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Telemark Airshow Norway

by Natalie Kjaergaard

Sunday 4th September 2016 Notodden airport (ENNO) hosted a spectacular airshow I was lucky to attend. I flew to the event with Danish Dakota Friends which is an organization owning and flying a beautiful Dakota DC-3 aircraft from1944.

The parachute jumpers made an impressive opening of the show. Their parachutes were made of fabric with huge Norwegian national flags on which made it picturesque on a clear blue sky.

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Beautiful jumps

The drop was done from the Norwegian Dakota DC-3 that has its home in Torp (ENTO).  This aircraft was loved by the public and received many applauds during the day:

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Norwegian Dakota DC-3

Russian warbirds of Norway participated with a stunning performance. Here is one of them on the ground:

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Aero L-29

This type of aircraft was designed and built as a military jet trainer in Czechoslovakia in 1959. It has a VC speed of 655 km/h and VNO of 820 km/h. Around 3500 aircraft were built during 1963 – 1974.  It remains to be a very popular aircraft among civil operators.

No airshow is without Antonov. The one below also presented excellent performance.

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AN-2 on apron

The AN-2 type has been used for agricultural work, as a light utility aircraft, for parachute drops, and many other tasks suitable for short unimproved fields and low flying. AN-2 has a Guinness record of second longest production run in history.

A very nice glider aerobatics were accompanied by a beautiful music. This pilot was waving with the wings to the public in low altitude on landing which was greatly appreciated by spectators:

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Glider receives well-deserved applauds

The helicopter pictured below with the team and friends did breath-taking aerobatics at the show. Unfortunately I was to far away to have good pictures of its stunning tricks.

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Enjoying the sun

We were of course lucky with the weather, but the airshow organizers did a great job to make it a success. Interesting information along the show, suitable music, very good sound, merchandise, food & drink, you name it – all worked fine and contributed to this wonderful day.

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Danish Dakota DC-3

Vintage cars were on display. Below is a photo of Chevrolet Master Deluxe from 1936 – 3 window sport coupe. The 3rd window is the open air seat behind I guess. I was told it is a mother-in-law seat! It had a charming fur blanket on – to make a trip for the beloved mother-in-law through the Norwegian mountains warmer – a good example of caring Norwegian attitude.

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Beautiful Chevrolet from 1936

I loved every single flight presented on this airshow, but what really made an impression was extreme aerobatics done by Jacob Holländer from Sweden. When I saw his outstanding start I forgot everything about the rest of the world:

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SE-XZS in the air

Jacob flew a custom made biplane Model 12S Thor. For those unfamiliar with the Norse mythology: Thor was the God of storm- and thunder weather, and was associated with the strength and protection of mankind. Jacob did amazing aerobatics in this aircraft!

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Jacob Holländer in Thor on apron after their paramount performance

The Telemark Airshow has already announced its plans for the airshow next year, and I look very much forward to attend.

 

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