The Most Laid-back Airshow in Finland (half a dozen Messerschmitts)

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Last weekend was time for the Jämi Fly In Airshow, and Sunday was the clearest day...

One of the great things about Jämi is that us mere mortals get close to the flying, and even closer to most of whatever is on the ground.
This year, they were planning for a good number of warbirds but that didn't work out too well, so they included some more cool stuff on the ground. I hear the Messerschmitts did a formation performance for the crowd on Saturday but on Sunday they were on static display only. I took some photos with my old point and shoot camera, and here's the best one:



I found it almost impossible to catch flying objects with the camera but consider a few static shots quite acceptable.

Mikael Carlson's Fokker D.VII replica:



Christoph Zahn's DFS Habicht replica (almost a warbird, as some variants were used to train Me 163 pilots):



The man himself after the show was over:

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Some more show performers:

Sbach 342 OH-TEE



Pitts S1 OH-XPA (41 years old, had a face lift last year)



Pitts S1 OH-XPF (lots of different details compared with the old lady XPA)



Mr. Pooh preparing his jet powered glider for a display flight:



There were many more, of course, but my photos of them are no good.

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Some visitors to the Fly In. No comments needed, I think:

[kerick]

Love the cars!!
Bunch of good people just having fun, wish I was there.

[PR19_Kit]

I don't know if there are any real Habichts left, so more power to Mr. Zahn's elbow in making a very good replica. 

[TsrJoe]

really nice shots, the one thing i felt missing from the 'big airshow' over at lappeenranta this year just a fortnight before was the lack of general aviation which Jami seems to have addressed 

cheers, joe

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The Jämi thing started as a Fly-In and gradually became a show too. Jämi has a long history in all forms of recreational flying. The Fly-In visitor parking at the "lower runway" was open for all, except during flight displays, when the display safety area of the "upper runway" crosses it.

I most definitely enjoyed the day - and I was just a spectator. Some performers, apparently, ask the organizers every year if they can come there again...

The Habicht truly is a beauty, and Christopf Zahn flies her well. The smokes in the wingtips make it easy to see what exactly he is doing. At least on Sunday, he still had some smoke left when he landed:



An older gentleman of the Zahn family evidently saw me drooling at the fence after the show was over - and invited me to come closer. So I got close enough for some detail photos of the Habicht:

[PR19_Kit]

That looks superb! 

Interesting that the pitot head has an 'integral' wool tuft yaw indicator and a 'Don't Touch' warning in ENGLISH! 

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It seems to me that the pitot assembly may be the best place for the piece of yarn. Modern gliders seem to have it on the windscreen but the angle on the Habicht doesn't look good for that. Flush on the nose it might be out of sight.

I've adjusted a couple of more photos a little.

Fournier FR-5 OH-383 returning to its parking place at the audience fence. It was part of a pair that did a beautiful formation performance:



Arrowcopter OH-G018 in the Fly In visitor parking along the "lower runway":

[PR19_Kit]

Even relatively vintage gliders have the yaw tuft stuck to the windscreen too. I flew K-13s during my active gliding a few years ago and they had them there. I rather like the Habicht's tuft position, it's far enough away not to have to cross your eyes to look at it!

[Mossie]

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

GA and gliders often get pushed to one side by aviation enthusiasts so it's good to see a fun airshow where the public can join in.  Unfortunately, several of these smaller airshows seem to have gone by-the-way in the UK.

Loving the Arrowcopter, funky little autogiro, definately needs some rockets and a starring role in the next Bond film!

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I don't know if there are any real Habichts left, so more power to Mr. Zahn's elbow in making a very good replica. 

Browsing the net a little, I found out that one original DFS Habicht is dispalyed at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in Paris.

As of 2013, three replicas/reproductions fly under German registration: D-1901 (red highlights), D-8002 (blue), and D-6868 (yellow).
I got the impression that D-8002 and D-6868 pretty much stay at their home fields but the Zahn family's D-1901 gets to be seen all over Europe.

I also noticed that there have been plastic kits for Habichts and Stummel Habichts.

[rickshaw]

Even relatively vintage gliders have the yaw tuft stuck to the windscreen too. I flew K-13s during my active gliding a few years ago and they had them there. I rather like the Habicht's tuft position, it's far enough away not to have to cross your eyes to look at it!

US Navy carrier aircraft used to use that high-tech method of telling yaw as well, until relatively recently.  I seem to remember reading that early F-14s still had a piece of wool stuck to their windscreens.  I believe they've been replaced by more high-tech gizmos on the F-18s...

[PR19_Kit]

Even relatively vintage gliders have the yaw tuft stuck to the windscreen too. I flew K-13s during my active gliding a few years ago and they had them there. I rather like the Habicht's tuft position, it's far enough away not to have to cross your eyes to look at it!

US Navy carrier aircraft used to use that high-tech method of telling yaw as well, until relatively recently.  I seem to remember reading that early F-14s still had a piece of wool stuck to their windscreens.  I believe they've been replaced by more high-tech gizmos on the F-18s...

Harrier variants had the 'wind vane' just forward of the windscreen too, and swept wing VTOL do NOT want to be landing out of the apparent wind.

[Glenn]

I'd have gone there just for those Messerschmitt three wheelers......always wanted one of those!
Glenn