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Jürgen Tüchler with his Fiat G-91 Gina The veteran of the Austrian jet flight Billy Zauner brought a
in a very striking paint scheme. beautiful A-10 Thunderbolt II with him, which he very convincingly
presented in flight.

Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Italy and Austria were welco- ready started their demonstrations. The meeting is organized
med in Niederöblern. quite casually, so that the pilots don't have to register for their
With its 730 m long and 30 m wide asphalt runway as well as flights, but everybody can join the queue at the flight line ac-
the infrastructural facilities with hangar, hotel and restaurant, cording to his mood. A special challenge for the pilots was the
the course offers the ideal conditions for the meeting. A very Grimming mountain range in the background. It not only gives
large number of pilots already arrived on Friday to make check the venue a breathtaking backdrop, but also meant a change
flights. They also took advantage of the very good weather con- for the pilots, as flying against a background of changing light
ditions on this day, as the weather forecast did not promise any conditions is not an everyday occurrence.
useful prospects for the weekend. On Friday morning more pi- Starting with sports models such as the Futura, Avanti and
lots arrived with their models, so that the apron filled up quite scale models such as the Grumman Panther, Hawker Hunter,
fast. Shortly after the briefing by Peter Cmyral the first jets al- Yak-130, Su-27 and Let L-39, the range of jet models extended

The Hawk 100 by Arndt Schlacher shows a very
high level of detail and has a great flight image.

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