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by Malcolm » Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:32 am
We weren't on the plane - but we knew some that were. We made a 3 day trip of it, flying into Copenhagen. This allowed us to get on base at the "crack of sparrows" well before the 1-11 had landed. That meant we could get our names (plus some we knew who were on the plane) on the 'spotters bus' names list. At the appointed time, the scrum surged to get aboard the 3 busses to the Draken flightline. Then sat there for 15 minutes in the sweltering sun whilst the PAO decided what to do with 3 massively overloaded busses :-) Our names were on the list which at least meant we were at the front of the scrum, although I think they abandoned any attempt at name checking fairly quickly.
Eventually off we went and once on the other side we were allowed off the bus to photograph one half of the flight-line. My fading memory says 28 aircraft? There was an arbitrary (as far as we could discern) line beyond which there were armed guards dissuading attempts to get to the other half. Dunno why - perhaps these were armed aircraft for the flares display. Anyhow, after perhaps 20 minutes all back on the bus and back to the static, via a few Viggens parked over there too.
Happy days - Swedish shows in that era were excellent. Did Satenas, Karlsborg, Uppsala, Soderhamn, Lulea and Ostersund. Missed the Ronneby one but that was excellent too according to friends.
AB204 03424/94 10Wg Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
Tp101 KingAir 101003/013 17Wg Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J35C 35802/81 10Wg Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J35OE 12 Austria Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J35FS DK237 Finland Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J35F 35589/48 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J35F 35550/40 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
SH37 37916/13 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
SH37 37972/56 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
JA37 37413/13 17Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
AJ37 37078/78 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
Sk61D Bulldog 61030/30 5Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
Saab 105OE 1140/J Blue Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
SK37 37807/63 15Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J32 32541/06 16Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J29F 29670/R 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J22 22185/K 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
J29,J37,2xJ35 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
AB204 03426/96 10Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
Puma 10410/90 17Wg. Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
24x J35 Formation 10Wg, Angleholm 5/8/1995 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr
