2022 Belgian Air Force F-16 Demo Team

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2022 Belgian Air Force F-16 Demo Team

Post by Flightline Uk » Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:01 pm

Commander Steven 'Vrieske' De Vries will take over as the Belgian Air Force F-16 Demo Pilot for the 2022 Display Season

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:30 pm

Meet Captain Steven โ€œVrieskeโ€ De Vries, the new demo pilot for the Belgian Air Force F-16 Solo Display Team.
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Captain Steven โ€œVrieskeโ€ De Vries, the new demo pilot for the Belgian Air Force F-16 solo display, began his training flights over the Kleine Brogel Air Base in preparation for the upcoming Airshow season.

Although Vrieske began his initial training a few weeks ago, designing and perfecting his routine in the flight simulator, it wasnโ€™t until this week that he performed the first demo practice in the real F-16. The first demo practice with a minimum altitude of 5.000 feet took place on Monday the 17th of January, since then Vrieske performed a number of training flights and went down to 3,000 feet. For the next few weeks, he will continue to practice his routine and slowly go lower to progressively descent to 500 feet, the Airshow minima.

Vrieske designed the all-new display routine which will last for around 10 minutes and definitely this will be the demo you don't wanna miss this summer with both the pilot and the aircraft pushed to the limits.

Stay tuned for the schedule and info on the new paint scheme for the F-16.

โ€ผ๏ธFind out more๐Ÿ‘‡
www.europeanairshows.co.uk/โ€ฆ/new-belgia ... o-pilot-beโ€ฆ
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:24 pm

๐•๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

Senior Captain Steven โ€œVrieskeโ€ De Vries, the new demo pilot for the Belgian Air Force F-16 Solo Display using the specially painted F-16 the X tiger for his practice display today.

This was the very first-time Vrieske has used the smoke winders during his practice display as he continues to polish his display at 1500ft before moving down to 500 feet, the Airshow minima soon.
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Post by Flightline Uk » Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:16 pm

https://www.air-shows.org.uk/2022/03/ai ... ndar-2022/
May
15th โ€“ NATO Tiger Meet, Araxos, Greece
21st-22nd โ€“ Meeting de lโ€™Air, BA709 โ€“ Cognac Chateaubernard, France
June
12th โ€“ RAF Cosford Air Show, United Kingdom
19th โ€“ Danish Air Show, Karup, Denmark
25th-26th โ€“ Cheivres Air Fest, Belgium
July
6th โ€“ Koksijde Open Door, Belgium
16th-18th โ€“ Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
August
5th-7th โ€“ Flygfesten, Dala-Jรคrna, Sweden
20th-21st โ€“ Gydnia Aerobaltic Airshow, Gydnia, Poland
26th-28th โ€“ Belgian Grand Prix, Spa, Belgium
September
2nd-4rd โ€“ AIRPOWER22, Zeltweg, Austria
10th โ€“ Spottersday, Kleine Brogel, Belgium
10th-11th โ€“ International Sanicole Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
17th-18th โ€“ Athens Flying Week, Tanagra Air Base, Athens, Greece
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:38 pm

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐•๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐ค๐ž!
Today Senior Captain Steven โ€œVrieskeโ€ De Vries, the new demo pilot for the Belgian Air Force F-16 Solo Display Team performed his first training flight at 500 feet, the Airshow minima once again using the stunning X-Tiger.
Not long before he will showcase his skills at the European Airshows, this is definitely a display you don't wanna miss this year!
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Post by Adam » Mon May 23, 2022 10:47 am

This year's display looks truly excellent, with a lot of negative-G flying. An outside turn and even a negative-G split-S are among the highlights.

This assumes wind is blowing from the left, obviously the whole thing could be reversed, but the sequence is:
Take off, reposition onto left 45
On-crowd high alpha barrel roll on left 45, high G turn to exit right 45, vertical turn manoeuvre
Approach from right, pull to vertical exit to crowd front, inverted; negative-G push into positive-G split-S
Approach show center; aileron roll, pull to vertical for vertical turn manoeuvre, departing on left 45 with spiral descent
Approach from left, 45 degree climb to altitude, and negative-G split-S into right to left inverted pass
Half Cuban to approach from left, 45 degree climb, negative-G bunt and outside turn to depart inverted right 45, split-S to arrive on right 45
Aileron roll, 420-degree high-G turn to depart left 45; loaded barrel roll
Left to right 4-point hesitation roll
Approach show centre for vertical climb and spiral descent
Right to left slow speed, high alpha pass, then high-alpha turn to depart left 45 for oblique quarterclover to depart left for loaded roll
Left to right topside pass/fast pass into loop and half cuban to land
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Post by Flightline Uk » Tue May 31, 2022 5:31 pm

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Updated calendar:
May
15th โ€“ NATO Tiger Meet, Araxos, Greece
21st-22nd โ€“ Meeting de lโ€™Air, BA709 โ€“ Cognac Chateaubernard, France

June
12th โ€“ RAF Cosford Air Show, United Kingdom
19th โ€“ Danish Air Show, Karup, Denmark
25th-26th โ€“ JPO Armรฉe de lโ€™Air et de lโ€™Espace, BA 113 Saint Dizier, France

July
2nd-3rd โ€“ Beja International Airshow, Portugal
6th โ€“ Koksijde Open Door, Belgium
16th-18th โ€“ Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, United Kingdom

August
5th-7th โ€“ Flygfesten, Dala-Jรคrna, Sweden
18th-21st โ€“ Airbourne, Eastbourne International Airshow, United Kingdom
26th-28th โ€“ Belgian Grand Prix, Spa, Belgium

September
2nd-4rd โ€“ AIRPOWER22, Zeltweg, Austria
10th-11th โ€“ International Sanicole Airshow, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
17th-18th โ€“ NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days, Ostrava Leoลก Janรกฤek Airport, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Post by Flightline Uk » Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:32 pm

New display scheme revealed





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