291 results found
Registration / Serial:T-358
Aircraft Original Type:Eurocopter EC-135
Aircraft Generic Type:Eurocopter EC-135/635
Aircraft Version:Eurocopter TH05 (EC-635P-2+)
C/n (msn):0693
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19693Submit Correction
View count: 162
No doubt a very capable machine, but doesn't have the appeal of older helicopter designs to me
Registration / Serial:T-358
Aircraft Version:Eurocopter TH05 (EC-635P-2+)
C/n (msn):0693
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:T-358
Aircraft Original Type:Eurocopter EC-135
Aircraft Generic Type:Eurocopter EC-135/635
Aircraft Version:Eurocopter TH05 (EC-635P-2+)
C/n (msn):0693
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19693Submit Correction
View count: 162
No doubt a very capable machine, but doesn't have the appeal of older helicopter designs to me
Registration / Serial:T-358
Aircraft Version:Eurocopter TH05 (EC-635P-2+)
C/n (msn):0693
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19692Submit Correction
View count: 216
Like D-FYGJ, built by Yakolev using an Allison V-1710 engine in the early 1990s. Ex N82112
Registration / Serial:RA-3587K
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-9UM
C/n (msn):0470406
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19692Submit Correction
View count: 216
Like D-FYGJ, built by Yakolev using an Allison V-1710 engine in the early 1990s. Ex N82112
Registration / Serial:RA-3587K
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-9UM
C/n (msn):0470406
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:J-3090
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-5E Tiger II
C/n (msn):L1090
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19322Submit Correction
View count: 109
End of another impressive display. By this time the Swiss Tiger IIs were already coming up to 30 years old
Registration / Serial:J-3090
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-5E Tiger II
C/n (msn):L1090
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:J-3090
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-5E Tiger II
C/n (msn):L1090
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19322Submit Correction
View count: 109
End of another impressive display. By this time the Swiss Tiger IIs were already coming up to 30 years old
Registration / Serial:J-3090
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-5E Tiger II
C/n (msn):L1090
Operator Titles:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:HB-EMI
Other Marks:FZ827
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild 24
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild 24 (C-61 Forwarder/Argus)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild UC-61A Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):767
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19321Submit Correction
View count: 312
The RAF serial is a genuine former identity but the paintwork is distinctly imaginary!
Registration / Serial:HB-EMI
Aircraft Version:Fairchild UC-61A Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):767
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:HB-EMI
Other Marks:FZ827
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild 24
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild 24 (C-61 Forwarder/Argus)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild UC-61A Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):767
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:19321Submit Correction
View count: 312
The RAF serial is a genuine former identity but the paintwork is distinctly imaginary!
Registration / Serial:HB-EMI
Aircraft Version:Fairchild UC-61A Argus Mk2 (24W-41A)
C/n (msn):767
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:3793Submit Correction
View count: 392
First flying in 1945, a total of 55 P-2s trainers were built, some as an armed variant. Parts from older Swiss AF aircraft were incorporated, including landing gear parts from Me109s. This one was built in 1950 and served the military until around 1980
Registration / Serial:HB-RAR
Alternate Serial:U-136
Aircraft Version:Pilatus P-2-06
C/n (msn):56
Operator Titles:L'Aerotique
Display Paint:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:3793Submit Correction
View count: 392
First flying in 1945, a total of 55 P-2s trainers were built, some as an armed variant. Parts from older Swiss AF aircraft were incorporated, including landing gear parts from Me109s. This one was built in 1950 and served the military until around 1980
Registration / Serial:HB-RAR
Alternate Serial:U-136
Aircraft Version:Pilatus P-2-06
C/n (msn):56
Operator Titles:L'Aerotique
Display Paint:Switzerland - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:ES-YLF
Other Marks:6
Aircraft Original Type:Aero L-39 Albatros
Aircraft Generic Type:Aero L-39/59/139/159 Albatros
Aircraft Version:Aero L-39C Albatros
C/n (msn):433141
Operator Titles:Breitling
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:3783Submit Correction
View count: 159
One of the Breitling team's ex Ukraine AF L-39s sweeps in to land after their show
Registration / Serial:ES-YLF
Aircraft Version:Aero L-39C Albatros
C/n (msn):433141
Operator Titles:Breitling
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:ES-YLF
Other Marks:6
Aircraft Original Type:Aero L-39 Albatros
Aircraft Generic Type:Aero L-39/59/139/159 Albatros
Aircraft Version:Aero L-39C Albatros
C/n (msn):433141
Operator Titles:Breitling
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:3783Submit Correction
View count: 159
One of the Breitling team's ex Ukraine AF L-39s sweeps in to land after their show
Registration / Serial:ES-YLF
Aircraft Version:Aero L-39C Albatros
C/n (msn):433141
Operator Titles:Breitling
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:PH-RLD
Aircraft Original Type:Saab 91 Safir
Aircraft Generic Type:Saab 91 Safir (Sk50/Tp91)
Aircraft Version:Saab 91D Safir
C/n (msn):91.370
Operator Titles:Rijksluchtvaartschool - RLS
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:2156Submit Correction
View count: 348
Good to see this old Safir back in its authentic original RLS colours. Owned by Erwin van Hassel
Registration / Serial:PH-RLD
Aircraft Version:Saab 91D Safir
C/n (msn):91.370
Operator Titles:Rijksluchtvaartschool - RLS
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:PH-RLD
Aircraft Original Type:Saab 91 Safir
Aircraft Generic Type:Saab 91 Safir (Sk50/Tp91)
Aircraft Version:Saab 91D Safir
C/n (msn):91.370
Operator Titles:Rijksluchtvaartschool - RLS
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:2156Submit Correction
View count: 348
Good to see this old Safir back in its authentic original RLS colours. Owned by Erwin van Hassel
Registration / Serial:PH-RLD
Aircraft Version:Saab 91D Safir
C/n (msn):91.370
Operator Titles:Rijksluchtvaartschool - RLS
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:HB-FKT
Aircraft Original Type:Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Aircraft Generic Type:Pilatus PC-6 Porter/Turbo Porter
Aircraft Version:Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
C/n (msn):876
Operator Titles:Flying Devil
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:2151Submit Correction
View count: 249
Until 1999 this Turbo Porter was Liechtenstein-registered (although with the same identity). Recently repainted into these eye-catching colours
Registration / Serial:HB-FKT
Aircraft Version:Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
C/n (msn):876
Operator Titles:Flying Devil
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:HB-FKT
Aircraft Original Type:Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Aircraft Generic Type:Pilatus PC-6 Porter/Turbo Porter
Aircraft Version:Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
C/n (msn):876
Operator Titles:Flying Devil
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:2151Submit Correction
View count: 249
Until 1999 this Turbo Porter was Liechtenstein-registered (although with the same identity). Recently repainted into these eye-catching colours
Registration / Serial:HB-FKT
Aircraft Version:Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
C/n (msn):876
Operator Titles:Flying Devil
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:F-AZXJ
Alternate Serial:WH589
Military Code:NW-115
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):37733
Display Paint:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:2148Submit Correction
View count: 335
Apparently originally a Fury FB.10 two-seater delivered to Iraq as '324' in 1949. Debut in these colours last year. Ex N58SF/N1324 and rebuilt with a Wright R-3350, now masquerading as WH589 (the actual Sea Fury with this serial flies as N985HW and was in the UK in the 1970s as CF-CHB/G-AGHB)
Registration / Serial:F-AZXJ
Alternate Serial:WH589
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):37733
Display Paint:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:F-AZXJ
Alternate Serial:WH589
Military Code:NW-115
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Fury/Sea Fury
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):37733
Display Paint:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:2148Submit Correction
View count: 335
Apparently originally a Fury FB.10 two-seater delivered to Iraq as '324' in 1949. Debut in these colours last year. Ex N58SF/N1324 and rebuilt with a Wright R-3350, now masquerading as WH589 (the actual Sea Fury with this serial flies as N985HW and was in the UK in the 1970s as CF-CHB/G-AGHB)
Registration / Serial:F-AZXJ
Alternate Serial:WH589
Aircraft Version:Hawker Sea Fury FB11
C/n (msn):37733
Display Paint:Australia - Navy
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:D-FYGJ
Military Code:5
Aircraft Original Type:Yakovlev Yak-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Yakovlev Yak-3
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3M
C/n (msn):0470204
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:1366Submit Correction
View count: 689
One of the new-production Yak-3s built by Yakolev in the 1990s using original plans and dies, powered by an Allison V-1710 engine. Painted in the marks of General Major Zakharov, a Hero of the Soviet Union who claimed 10 victories in WWII
Registration / Serial:D-FYGJ
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3M
C/n (msn):0470204
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:D-FYGJ
Military Code:5
Aircraft Original Type:Yakovlev Yak-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Yakovlev Yak-3
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3M
C/n (msn):0470204
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:1366Submit Correction
View count: 689
One of the new-production Yak-3s built by Yakolev in the 1990s using original plans and dies, powered by an Allison V-1710 engine. Painted in the marks of General Major Zakharov, a Hero of the Soviet Union who claimed 10 victories in WWII
Registration / Serial:D-FYGJ
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-3M
C/n (msn):0470204
Display Paint:Soviet Union - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:G-MXVI
Alternate Serial:TE184
Military Code:EJC
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX.4394
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:1363Submit Correction
View count: 772
TE184 spent her early years after being demobbed in the hands of the Air Training Corps in Lancashire and appeared in the 1968 'Battle of Britain' film at Henlow. Restored to flying condition in the late 1980s and was previously to be seen in USAAF and French colours
Registration / Serial:G-MXVI
Alternate Serial:TE184
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX.4394
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:G-MXVI
Alternate Serial:TE184
Military Code:EJC
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX.4394
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Event:Sion Air Show 2011
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:1363Submit Correction
View count: 772
TE184 spent her early years after being demobbed in the hands of the Air Training Corps in Lancashire and appeared in the 1968 'Battle of Britain' film at Henlow. Restored to flying condition in the late 1980s and was previously to be seen in USAAF and French colours
Registration / Serial:G-MXVI
Alternate Serial:TE184
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF16E
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX.4394
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Sion (LSGS / LSMS / SIR)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:16 September 2011
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact