Sola Airshow 2007

This weekend it was the much anticipated Sola Airshow 2007, celebrating 70 years of the airport. I`d been looking forward to it for nearly a year now and it did`nt disappoint one bit, two great days of flying and the weather was good, almost too good!
Myself and Eirin had very important roles, liasing with the press and VIP parking! Thankfully we weren`t worked too hard at all, and manage to see all the show for the two days as well as wander around the static displays snapping away while Joe Public was still outside.As for the flying, the most impressive machines had to be the Mustang (what a noise that makes), the JAS Gripen and the combined F5/F-16 display. They also had the Swiss F5 display team which although very impressive indeed, didn`t really have the best names for their formations - not sure how you can do the "Roger Federer" or the "milking a cow" formation....but seemingly they did! I was also impressed with the Pitts Python and the Polish aero`s champion in the Extra, very good indeed and heightened my hunger for some aero`s action soon! The Catalina was here from Duxford, I was tempted for the share in her that they were selling, until i found out it cost £17,000 lol. The list goes on and and on, and there are some great photos here, much better then my feeble efforts!Hopefully the flying club made some money out of the weekend as there was an army of volunteers helping around the place. It really was a great weekend, and I even manage to chat up these two hot "flygirls"........Last night the need for air time got the better of me and after all that excitement I took JAL up for a spin with a work colleague. We buzzed a few houses and went into the fjords. It was good to be up again, as I had been taking it easy since the states......and I now need to focus on my next flying challenge!