axalp 2010 fliegerschiessen

report in pictures from axalp 2010: fliegerschiessen swiss style

Every year, stuck in traffic, somewhere between Mannheim and Karslruhe, I ask myself
why I bother making the same trip,
for the same show, to the same spot,
with the same beer and the same people.


And then the next morning, when I arrive at Ebenfluh and see the sun rise over the mountain tops, and hear the afterburners from the first Hornet taking of from Meiringen Unterbach Air Force Base, I'll remember again: Because It's Axalp!


There is not much like it: The Ebenflüh Shooting Range of the Swiss Air Force, at 7365 feet above sea level. Every year in the second week of October the public is welcome to see live shooting practices on the three designated targets. Axalp 2012 will be held on 10th and 11th October 2012.

axalp-fliegerschiessen-2010 civil and military plane pictures