Oct
26
2005
26 October 2005
During the last years opportunities in Austria have been extremely rare to do large scale formation flying. Therefore we have been very happy, as we got the order to prepare a 12 ship formation for the 26 of October, the Austrian national holiday. One could suppose that a straight and level over flight [...]
Sep
1
2005
September 2005
Since a long time the Austrian Air Force cooperated with the Swedish “Flygvapnet”. If you have a closer look at the types of aircraft which have been and still are operated in the one and the other country this liaison becomes obvious. The Swedish flying school operates the SK 60 which is quite similar [...]
Aug
4
2005
04.07.05
On the 04.07.05 a special event took place in our squadron. Our 6 student pilots finished their training up to that day successfully, so they were cleared for their first solo flight on the Saab J-105 by the squadron commander and by the regiments fixed wing section commander. In plenty VMC three of them took [...]
Aug
1
2005
August 2005
Last week an outstanding event took place for our squadron. It is quite usual for squadrons all over the world to practice with other nations to improve interoperability on the one hand and to work out new or work on existing procedures on the other hand. For us in Austria this is completely new [...]
Jun
24
2005
Airpower05 – behind the scenes
The Airpower 05, one of Europe ’s biggest air shows, passed by without any incidents and it impressed over 250.000 visitors. Much staff was necessary to organize an event of that size and also the Tiger squadron Austria contributed its part.
On the one hand the “Tiger 6 Pack” took part [...]
Jun
24
2005
24 – 25 Juni 2005
Hello, from the flying part of the Tiger squadron Austria. In this section you will read about two things. Firstly the “Tiger 6 Pack” and secondly about the J 105 solo display..
“Tiger 6 Pack”
The “Tiger 6 Pack” has pretty much changed since the last Airpower. We had a new lead, [...]
Jun
22
2005
22.06.2005
Finally the time has come. The 3rd squadron has changed its squadron insignia, to approach the NATO Tiger Association in this point as it is usual to wear a tiger or another wildcat in ones squadron sign. After gathering several proposals from the squadron members, we selected the best design and finished it up under [...]
Jun
9
2005
May
5
2005
5. – 9. May 2005
Already two weeks before the departure the tiger squadron Hörsching was eager to take off direction Asia . Two “flying carpets” were checked from top to toe, to do their business well for the three pilots and the technical staff on the observation trip to the NATO – Tiger meeting at [...]
Apr
25
2005
25. – 29. April 2005
In the event of an emergency, ejection of the crew is often the last option to avoid a fatal accident. Of course, the moment of the ejection can’t be foreseen so is the landing zone of the pilots also not determinable. Thus the crew must be prepared for all eventualities. As [...]