31/12/2021
So, 2021 was supposed to be a total write-off when it came to aviation photo with most major airshows either cancelled or impossible to travel to. Turns out I had more than expected chances to get some Aviation Snaps anyway!
My new year's resolution should probably be "get better at selecting the best pics to share" but this is the output of some 13 events that I tended to during 2021. Lots of Saab JAS 39 Gripen, plenty of C/D versions but also the first snaps of E including my first dump-and-burn shots as well. At least two events involving GA aircraft, the fly-in-on-ice in February and the Christmas tree flight in December.
Seems the pics got all mixed up in a bucket here but the events in chronological order were:
* Fly-in-on-ice. Karlsborg, Sweden Jan 13.
* Swedish Display Pilot training camp (39 Gripen), Uppsala in May. Gripendisplaypilot
* De Havilland Vampire display over the Swedish Air Force Museum on June 6. Flygvapenmuseum.
* Gripen E display practice, Linköping, June 29.
* Short flight with my old friend Andreas Hjert when assisting Flygvapenmuseum Helikopteropter to refuel during a ferry flight.
* Gripen E display practice Aug 3, Linköping, Sweden.
* Air Force cadet "wing graduation" ceremony with different displays Oct 15, Linköping, Sweden.
* Farewell flight with DAT's MD-83 OY-RUE out of CPH. Oct 16.
* Airside tour at ARN (not processed it all yet), Stockholm, Sweden Nov 5.
* Gripen E 4-ship display at the delivery ceremony for 4 aircraft to Brazil and 2 to Sweden. Linköping, Sweden, Nov 24.
* Christmas tree flight by Swedish Air Force transport division 4xC-130. Linköping, Sweden, Nov 24.
* Christmas tree flight by Swedish Air Force flying school, Dec 16, Linköping, Sweden.
* Christmas tree flight by Linköpings Flygklubb and friends (local flying club). Linköping, Sweden, Dec 19.
