June 20, 2010 - The second stop on French soil brought the team to Orléans AB, south of Paris. For the second time this season 'Mace' - the 349 sqn mascot - also made the trip. Mitch took the opportunity to take Mace into the air for the display. This way Mace's logbook could be further filled with exiting thrills ans most important, many more flight hours.

Since Mitch was also displaying at Gilze-Rijen the very same day, a second team was dispatched to Orléans to take Mitch in and prepare for another demo.

June 19, 2010 - An annually recurring event is the Royal Netherlands Air Force open house. This event is rotated between the different Main Operating Bases of the Dutch. This year Gilze-Rijen - just north of the Belgian-Dutch border - was the venue for this years event.

Coinciding with the open house was the Dutch national football team's World Cup match against Japan. A large screen was posted on the airshow for all fans to follow these events. And as we know the Dutch.......

June 12, 2010 - France is a very popular holiday destination for many Belgians. But besides that the way south is also very well known by the Belgian F-16 Solo Display Team. This year the first French airshow the team visited was organised at Albert-Picardie airport, not very far from the Belgian-French border.

The Albert-Picardie airshow is always a mix of old-timers and newer jet aircraft. But besides this, the organisation also has some interest in commercial aviation. The highlight this year in the form of the Airbus A300-600ST 'Beluga'.

June 6, 2010 - The very first airshow of the 2010 season was kicked off at Skrydstrup in Denmark. Denmark was a new location for the team. The new demo aircraft had a lot of interesting views towards it on arrival.

The team enjoyed the incredible weather. Always a nice way to start of a new season with a modified bird, nice weather and a lot of people to attend the show.

April 27, 2010 - Yesterday, Mitch has left for Corsica to add some more hours to the training syllabus. From Solenzara AB, he will be training together with the French Rafale demo team. Corsica offers practically unrestricted airspace for such flights as a very good chance on fair weather. Thus, training can be optimised in optimal conditions.

Mitch is preparing the final sets of manouvers to complete the 2010 show display. More info on the final display sequence will be posted in May.