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Budapest, City (Hungary)

Budapest Air Parade

20 August 2021

On August 20 this year, the Hungarian Armed Forces are preparing for a large-scale air parade      
in Budapest over the Danube, between the Chain Bridge and Margaret Bridge.      
Although the aerial program started after 9 in the morning, already at 8 o'clock many people      
started to gather on both sides of the Danube bank, and after 9:30 a good place had to be found      
around the barrier.      
The weather in Budapest played a bit of a prank on those who arrived, it was indeed cool and cloudy      
in the morning, making the photos a bit gray, but you cook with what you can. Of course, there are      
no complaints about the show!      
       
Before the program over the Danube, three Gripens with so-called "smokewinders" at      
the end of the wings, in the colors symbolizing the national flag, arrived over      
Kossuth Square, as the end of the St. Stephen's Day ceremony, flag raising and clean-up      
  JAS39 MH 59. Sz.D. REB.  
  JAS39 MH 59. Sz.D. REB.  
  JAS39 MH 59. Sz.D. REB.  
First in the air program, the Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft of the MH 59th Szentgyörgyi      
Dezső Air Base welcomes us over the city.      
607 Falcon 7X MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 21
Also from Kecskemét, three JAS 39 Gripens, which made the crossing spectacular with flairs      
33 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-304
37 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-308
39 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-310
After them, four more Gripens, due to the smoke of the flairs they are a bit obscured      
31 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-302
32 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-303
36 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-307
  JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB.  
AS350 Écureuil trainingshelikopter from the MH 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base      
101 AS350B2 MH 86.HE 2472
They are fixed-wing machines, but they are also single-winged. Zlin-143LSi and Zlin-242L trainers      
1st
21 Zlin 242L MH 59. Sz.D. REB./Szolnok 0821
25 Zlin 143LSi MH 59. Sz.D. REB./Szolnok 0073
27 Zlin 242L MH 59. Sz.D. REB./Szolnok 0075
2nd
22 Zlin 242L MH 59. Sz.D. REB./Szolnok 0822
26 Zlin 143LSi MH 59. Sz.D. REB./Szolnok 0846
28 Zlin 242L MH 59. Sz.D. REB./Szolnok 0847
At the end of 2019, the first copy of the Airbus H145M type light helicopters arrived.      
This 01, for example, was the first to arrive in Hungaria.      
01 H145M MH 86.HE 20264
11 H145M MH 86.HE 20325
17 H145M MH 86.HE 20341
Next H145M is a SAR i.e. search and rescue configuration      
08 H145M MH 86.HE 20303
15 H145M MH 86.HE 20336
18 H145M MH 86.HE 20344
Another set of suspensionless H145M      
07 H145M MH 86.HE 20301
09 H145M MH 86.HE 20314
19 H145M MH 86.HE 20345
And showing the versatility of the type, there were also three armed versions.      
On the right side of the plane, you can see the missile container for unguided      
and laser-guided missiles. During tests in Sweden in 2017, the laser version      
hit the target from 6 kilometers away      
There were also three armed versions.      
12 H145M MH 86.HE 20320
13 H145M MH 86.HE 20322
20 H145M MH 86.HE 20348
The Russian irons were not left out either. In addition to the veteran Mi-17      
(multi-terrain) machine, the Mi-24 combat helicopter was also present      
  Mi-17 MH 86.HE  
331 Mi-24P MH 86.HE 340331
711 Mi-24V MH 86.HE K220711
720 Mi-24V MH 86.HE K220720
The seven Gripens were assembled in a larger formation      
31 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-302
32 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-303
33 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-304
36 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-307
37 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-308
39 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-310
43 JAS39D MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-852
After the Flyby the individual presentations followed      
16 H145M MH 86.HE 20339
After the presentation, two Gripens arrived      
36 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-307
43 JAS39D MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-852
Then two other caught up with the Falcon      
607 Falcon 7X MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 21
31 JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB. 39-302
  JAS39C MH 59. Sz.D. REB.  
The second individual demonstration was flown by the AS 350      
101 AS350B2 MH 86.HE 2472
The battle giant, nicknamed the "Cow" or "Crocodile", closed the rotary wing section      
334 Mi-24P MH 86.HE 340334
And in closing. The parachute team made jumps from the Mi-17 carrier. Here you can      
see the target tapes under the plane, which can decide when to leave the plane on      
the ground and in the air by their movement when descending to the ground, so that      
they arrive at the "target" during the descent      
  Mi-17 MH 86.HE  

Credits: Benedek Levente

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