https://twitter.com/PBondaryk/status/943443014734794752 According to Polish MoD Undersecretary, pilot of Polish AF MiG-29 crashed on 18/12 DID NOT EJECT :shock: ... Survived landing in high trees with broken ankle only - what a luck! Wow indeed! And testament to the robustness of Russian design ;-)
Nice report and very atmosperic pic @ Aviano. I can't help but observe that calling the departure of 6 Falcons a "mass-launch" says a lot about local movements at fighter bases nowadays.
"We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "=censored=" on their airplanes because it's obscene!" (quote: Apocalypse Now!)
Personally I think that the F35 will perform great in the early stages of a conflict against a high tech opponent. Later on when it becomes prolonged rough and dirty, other jets might perform as well or better agree! ( ...something with ''gulf war'' and ''tornado losses'' .... :? ) Maybe some old J...
Ah yes. I saw they changed it. And my comment was purely factual (as this is a spotters forum and such..) and in no way diminishes the memory of those who perished in this tragedy.
Rumours suggest this to be the Steinweg comapny at the Professor Gerbrandy road in Rotterdam harbour (coordinates 51.896175, 4.287124), but this hasn't been confirmed. I can see no NOTAM suggesting a temporary restructed airspace around that area neither. So we have to wait and see ;-) Is the locat...
flight of chopers now visable on ADSB heading in the direction Rotterdam... anybody know the exact location in Rotterdam ? Rumours suggest this to be the Steinweg comapny at the Professor Gerbrandy road in Rotterdam harbour (coordinates 51.896175, 4.287124), but this hasn't been confirmed. I can se...
If I get the location of Steinweg at the Professor Gerbrandy weg right, there is a park opposite the river called "Park De Lickebaert". This is on the other side of the Nieuwe Waterweg between Vlaardingen and Maassluis. Location Steinweg: 51.895767, 4.287052 Location park is roughly at 51.901063, 4....
Will there be a temporary NOTAM around the area in effect? If yes, this might give some clues w/ regards the location. I tried searching but found nothing as of yet.