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Text & Pictures : Guy Liesse © sbap 2011
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Sion Breitling
airshow was the most important air fair of Switzerland in 2011. The event
held from 16th until 18th September was organized to underline the 75 years
of the "Valais aeroclub" and the international character of Sion airport was
the reason to organize this event there. The main organization was performed
by the well know Swiss chronograph company and around the airport the
publicity for this top watch maker was quite visible. The program was chosen
to present a mix of old flying machine with piston engines, new generation
jet fighter, smooth gliders, rotary wings, hot air balloon, jet man from
civil and military horizon. Big news in airshow world, the organizer had
also set a conduct line taking care of the ecology, calculating the
presentations to have as less as possible greenhouse gas effect. All the
conditions were present to make from this event an exceptional airshow,
except...the weather more than capricious on Saturday and Sunday avoiding
the fair weather demonstrations of the aerobatic teams and other powerful
jets. Despite the weather, some 63.000 visitors came to the Valais capital
airport to admire the demonstration and so contribute to the success of this
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| A verry special and pleasant bar ! | |
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| The early years of aviation : Bleriot XI | |
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| Grandjean III | Santos Dumont "Demoiselle" n°20 |
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| One of the most modern Swiss productions... | ...the Pilatus PC-21 |
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| Pilatus PC-6 "Turbo portter", a military and civil commercial success | Pilatus P.2-06 |
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| Alfred Conte AC-4 | Morane-Saulnier MS406 |
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| Yakovlev YAK 9UM | Morane-Saulnier MS317 |
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| Beechcraft B-18 | Bombardier Chalanger from REGA company |
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| Suprmarine Spitfire Mk IX | Always a star in the airshow... |
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| Bücker BÛ 131 Jungmann | Stampe & Vertongen SV4c |
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| Max Holste MH-1521 "Super Broussard" | Rockwell OV-10 "Bronco" from Montélimar flying museum |
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| Mudry CAP 10B from the "Cap Tens" team | Extra EA300/SC |
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| Aerospatial "Lama" from Air Zermat | Eurocopter EC-135 T2 from Air Zermat |
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| Eurocopter EC-120B | Eurocopter EC-130B4 from Heli Alps |
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| Sikorsky S-76B | Swiss Air Force Eurocopter EC-635 |
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| Saab JAS 39D "Grippen from Sweden | Eurofighter Typhoon from the German Luftwaffe |
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| Belgian Air Force with a Lockheed Martin F-16B/M | |
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| Grumman TBM-3E "Avenger" | In French navy colours |
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| Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk.11 | Faichild UC-61A "Argus" |
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 The wonderful Breitling Lockheed Super Constellation |
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| Convai PBY-5 "Catalina" | |
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| Historic formation with a DC-3 and 2 Beech B-18 | Douglas C-47B |
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| Douglas DC-3A | One more Breitling preservation ! |
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| In D-Day color scheme | Full metal Swissair |
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| Breitling wing walkers team | Preparing for the show |
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| Oil of the engine, charm of the woman on the wings | Split in the mountains |
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| The "PC-7" team and the F/A-18 of the swiss Air Force | The perfection in the formation |
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| Breitling Jet Team | The L-39 "Albatros" in action |
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| With sun... | ...with rain |
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 Swiss Air Force "Super Puma" solo display |
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| Eurofighter Typhoon solo display presented by the German Luftawaffe JG73 | |
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| Rafale from the 1/7 "Provence" French Air Force | |
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| 30.000 flight hours colours and... | ... the "Petit Prince" of Antoine de Saint Exupery |
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French Air Force demonstration tem : |
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| French smokes in the Valais mountains | |
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| The Swiss national team : "Patrouille Suisse" | |
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| Beautifull landscape and loved airplanes...no more comments needed... | |