ELITE 2007; Lechfeld, June 21, 2007

The Cancelled ELITE Mission; Text and Photograph's by Alex van Noye

A visit to the German airbase Lechfeld was on the program today. The goal was the Elite Exercise at this base. This had to be the best part of the Germany trip this year. Unfortunately, it became something else. The mission which would depart in the morning was cancelled due to the bad weather conditions in the target area which would be visited. This was a big disappointment. As an alternative we were able to make a tour over the base to view and photograph all the aircraft in the shelter area. This was a compromise of the Germans for the cancelled mission. It was a very nice alternative to capture all the aircraft. Eventually I managed to capture some aircraft.