Jets over Pampa 2010
A successful 20th edition
The twentieth edition of Jets over Pampa was a big succes! the level of the planes and pilots was again higher than last year.
Over 4000 visitors came to enjoy roughly 250 beautiful jets and the flying skills of more than a hundred pilots. On Saturday the weather was very good with the sun shining all day. Only the crosswind made it very difficult for the pilots during landing. Sunday started good, but some rain showers passed by in the afternoon..
This year, we were in the newspaper and on local television with an interview the day before the meeting and in the news on Sunday. Also, the Belgian National Television (VRT) put us in the news broadcasts on Sunday (at noon, in the evening and the late night news). You can watch the coverage
on Jets over Pampa here on the VRT's website.
As usual, most of the pilots came from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg. But we had again a delegation of pilots coming from Sweden and Norway. Also, there was a pilot from Cyprus that obviously got the trophy for the furthest coming pilot.
We notice that the scale models get bigger and more realistic each year, something we only can applaud. Also our spectators notice this, and fully enjoy these magnificent jets.
Especially the 5,5 meter long Victor Bomber with a weight of 71 kg, the duo flight of two beautiful SR-71a espionage planes and the 'EasyJet' Airbus A-320 made a big impression. Of course, a lot of (fast) sport jets were at the field.
Our jury had a difficult job because of the vast amount of superb jets and the bad weather that disrupted the flying sometimes.r.
The first price and the challenge trophy went to Ali Machinchy for his demo with the Fox glider (scale 1:2) powerd by a jet engine. It was already for the thirth time in a row he got the trophy and could take it home permanently.
Finally, we as Pampa Modelfighters want to thank all the pilots, spectators and our hard-working crew that made Jets over Pampa 2010 this big success!
See you all next year!
Trophies & pilot's top 5
The list of trophies and the pilot's top 5 is available on this page.
A jury made this list during the show sunday-afternoon while judging the planes and the aerobatics of the pilots.
Photos & movie
The pictures of Jets over Pampa 2010 are in our photo album.
Click here to open the album.
On Firday, we made some pictures of the first jets at the field. Those pictures are available here.
Belgian national Television had coverage on Jets over Pampa. You can watch it here (in Dutch): Click to open.
And check out our one and only official movie!
