Malta International Airshow 2017

[mbo570]

The 25th edition of the Malta airshow took place last weekend held at the airport and Smart City. This is a summary of what took place:

15-00513mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Turkish A400M - support aircraft for the Turkish Stars

T-7291mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Swiss AF B1900 supporting the P7 display team

63-131873mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
C130 also supporting the Turkish Stars

0252mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Polish C-295M

4722mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Saudi C-130H support aircraft for the Saudi Hawks

40813mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
F-16D

turk4mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
The Turkish Stars start arriving

turk17mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

705-ND2mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
A couple of French Alpha Jets E show up too

862mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Ukrainian AN-30 (Open Skies) was surely one of the highlights

57+041mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
German Do228

60+062mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
German P3C

0421mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Hellenic T-6A Texan

7833mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Canadian CF-188

102882mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
USAFE KC-135R

GF4021mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
PH-139A - MM81750

HSC-281mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
MH-60S

afm001mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

afm002mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

781mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
French AF - Falcon 50

4282mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
P8A came from Sigonella for a couple of flypasts

saudi001mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Saudi Hawks

saudi008mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

saudi010mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

swiss001mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

swiss002mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

turk19mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
Turkish Stars..precision parking!

turk20mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

turk23mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr

I admit the summary turned out in quite a large post. Any comments will be welcome.

Thanks,

Mario

[Hunter49]

Hi, Nice to see such a variety of aircraft ,free display off shore and a sensible addmission fee on the airfield ,the uk could learn ! ROB

[wezgulf3]

Hi, Nice to see such a variety of aircraft ,free display off shore and a sensible addmission fee on the airfield ,the uk could learn ! ROB

That’s all well and good but the show is subsidised, the Government has said this won’t continue. If next year it to go ahead it will need to be privately invested and I guess bang goes the cheap Airshow.

Great pics Mario.

Wes...

[mbo570]

Thanks all. And also apparently MIA authorities are not too keen to have the airshow anymore on their property i.e.airfield, so fingers crossed that we have a show next year

[BOLLO]

Cracking set of shots mate,may come a day earlier next year to get the support stuff.

[Ridge Runner]

Nice NF-5B