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2010 Air Shows |
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Location: Rivolto
AFB, Udine, Italy |
Admission:
FREE |
Parking: € 6 |
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Excellent |
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The
Italian Air Force Aerobatic Team “Freece Tricolori” celebrated
their 50th Anniversary at Rivolto AFB on September 11-12.
The air show is held every five years at Rivolto airbase,
west of Udine. It
is a great event to see the best European aerobatic teams perform
in one place. The photo conditions are ideal, with the sun
behind and it doesn't interfere with the aircraft taxiing in
front of you. A 300mm lens or a zoom in this range is sufficient
to take good photos of aircraft taking off or landing.
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The weather was perfect on both show days, sunny
and very warm. On arrival day Friday, Sept.10th there were heavy
rain showers.
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On Saturday
there were 150,000 spectators, and on Sunday it was double: 300,000!
The gates opened at 7:30 a.m., and closed at 18:00. Early arrival
is recommended to secure a good viewing spot on the field. The line
up in front of the gate started at 6:00 a.m. Needless to say, there
were heavy traffic jams and delays on both days. |
The actual flying began at 10:30 and lasted to
16:45 on Saturday and from 11:00 to 18:00 on Sunday. The only variation
from the program was the Red Arrows who only performed on Sunday.
There were also some guest pilots without their aircraft attending
from several teams:
- Black Eagles (Korea)
- Silver Falcons ( South
Africa)
- Al Fursan (UAE)
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Some of the flying displays
were:
- Aeronautica Militare AB 212
- Aeronautica Militare
MB 339 Solo display
- Team Iskry ( Poland) with 7 T-11 Iskras
- Aeronautica
Militare Tornado Solo display
- Wings of Storm ( Croatia) with 6
PC-M9
- Aeronautica Militare AMX
- Jordanian Falcons with
5 Extra-300L
- Finmeccanica M.346
- Patrulla Aguila ( Spain) with
7 Casa C-101
- Aeronautica Militare C.27 Spartan
- Patrouille Swiss
with 6 F-5E Tiger II
- Patrouille de France with 8 Alpha Jet
- Aeronautica
Militare EFA 2000 Typhoon
- Red Arrows with 9 Hawk
- Frecce Tricolori with 10
Aermacchi MB-339
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Rating:
9.5 out of 10 |
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Review and photography by Peter Thivessen for
AIRSHOWSREVIEW LLC. |
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