Saturday 1 December is a national holiday in Romania and 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Unification.
Does anyone have any information on the flypast over the Arcul de Triumf in the north of Bucharest that day please?
In particular, the axis for the flypast.
Previous years have seen a flypast of 40-50 aircraft and it's not unreasonable to imagine this year's event will yield more.
Freeman
Romanian National Day 1 December 2018
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Re: Romanian National Day 1 December 2018
YouTube footage of last year shows the parade running north to south from the palace towards the city centre with an approx. heading of 160-170.
No aerial participation in the footage though....
Joost
No aerial participation in the footage though....
Joost
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Re: Romanian National Day 1 December 2018
Thanks for the idea Joost. I have now found a clip showing the 2017 flypast, so I have a better idea of how close the aircraft are to the overhead.
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Re: Romanian National Day 1 December 2018
A very cold (-10c) but calm start to the day saw us taking a taxi from Henri Coanda apt to Herastrau Park, Bucharest to watch the flypast commemorating the National Day.
Breakfast in the Herastrau hotel was disturbed by the three Mi-8/17s clattering out of Baneasa, indicating an earlier time for said flypast than we were expecting. Coffee finished, we were on the shores of the lake by 1010hrs to see the following fly down Soseaua Kiseleff and over the Arcul de Triumf:
Wave 1
46 IAR330L SOCAT
53 IAR330L
106 IAR330M
Wave 2
21 IAR330M
40 IAR330M
55 IAR330L
Wave 3
31 IAR330L SOCAT
38 IAR330L SOCAT
56 IAR330L SOCAT
Wave 4
07 IAR330L
99 IAR330L
__ IAR330 Puma Naval
Wave 5
108 IAR330L SRI
201 SA365N SRI
202 SA365N SRI
Wave 6
334 EC135T2 SMURD
290 EC135P2 Politia
297 EC135P2 Politia
Wave 7
107 Mi-17 Politia
110 Mi-17 Politia
730 Mi-8PS Politia
Wave 8
6191 C-130H
Wave 9
2702 C-27J
2706 C-27J
2707 C-27J
Wave 10
6166 C-130B
703 IAR-99
705 IAR-99
Wave 11
5930 C-130
704 IAR-99
716 IAR-99
Wave 12
188730 CF-188
188756 CF-188
Wave 13
LY-WAA Yak-52TW
LY-WAW Yak-52TW
N185YK Yak-52TW
The Puma Naval remained unidentified. So, if anyone has a better photo than us, please step forward.
We had been expecting some fast jets, but 4 x F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft missed the parade because the runway at the Borcea Air Base 86 (MK) froze and the aircraft couldn’t take off, according to the Ministry of Defence.
They did participate in the military parade at Alba Iulia (5hrs NW of Bucharest) later in the day, however …
Freeman, Brian & Neil
Breakfast in the Herastrau hotel was disturbed by the three Mi-8/17s clattering out of Baneasa, indicating an earlier time for said flypast than we were expecting. Coffee finished, we were on the shores of the lake by 1010hrs to see the following fly down Soseaua Kiseleff and over the Arcul de Triumf:
Wave 1
46 IAR330L SOCAT
53 IAR330L
106 IAR330M
Wave 2
21 IAR330M
40 IAR330M
55 IAR330L
Wave 3
31 IAR330L SOCAT
38 IAR330L SOCAT
56 IAR330L SOCAT
Wave 4
07 IAR330L
99 IAR330L
__ IAR330 Puma Naval
Wave 5
108 IAR330L SRI
201 SA365N SRI
202 SA365N SRI
Wave 6
334 EC135T2 SMURD
290 EC135P2 Politia
297 EC135P2 Politia
Wave 7
107 Mi-17 Politia
110 Mi-17 Politia
730 Mi-8PS Politia
Wave 8
6191 C-130H
Wave 9
2702 C-27J
2706 C-27J
2707 C-27J
Wave 10
6166 C-130B
703 IAR-99
705 IAR-99
Wave 11
5930 C-130
704 IAR-99
716 IAR-99
Wave 12
188730 CF-188
188756 CF-188
Wave 13
LY-WAA Yak-52TW
LY-WAW Yak-52TW
N185YK Yak-52TW
The Puma Naval remained unidentified. So, if anyone has a better photo than us, please step forward.
We had been expecting some fast jets, but 4 x F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft missed the parade because the runway at the Borcea Air Base 86 (MK) froze and the aircraft couldn’t take off, according to the Ministry of Defence.
They did participate in the military parade at Alba Iulia (5hrs NW of Bucharest) later in the day, however …
Freeman, Brian & Neil