Pics from my friend...

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Pisis

2nd Lieutenant
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Nov 3, 2004
Praga Mater Urbium
Hi,

a friend of mine, Dave Z, is a military pilot at the Kbely airbase and recently sent me some pics that he took during his missions. Check this out enjoy!

The description is by Dave Z:

These are bit older, from times when I was navigator on Antonov An-26. It's from May 2004 when two C-160 from France visited our base. I was invited to fly in one C-160 and took these pictures.
C-160 left, An-26 right

in formation


Over Prerov helicopter air base


An-26


Kbely air base


LKKB take-off photographed from flight operator's window (bubble)


My instructor at work, notice hard working flight engineer


DGPS reference station


LKCV landing


It's not a monkey, it's me


I was assigned to paratroopers training as an air force advisor, because I'm one of few in our base who can guide An-26 from the ground for paradrops (from days when I was navigator). So from base to target area I was given a Mi-24 Hind as a transport! And their primary goal was rocket training! I'm not so important, so my transport was only secondary. But I was able to take these pictures when flying as a cargo:






I'm especialy proud of this picture. S-8 rocket launch.:


Like 'em?


Cheers,
Pisis
 
I tried to get a flight in one when we I was in Kosovo. But the command would not let us fly in any Russian aircraft because the Russian maintenance practices were not up to par.
 
I can understand it. They have trouble getting spare parts and when the mechanic finds something wrong he just fixes it and no one looks at it like a TI to inspect his work.
 
Hehe. "We" Czechs-Slovaks are very much influenced by the 50+ years Russian Communism occuppation... Why do you think we've switched to Gripens? (But HIND isn't a bad rotor-plane...)

Cheers,
Pisis
 
Yeah, like an arrow! Fantastic design. I tried to catch em with my digital camera, but no chance they're so quick!

Talking about the design, do you know a cancelled project of almost finished jet airplane BAC TSR.2 ? They've done some 5 exemplaries, OI think. IMHO this plane has the nicest shape I've ever seen on a modern fighter!


Cheers,
Pisis
 

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