Sunday September 5th

Team two arrived at Payerne around ten o'clock, early enough to avoid the traffic jams. They found a nice spot near the flight line with PC-7s of the Swiss Air Force. The sun was behind the crowd, so photo opportunities for the show were great. The highlight for this day was the C-121C Connie; the N73544 (54-0156) from Breitling, which made three passes. Because the Swiss Air Force has plans to buy additional fighters, the latest generation of fighters were present and shown flying to the public; Saab JAS-39A Grippen (39148/148), Eurofighter EF-2000T (JG-73 30+10), the French Rafale B (301) from Dassault and just of the production line, a F/A-18F from VFA-103 (166513/AA-104). The PC-7 team flew together with a F/A-18C. Because the show celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force, a formation with 4 Hunters and 1 Venom FB50 was shown. These privately owned Hunters are great to see.

C-121		C-121
F/A-18		Team PC-7 / F/A-18

On the Sunday, many other demo teams were present like the Red Arrows (the team left during the morning with a French Air Force C-130H Hercules with the equipment of the team), Patrouille de France, Team Aquilla, Frecce Tricolori, PC-7 team and of course the Patrouille de Suisse with their F-5E Tigers.

Frecce Tricolori		Team Aquilla
A-129		PC-6
C-130

Team two left the base around four o'clock to avoid traffic again. According to the news, around 180.000 people visited the air show and most people were by car.

Read on in part three, Departure day, and check our exclusive report.