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2010 Air Shows |
Göteborg,
Sweden August 28-29
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Location: Göteborg,
Sweden |
Admission: $20 US approx. per day or $26 US approx
for both days, converted from Swedish currency.
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Parking:
available some for fee around $3.50 US proceeds for support
local sports club. |
| Value: Excellent |
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The
Goteborg air show is held annually in Sweden. It takes
place on the last weekend of August. Goteborg is the second largest
city in the country and home of the Aeroseum where the event is located.
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This museum is situated in a former Swedish Air Force underground
aircraft hangar built in 1955 and a classified top secret location
until 2003. This cave was blasted into the granite and is 22 thousand
square meter. During the height of the cold war aircraft would stand
in an access tunnel at full readiness for take off. In 2003 the government
wanted to fill the hangar with sand and weld its doors shut. Without
the intervention of the Aeroseum Foundation, which was created in
the same year, this unique facility would not be available today.
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This is the 3rd annual air show held at the museum
grounds, which uses the runways of the Goteborg City Airport located
across from the museum. It is a well organized and well attended
air show with most of the aircraft present were by performing flying
displays. The few aircraft parked for static display only were a
Swedish Air Force C-130, a 2-seater Gripen and Danish F-16. But the
main attraction of the show were the aircraft on flying display,
which were also available for viewing by the public, when they were
not in the air, in their designated aprons from behind crowd barriers.
This included aircraft rarely seen flying elsewhere. They were all
there! J29 Tunnan, J32 Lansen, J35 Draken, SK60, J34 Hunter, SK16
Harvard, SK61 Bulldog, J28 Vampire. These are all historic aircraft.
The one missing from this impressive line up was the J37 Viggen.
The organizers were trying to get a 2-seater Viggen for the flying
display but due to bureaucratic tie-up it was not allowed to participate.
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Other aircraft on flying display were a Scandinavian Airlines, SAS,
DC-3, Danish F-16, Sukhoi Su-29, SK 11 Tiger Moth, Boeing Stearman,
Bleriot XI, Swedish TP 84 Hercules (C-130) (Sunday only), HKP 5 (Hughes
269), HKP 6 Jet Ranger, Agusta HKP 15 (A109M).
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There
were 3 display teams present: The Italian Frecce Tricolori with their
Aermachi 339s, The Swiss PC-7 Team, and the Danish Baby Blue with
their Saab T-17s. On Saturday we witnessed the arrival of the last
Swedish Kawasaki HKP 4 (KV-107 Sea Knight helicopter), which will
be on permanent display at the museum. On Sunday the show ended
with a spectacular formation flight of most of Saab’s post
war jet aircraft. Flying together in the sunny late afternoon skies
of Gothenburg were the Tunnan, Draken, SK60, Gripen and Lansen. A
sight not to be forgotten! |
The
weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday called for 30% chance
of showers and they did materialize during these 2 days. There
were brief periods of heavy rain throughout the weekend. That did
not discourage people form coming to the show. Thousands were present
for both days, with Sunday having a bigger turnout. There were
plenty of food vendors and bathroom facilities. There were also
activities for children. There were also tours to the main tunnel
of the hanger available for the visiting public. |
This
air show is highly recommended due to its historic significant
location and the rare aircraft types on flying display. Organizers
tried their best to give the public a satisfying experience even
though mother nature did not want to cooperate all the time. The
grounds were soggy due to weeks of rain in the area. |
The list of some of the performing warbirds at the show:
- The Italian Frecce Tricolori
- Swiss PC-7 Team
- Danish Baby Blue Saab T-17
- J29 Tunnan
- J32 Lansen
- J35 Draken
- Scandinavian
Airlines, SAS, DC-3
- Danish F-16
- Sukhoi Su-29
- SK 11 Tiger Moth
- Boeing Stearman,
- Bleriot XI,
- Swedish TP 84 Hercules
(C-130) (Sunday only
- HKP 5 (Hughes 269)
- and many more
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Rating:
9.5 out of 10 |
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Review and photos by Ricardo von Puttkammer
for AIRSHOWSREVIEW LLC. |
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