WELCOME
EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON !
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GOODBYE STARFIGHTER GROSSETO | |||
2004 | |||
On Grosseto still rules the activity concerning the Starfighter ! (2004) | |||
Within the AMI (Aeronautica Militaire / Italian Airforce) we find the 4th Stormo (4th wing) with the 9e Gruppo (9th Sqn). | |||
Let us take you to this exiting hot-summer day in 2004 for some nice impressions: | |||
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4th Stormo is an important Air-defence unit with Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) status | |||
There is activity that morning on the flightline and the runway the day we visit. | |||
An F-104S-ASA-M shows this characteristic howling sound of the J-79 engine, a unique sound nostalgic in short time. | |||
We do realize that this will be the last time we'll hear it on this base, pilots will also say goodbye to a very beloved plane | |||
And let's be frank, what a sight, this living legend on the Grosseto concrete, still there's a time of coming and going. | |||
Goodbye Starfighter, Welcome first Eurofighter called 'TYPHOON'. | |||
AMI's Elite 4th Stormo's experience in the OCU squadron makes it selected to receive as the first the Eurofighter ! | |||
It gives a warm feeling on a hot day to see this plane land, flown by two Italian pilots | |||
On arrival it shuffle's off his chute as if he would say: 'Well, here I am ! ' | |||
A short ride to the hangar where it will be parked and admired by a handfull of VIP's and press | |||
In no time the machines is handled off, and parked in it's new home. Who wouldn't have his picture overhere ? | |||
The first pilots being considered to fly Eurofighter were the F-104 exchange pilots who built up their experience... | |||
...in the USA on F-16, France on Mirage 2000 and Canada on the F-18 Hornet in the fly-by-wire techniques. | |||
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GOODBYE STARFIGHTER GROSSETO ! WELCOME TYPHOON ! | |||
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