Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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On the weekend of the 18th and 19th of June, the first Turku International Airshow took place in (of course) Turku, Finland. Not only was it the first time to organise this show, it was also the first time to have the USAF Thunderbirds over in Finland! Besides, the Thunderbirds there were displays from the Finnish Air Force by the Midnight Hawks, F18 and Hawk as well as the whole arsenal of the Finnish Border Guard along with some older types and the Dutch F16 demo team. Weather forecasts were not so promising, but I took the boat to Turku anyways and arrived Saturday morning when indeed it was raining. It did not stop raining till around noon, in fact it got worse and at a moment it was pooring rain. As a result the first half of the show was cancelled. No problems, because the most interesting stuff was to fly after 1pm. Then the sky cleared and no rain was seen anymore, even a few sun rays peeked through the clouds. The dark clouds and humid air left behind made for some awesome creative photography during the flying displays! Maybe I'm happy it was not just 'another sunny + blue sky airshow' again! ;)

First up some shots of the statics
#1 FinAF PC12 dripping
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#2 Nicely coloured Vinka
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#3 A wet Finnish hornet
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#4 One of two A-10s at static display!
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#5 The other A-10 seemed to have had some trouble during air-refueling... ...
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#6 The first upgraded Mk66 Hawk, still wearing the old Swiss scheme
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#7 DC3s provide good shelter against rain!!
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#8 A surprise visitor!
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#9 Solo Hawk turning in for display!!
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#10 Great contrast!
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#11 Bowing NH90
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#12 Great display by the Border Guard Puma
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#13 The clouds, the condensation line, the helicopter... :twisted:
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#14 The new Border Guard pet: a Koala
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#15 Spectacular take-off by the Dornier
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#16 ex-FinAF Fouga returning after display!
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#17 Stunning display by the Finnish F18!
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Photo #18 is also of a F18 ;)
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#19 Lots of flares were used!
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#20 The Dutch F16 going down with full AB...
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#21
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#22 Midnight Hawks are gooo!!!
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#23 Top!
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#24 Tight and steady!
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#25 Thunderbirds are goooo!
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#26 Close, but not so close :P
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#27 Famous stacked formation
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#28 Solo going slow
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#29 A different kind of tunnel...
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#30 Pulling vapors!!!
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Thanks for watching and feel free to comment or critize the photos!
Corné Uittenbogaard
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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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Very nice those 'arty farty' pics but most of all I like the pictures you made from the rajavartiolaitos aircraft! :thumb: For me this is really something different.

(By the way, as far as I know Rajavartiolaitos is the Finnish border guard... :wink: )
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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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Nice pics !! Despite the weather it must ve been a great show.

Regards,

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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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nr. 18 and 22......... :toppie: :scramble:
Shoot first, edit later! :-)
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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

Post by Boudewijn van Oirschot »

As always perfect captures from your side, Corné! Well done :respect:
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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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nr. 13 & 22 very nice !

Somtimes bad wheater can make your photo`s very nice :wink:
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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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Corné, great diversity in your shots, it's better looking than all the standard sunny stuff we always shoot. Bad but clear weather is awesome photography material :)

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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

Post by Flygvapnet_Viggen »

Thanks for the comments guys!!! Appreciate it!
@Rob: I think its INspite of the weather great shots! ;)
Bad weather does have its advantages indeed!! I like it!

And yes... Border Guard it is....thnx XD

Till next time!
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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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very great set of nice pics!
Thanks for sharing

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Re: Turku International Airshow 2011 (FIN) - 18June

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Not the best weather but very nice shoots ;)
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