F/A-18 Air-to-Air
Hello, in connection with its collaboration with the "Sphair - Exploring Aviation Talent" program of the Swiss Air Force, had organized a photo session with the Air Force on 18 April 2011 to do air-to-air shots of one of its new Airbus A320s with a large Sphair sticker on the fuselage. I was invited to ride along in the Airbus and thus got a few photos of the two F/A-18 Hornets flying alongside our aircraft for about half an hour.
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Take-off from Zurich in A320 HB-JIY
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Overflying Lake Lucerne
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Mont Blanc visible far off in the distance
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Some "suspicious" contrails are visible in the sky, but where are the fighter planes associated with them?
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There they are! Approaching from behind on our starboard side.
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The Air Force photographer is on the back seat of the two-seater aircraft
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Both F/A-18s doing a parallel left turn with our Airbus
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Coming closer
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Yes, that's the shadow of our right wing on the fuselage of the Hornet...
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Finally a clean shot of an F/A-18 in the air
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The Hornet breaking off after the end of the photo session
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Photo with 120 young Sphair graduates, some Sphair officials and the Hello crew after that spectacular flight. Note the Sphair sticker behind the cockpit.
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