Day 1 Kecskemet airbase "Golden hour"
Sept 19, 2021 15:10:08 GMT 1
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Post by Airbus A346 on Sept 19, 2021 15:10:08 GMT 1
With some spare time before checking in to my hotel, and some glorious weather I decided to do a 'recce' on the base as certain areas would be off limits for the show.
From my October 2019 visit I remembered a dirt track following the perimeter fence and a spotting area at the Western end of the runway - on arrival it was rammed with cars, spectators and photographers. From their accents I thought I was in the Netherlands, no surprise there. The dirt track gave good views of the recently retired An-26s (or Camels as the Hungarians have nicknamed them) plus a visiting Serbian An-26 which departed. The highlight was the Romanian Mig 21 taking off for a practice session and ripping its way around the circuit doing a bunsen burner impersonation with its afterburners on. The light blue underside camouflage worked well against the evening sky. Simply awesome !
71386 An-26 Serbian AF by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
HUNAF 405 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
HUNAF 407 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
HUNAF 110 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
HUNAF 603 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
604 A319, 606 Falcon, 43 & 37 Gripens by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
6807 Romanian AF by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
9781 Czech AF by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
103003 / SE-RMI Swedish AF by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
MM.62161 Italian AF by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr
Next stop ..... my hotel which was only 15 minutes from the base, a very tasty Hungarian beef stew and a couple of cold beers 
