Event - Sanicole Airshow 2022
Sometimes work brings you to interesting places you might never visit otherwise.
The biggest airshow of the Benelux is such a place. Eventhought we were so busy lending out gear and explaining camera settings that we didn't manage to go much further than 50 meters from our booth (except for food & beer runs), we did make a few shots with the selection of Sony lenses we were showcasing.. because WE CAN!
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I can't give any comments on all the events happening at the venue because we didn't have the opportunity to walk the grounds. We did see and hear what happened in the air and that was impressive to say the least. One can only be dazzled by both the pilot's skills and by the skills of everyone designing & building such machines.. both old ones and new ones.
Yes, that F-35 will tear your eardrums to pieces if it wants to, but you have to admire the sudden moves it can make in the air while being such a big chunk of metal. The event was completely sold out (35k visitors?) and this jetplane was probably one of the reasons.
At the same time for me the other highlights were the Agusta helicopter firing off flares at dusk and the LED-planes that reminded me of UFO's.
What I can tell you about ground level is that the beer was cold, the hamburgers ok, the lunch packs for the exhibitors were great, and the deep mud on the road behind the booths was great 4x4-fun to wade through. On Sunday evening we even did the grand tour through the woods and paths of the military base to find an exit. Good times.
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All photos can be found on Flickr and a longer video than the one on Instagram is on Clapper
A short Instagram video
And for those who want to see even more Airshow images:
