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Kaivopuisto Air Show

Midnight Hawks performing at the Helsinki Air Show 2017.
Saab Sk60A (SE-DXG) and Finnair Airbus A350, June 2017 prior to the Helsinki Air Show 2017.
The Red Arrows at the Helsinki Air Show 2017.
The Midnight Hawks at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
NHIndustries NH90 at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.

The Kaivopuisto, or Helsinki Air Show 2017 was an air show organized by the Finnish Aviation Museum on June 9, 2017, in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki, Finland.[1] The show contained 17 performances.[2] It was organized as part of the 100th anniversary of the Finnish independence.[3][2] The event attracted 130,000 on-site spectators, becoming the largest public event in Finland's history to date.[4]

Programme

The programme of the show was as follows:[3]

Helsinki Air Show 2017
Start Aircraft/Group Pilot Organization
1. 16:00 Paragliding presentation
2. 16:20 Arctic Eagles
3. 16:50 H215 Super Puma and Dornier Do 228 Finnish Border Guard
4. 17:10 NHIndustries NH90
5. 17:20 VL Viima
6. 17:40 Arctic Eagles
7. 18:00 Douglas DC-3 OH-LCH Airveteran
8. 18:10 ATR 72 Nordic Regional Airlines
9. 18:20 Airbus A350 Finnair
10. 18:40 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
11. 18:55 A Hawk T1A, Red Arrows Squadron Leader David Montenegro et al. Royal Air Force
12. 19:25 Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 Flight Lieutenant Ryan Lawton Royal Air Force
13. 19:40 Fouga Magister
14. 20:00 Saab 35 Draken
15. 20:10 Saab JAS 39 Gripen
16. 20:30 F/A-18 Hornet Tapio Yli-Nisula Ilmavoimat
17. 20:40 BAE Systems Hawk, Midnight Hawks Ilmavoimat
  • RAF Red Arrows at Kaivari 2017 Air Show
    RAF Red Arrows at Kaivari 2017 Air Show
  • Red Arrows performing at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
    Red Arrows performing at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
  • Red Arrows performing at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
    Red Arrows performing at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
  • Red Arrows performing a heart at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
    Red Arrows performing a heart at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
  • A pair of Fouga C.M.170 Magisters at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
    A pair of Fouga C.M.170 Magisters at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
  • Two Super Hornets at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
    Two Super Hornets at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
  • Finnish Air Force FA-18C Hornet performing at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.
    Finnish Air Force FA-18C Hornet performing at the Helsinki 2017 Air Show.

References

  1. ^ "Kaivopuisto Airshow". Suomen ilmailumuseo. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ^ a b "Kaivopuiston lentonäytös tavoitti lähes puoli miljoonaa ihmistä" [‘Kaivopuisto air show reached nearly half a million people’] (in Finnish). Finnish Aviation Museum. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Silvander, Lauri (8 June 2017). "Valtava ilmailunäytös Kaivopuistossa päättyi Midnight Hawksin lyyriseen" [‘A huge air show in Kaivopuisto ended with the lyrical flight of the Midnight Hawks’]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ Illikainen, Pia (2017-06-13). "The Finnish Aviation Museum organized the biggest public event in Finland's history". Suomen ilmailumuseo. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
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