F/A-18 SwissAirforce, Cougar, F-5, canons BIG update 17Okt!

[stmoritzer]

Yesterday, there was the annual Swiss Airforce Display (kind of a airshow, but with real canon-shooting on various targets in the mountains)

The gunrange is located in the mountains, so a 2hours walk/climb is needed to get there (or a VIP flight with a SuperPuma helikopter )

Following participants of the Swiss Airforce were there, demonstrating their skills
F-5 Tiger fighter plane
F/A-18
Super Puma/Cougar helikopter
PatrouilleSuisse (F-5) !



incredible scenery with the snowmountains in the back, nice weather, a great day




VIDEO of F/A18 shooting and a 6planes fly-by
Today, did my first compilation video, from the canon-shooting demonstration of the F/A-18 planes
Listen to the sound of the bullets, the "whiiiuu" of the still rotating revolver-canon when the plane is infront of me ...

~10mb, 44sec, 640x480res
http://rapidshare.de/files/6284319/a...18gun.WMV.html



EDIT: as promisied, the update

the location Axalp close to Brienz/Meiringen in the centre of Switzerland

a long steep walk up


view back to platform 3, were above pic was taken


great view !


and a picture of the city Brienz, heavily damaged in last month flooding , one can still see the river which destroyed large parts of the village




target in the valley (lower end to the left, the orange markings) and on the rocks








more pictures of the Cougar/SuperPuma helicopter


VIDEO. Ejecting FLARES!, performance of the Cougar and "fleet approach"
http://rapidshare.de/files/6397119/A...r-all.wmv.html

Aluette III leaving (unique sound of this helicopter, well known in the Alps)
http://rapidshare.de/files/6397226/A...aving.MPG.html




Augusta 109 of the Swiss Air Rescue , and Aluette III (rescue demo in pic3)





F-5 Tiger
gunshooting video compilation
http://rapidshare.de/files/6396963/A...r-all.wmv.html

less pics, since I did the video
impact pic, turning away, and Flares



F/A-18

VIDEO: see original post above!

pics: stunning flight performance :shock:



the stars of the show, the famous Patrouille Suisse
VIDEO: http://rapidshare.de/files/6396656/A...sse-b.wmv.html






amazing :shock: pics a friend of mine took while I was filming
crossing of the two solo pilots at 0.95mach!!


looping, mirror flight, tunnel-crossing




after the show, the VIP's flew back with..



and we walked/climbed down

ENJOY
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[SFDMALEX]

NIce thanks, too bad American jets are so damn ugly looking.

[Wutputt]

Great pics. The planes and helicopters with those Swiss mountains as background are just a perfect mix for some lovely pics

[TT]

Thanks for some "different" sightings, and you know what? new custom title on its way

[Wutputt]

Originally Posted by TT and you know what? new custom title on its way

haha, that's a good one

[komotar]

thx for the pics. I love fighter planes 8)

the scenery is AWESOME

BTW, a nice custom title

[Schwalbe]

Originally Posted by stmoritzer Today, did my first compilation video, from the canon-shooting demonstration of the F/A-18 planes Listen to the sound of the bullets, the "whiiiuu" of the still rotating revolver-canon when the plane is infront of me ... More to come next week.....

Thanks stmoritzer for these great fighter planes pictures and for the awesome combat action video !

For more info about the F/A-18 Hornet cannon, this powerful gun is called "M61 Vulcan". Its a 6-barrel rotary cannon with 520 rounds of 20mm ammunition and is internally mounted in the nose. His action is hydraulically driven, 6 barreled, rotary action, air cooled, electrically fired weapon, with selectable rates of fire of either 4000 or 6000 rounds per minute. Normaly this cannon is use to air-to-air environment, because it has limited usefulness in a ground strafing role. As I can see and hear on your video this cannon is really impressing.


I can wait to see more pix of this event next week !

[c0wb0y007]

Hi St. Moritzer,

That Heli pic rocks, nicely captured while it manoevres. Does propellers almost decapitate me 8)

Thanks for sharing those.

Cheers

[stmoritzer]

:crazyeyes: I got my first custom title :crazyeyes:

Originally Posted by Schwalbe Thanks stmoritzer for these great fighter planes pictures and for the awesome combat action video ! For more info about the F/A-18 Hornet cannon, this powerful gun is called "M61 Vulcan". Its a 6-barrel rotary cannon with 520 rounds of 20mm ammunition and is internally mounted in the nose. His action is hydraulically driven, 6 barreled, rotary action, air cooled, electrically fired weapon, with selectable rates of fire of either 4000 or 6000 rounds per minute. Normaly this cannon is use to air-to-air environment, because it has limited usefulness in a ground strafing role. As I can see and hear on your video this cannon is really impressing. I can wait to see more pix of this event next week !

Thanks for the info about the M61Vulcan !
They were shooting a so called "combat salvo" of 240 bullets

[RAMMIUS]

very nice pics St.Moritzer , but we want more

[davide]

my god, really good militry pictures!

really like the heli, almost getting those blades into your lines

very nice, and scenery is just... gorgeous!

[pzgren]

It was really a great day, i've been there too. i was on platform 3. sadly half of my pics were not good, it was to fast or far away... but it was absolutely worth to walk up there.

[stmoritzer]

Originally Posted by pzgren It was really a great day, i've been there too. i was on platform 3. sadly half of my pics were not good, it was to fast or far away... but it was absolutely worth to walk up there.

you lazy guy , first barbecue-stand with beer and you gave up !!

maybe I've seen you, my collegue took a picture of platform3...