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Franck
February 5th 04, 07:20 PM
Sorry Tarver, Art and other.

I assisted yesterday to the TLP at Florennes AFB (Belgium) where a couple of
F-15E of the 492nd FS Madhatters was escort during the wenesday mission by 2
Mirage 2000C of the squadron 01-012 'Picardie'.

here b4 the take off :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oxi/D1/Tlp_fev/DSC_2847FxAa.jpg

--
Franck

John Mullen
February 7th 04, 01:59 AM
Franck wrote:

> Sorry Tarver, Art and other.
>
> I assisted yesterday to the TLP at Florennes AFB (Belgium) where a couple of
> F-15E of the 492nd FS Madhatters was escort during the wenesday mission by 2
> Mirage 2000C of the squadron 01-012 'Picardie'.
>
> here b4 the take off :
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oxi/D1/Tlp_fev/DSC_2847FxAa.jpg
>
> --
> Franck
>
>
Great shot! The 2000 is a beautiful plane. Saw one below me once in a
valley somewhere in the South of France. Do they still do low-level stuff?

John

Franck
February 7th 04, 04:31 PM
thanks John, here my photos of the Mirage 2000 (various type)

and here my photos of the greatest plane (for me) the Strike Eagle see in
belgium last week

http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1045&size=l

http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1044&size=L

http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1042&size=L

and all the photos of this specific TLP :
http://pegase.foxalpha.com/search.php?Venue=23

gave a nice visit

Franck

Bjørnar Bolsøy
February 7th 04, 04:49 PM
"Franck" > wrote in
:

> thanks John, here my photos of the Mirage 2000 (various type)
>
> and here my photos of the greatest plane (for me) the Strike
> Eagle see in belgium last week
>
> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1045&size=l
>
> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1044&size=L
>
> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1042&size=L
>
> and all the photos of this specific TLP :
> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/search.php?Venue=23
>
> gave a nice visit

http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1054&size=l

A bit unusual Sidewinder configuration, just a coincidence?



Regards...

Tony Volk
February 7th 04, 11:55 PM
Politics, schmoliticks, I followed the link to the index, and wow, there
are some GORGEOUS photos!!

Tony

"Franck" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry Tarver, Art and other.
>
> I assisted yesterday to the TLP at Florennes AFB (Belgium) where a couple
of
> F-15E of the 492nd FS Madhatters was escort during the wenesday mission by
2
> Mirage 2000C of the squadron 01-012 'Picardie'.
>
> here b4 the take off :
> http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oxi/D1/Tlp_fev/DSC_2847FxAa.jpg
>
> --
> Franck
>
>

John Keeney
February 7th 04, 11:58 PM
"Bjørnar Bolsøy" > wrote in message
...
> "Franck" > wrote in
> :
>
> > thanks John, here my photos of the Mirage 2000 (various type)
> >
> > and here my photos of the greatest plane (for me) the Strike
> > Eagle see in belgium last week
> >
> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1045&size=l
> >
> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1044&size=L
> >
> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1042&size=L
> >
> > and all the photos of this specific TLP :
> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/search.php?Venue=23
> >
> > gave a nice visit
>
> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1054&size=l
>
> A bit unusual Sidewinder configuration, just a coincidence?

Uh, no canards; I'm not sure what those are.

Tarver Engineering
February 8th 04, 12:33 AM
"Tony Volk" > wrote in message
...
> Politics, schmoliticks, I followed the link to the index, and wow,
there
> are some GORGEOUS photos!!

The French military is not Chirac.

> Tony
>
> "Franck" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Sorry Tarver, Art and other.
> >
> > I assisted yesterday to the TLP at Florennes AFB (Belgium) where a
couple
> of
> > F-15E of the 492nd FS Madhatters was escort during the wenesday mission
by
> 2
> > Mirage 2000C of the squadron 01-012 'Picardie'.
> >
> > here b4 the take off :
> > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/oxi/D1/Tlp_fev/DSC_2847FxAa.jpg
> >
> > --
> > Franck
> >
> >
>
>

Bjørnar Bolsøy
February 8th 04, 02:36 AM
"John Keeney" > wrote in news:4025977f_1
@news.iglou.com:
> "Bjørnar Bolsøy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Franck" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > thanks John, here my photos of the Mirage 2000 (various type)
>> >
>> > and here my photos of the greatest plane (for me) the Strike
>> > Eagle see in belgium last week
>> >
>> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1045&size=l
>> >
>> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1044&size=L
>> >
>> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1042&size=L
>> >
>> > and all the photos of this specific TLP :
>> > http://pegase.foxalpha.com/search.php?Venue=23
>> >
>> > gave a nice visit
>>
>> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1054&size=l
>>
>> A bit unusual Sidewinder configuration, just a coincidence?
>
> Uh, no canards; I'm not sure what those are.

Practising/training dummys I'd guess.


Regards...

Thomas Schoene
February 8th 04, 02:39 AM
John Keeney wrote:
> "Bjørnar Bolsøy" > wrote in message
> ...

>> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1054&size=l
>>
>> A bit unusual Sidewinder configuration, just a coincidence?
>
> Uh, no canards; I'm not sure what those are.

At a guess, Smokewinders -- smoke generators that fit Sidewinder rails.

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Bjørnar Bolsøy
February 8th 04, 05:13 AM
"Thomas Schoene" > wrote in
link.net:

> John Keeney wrote:
>> "Bjørnar Bolsøy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> http://pegase.foxalpha.com/picture.php?id=1054&size=l
>>>
>>> A bit unusual Sidewinder configuration, just a coincidence?
>>
>> Uh, no canards; I'm not sure what those are.
>
> At a guess, Smokewinders -- smoke generators that fit Sidewinder
> rails.

Looks like those are both with and without canards:

http://www.topedge.com/panels/aircraft/sites/kopack/f16sc1.html

http://www.topedge.com/panels/aircraft/sites/kopack/f16sc2.html



Regards...

Skysurfer
February 8th 04, 10:59 AM
John Mullen nous disait :

> Do they still do low-level stuff?

Yes they do, especially the 2000-D (ground attack) and the 2000-N
(Nuclear vector) variant.

Franck
February 8th 04, 12:50 PM
>I followed the link to the index, and wow, there
> are some GORGEOUS photos!!

thanks Tony

--
Franck

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