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NATO DAYS 2009, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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    NATO DAYS 2009, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    NATO DAYS in Ostrava
    I was there and it was...gorgeous!
    C-5 Galaxy from New York
    AWACS
    Jas-39 Gripen
    Eurofighter Typhoon
    F-16
    F-15
    Mirage
    C-130 Hercules
    Mi-24
    L-159 Alca
    L-39 Albatros
    and good beer, nice girls...just paradise!



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    Last edited by seesul; 09-21-2009 at 05:39 PM.


    ...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.

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    Looks like an awesome time!!! The C-5 is HUGE!

    "Now here son is the arming for the missile, you can hit that but don't hit the, sh**" lol. (Helicopter picture)

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    It really is. I have never heard about this a/c before. I spoke to the pilot and was told the consumption is 20.000 pounds/hour (when empty)...
    And he flies it back to N.Y.C. today.


    ...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.

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    ......... That takes gas guzzling to a whole new level.

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    Yep, the oil companies have to love this bird. I was told US Air Force owns about 100 of them...
    Last edited by seesul; 09-21-2009 at 05:54 PM.


    ...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.

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    I hope they don't use them day to day.... they'll drain the worlds oil supply in a week

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    Excellent pictures Roman! Looks like a great time. The C-5 really is huge (and gas guzzling)!


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    I love the C-5, sometimes they'll fly over my school on the outbound flight from Nellis whenever they're is a major exercise out of Nellis AFB. They are so big even in the sky, its amazing to think something that big can fly.

    They always have one at the airshow at Nellis, Aviation Nation

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    Great pics Roman. looks like you had a marvellous day, and I bet Tommy won't forget it, especially after sitting in the aircraft! The weather looked beautiful as well - wish I was still there!

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    Its big enough that on search radar you can actually get it to paint 2 indvidual targets from the primary radar

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    Damn Roman, great pics my man.... But I didnt see any pics of women OR beer.... (ur wife dont count)

    Ur boy Tommy is sure gettin big Brother, I love this shot right here.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by lesofprimus View Post
    Damn Roman, great pics my man.... But I didnt see any pics of women OR beer.... (ur wife dont count)

    Ur boy Tommy is sure gettin big Brother, I love this shot right here.....

    Hi Dan,
    there are some girls bt you gotta watch the background as well. But...so many beautiful birds that I´ve forgot about the girls for a while...I´m sorry...I´m getting older...
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    ...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.

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    Haha....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airframes View Post
    Great pics Roman. looks like you had a marvellous day, and I bet Tommy won't forget it, especially after sitting in the aircraft! The weather looked beautiful as well - wish I was still there!
    Yep Terry, the weather was really beautiful, 26 degree and sunny. It wasn´t so far from Slavicin, some 60 miles to the north. Btw, Ostrava was a target of Joe´s mission in 1944 but his a/c never made it there...
    Tommy really enjoyed his stay in a cockpit of L-39. I wish he could spend a moment in Gripen but there were 5 Gripens flying and just one (double seater) on display, but there was no access...next time...


    ...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.

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    Great photos Roman. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you had excellent time and especially the kids.
    I had similar experience as your Tommy there when I was about his age. I sat in the cockpit of MiG-21 which was on static display during an airshow. That kinda sparked my interest in aircraft.

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