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Joop de Groot's Photo Gallery

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J-5010 @ LSMM - Spectaculair take off from this alpine air base.
J-5010 @ LSMM		 J-5010 @ EBBL - Participant of the 2009 NATO Tiger Meet
J-5010 @ EBBL		 J-5234 @ LSMM - One of the first flights after two days of snowing.
J-5234 @ LSMM
J-5232 @ EBBL - J-5232 and J-5010 ready for departure
J-5232 @ EBBL		 J-5004 @ LSMM - Night flying exercise.
J-5004 @ LSMM		 J-5001 @ LSMP - J-5002 is turning onto the runway; J-5019 rolling behind.
J-5001 @ LSMP
J-5001 @ LSMS - Always a nice view, these mighty aircraft in their natural habitat.
J-5001 @ LSMS		 J-5021 @ LSMM - Nightflying in the Alps. Some bravery is needed!
J-5021 @ LSMM		 J-5001 @ LSMP - take off of anorther wave.
J-5001 @ LSMP
J-5018 @ LSMP - J-5018 is the only Swiss Hornet to wear the FlSt 18 badge.
J-5018 @ LSMP		 J-5011 @ LSMM - specially marked FlSt 11 Hornet.
J-5011 @ LSMM		 J-5001 @ LSMP - In Switzerland the first of each series traditionally will be a test aircraft. J-5001 has lots of mission markings underneath the cockpit, markings the tests it has been gone through.
J-5001 @ LSMP
J-5008 @ LSMM - holding point rwy 10
J-5008 @ LSMM		 J-5016 @ LSMM - Low through the Meiringen valley after take off.
J-5016 @ LSMM		 J-5016 @ LSMM - Vertical rocks and aircraft is normally not a healthy combination. In Switzerland this seems to be no problem though.
J-5016 @ LSMM
J-5016 @ LSMM - After take off from Meiringen the fighters have to avoid the Alps surrounding the air base.
J-5016 @ LSMM		 J-5234 @ LSMM - Photographers action
J-5234 @ LSMM		 J-5234 @ LSMP - Nice village in the backdrop.
J-5234 @ LSMP
J-5006 @ LSMM - Meiringen departure: low through the Aare valley.
J-5006 @ LSMM		 J-5021 @ LSMM - Take off in the early morning light.
J-5021 @ LSMM		 J-5014 @ LSMM - After take off the aircraft roar over the town of Meiringen. The protests against the noice are growing
J-5014 @ LSMM
J-5014 @ LSMM - Hornet on its way via the secundary taxiway to Rwy 10.
J-5014 @ LSMM		 J-5011 @ LSMM - Isn't that a great parking spot?
J-5011 @ LSMM		 J-5019 @ LSMM - touch down
J-5019 @ LSMM
J-5003 @ LSMP - Nice and low after take off.
J-5003 @ LSMP		 J-5013 @ AXALP - lots of condensation during a hard pull up.
J-5013 @ AXALP		 J-5020 @ LSMM - In snowy conditions the light seems to come from underneath.
J-5020 @ LSMM
J-5011 @ AXALP - After a strafing run on one of the targets this Hornet disappears behind the mountain. As you can see, we were not alone on the hill top.
J-5011 @ AXALP		 J-5026 @ LSMM - J-5026 sports nose art as the last delivered Hornet to the Swiss AF.
J-5026 @ LSMM		 J-5019 @ LSMM - Meiringen offers great photo opportunities. This one was photographed while climbing out the valley direction Brienzersee.
J-5019 @ LSMM
J-5002 @ AXALP - Spectacular pass over the Axalp range
J-5002 @ AXALP		 J-5008 @ AXALP - One of the spectacular images taken during the Axalp air to ground shooting exercise.
J-5008 @ AXALP		 J-5013 @ AXALP - These are the effects that are the highlight of the anual Axalp display! All one can say is: Wow!
J-5013 @ AXALP
J-5011 @ AXALP - This Hornet made a spectaculair upside down pass through the Axalp valley.
J-5011 @ AXALP		 J-5020 @ LSMM - Directly after take off the Hornet banks left to avoid mountains that are in front of the runway.
J-5020 @ LSMM		 J-5234 @ LSME - It was about 17.30 when this picture was taken. The sun hardly made it over the horizon of Lake Brienz.
J-5234 @ LSME
J-5013 @ LSMP - This FA-18 carries the tiger painted Fl St 11 fuel tank.
J-5013 @ LSMP		 J-5003 @ AXALP - 1319/SFC003
J-5003 @ AXALP		 J-5007 @ LSMM - Flying if front of a typical white out due to fresh fallen snow.
J-5007 @ LSMM
J-5236 @ LSMM - At last: after more than 20 years traveling to Switzerland I finally succeeded in photographing aircraft in snow.
J-5236 @ LSMM		   

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