As some of you have maybe read in the "Spotting Europe" section, I'd been down the Mediteranean in October to get myself another proper dose of fighter violence and wokka action while the sun was still shining overthere. This all coincided with the STAREX'09 exercise at Deci, what off course was the main goal of it all.
The taxi down south
If you look closely, you can even see Meiringen in a distance
Caribinieri at Elmas
Sundays swim into the ocean got cancelled due to this rather rare bird
Finally bagged them.....!!
And off course the 15's were there as well!
But then the sun moved behind a thick layer of clouds...luckily the only ones I faced during the trip.
Overshoots
Additional arrival to boost up the 37 Stormo fleet
Afternoon arrivals
5 Stormo was present as well!
As well was Ghedi with their Tornado's
Tuesday's take-offs
Two ship Ra'ams
Arrivals from the other end
Another Ra'am
Ghibli
Sufa
You can hear'm thinking... "What the heck!!"??! ...all those white lenses pointed right at'm!
On departure from Cagliari-Elmas...certainly not the best shot of the trip, but I liked the angle
But flying straight forth and back, from one airport to another, is old-skool....especially when one has more days left to spend!
In these current days of Ryanair, Easyjet and you name whatever cheap-xxx airline you can find, it is tempting and hard not to fly via back via another airport. I decided to take advantage of the other destinations Ryanair offered from Cagliari and ended up at Marseille-Provence for a stopover of 3,5 days.
Dash8-Q400MR
And off course a bunch of flying boats
Thats it for now....more of France will follow shortly, but first it's time for a nap!
I hope you liked them sofar!
Best regards.
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