showed what this particular aircraft can do. Around noon, there was the annual airpower demo. In this year's event as many as 18 F-16s took part. All the vipers went airborne in couples with much noise. After the airpower demo 'Sheik' flew his demo with the bright orange demo F-16 followed by the PC-7 demo. Later in the afternoon was for many the highlight of the air show, the British AVRO Vulcan went airborne. This former RAF bomber of the V-Force was together with the Victor and the Valiant the backbone of the British Bomber Command. The large wing-shaped Vulcan came loose after a relatively short run. The final demo of today's air show would be flown by the Polish Mig-29. This machine gave us a very loud demonstration.