Geneva, the conclusion of a 6 months' trip

Just like a new beginning, the very last flight was a return to Geneva. After 6 months of flying east, the airplane came back to Geneva from West! Actually they went to Italy to meet up with Katsu and the Frecce Tricolori, the Italian display Team! They flew then via the Rhone Valley in order to meet up with the French Team before heading towards GVA. It is then a flight from west coming from south!

A warm and nice welcome to our home base for HB-IRJ with water canon salute and especially a fantastic coincidence for me. I had to fly for my Airline, easyJet Switzerland that day.

Upon checkin in for our flight, the airplane we were supposed to fly was delayed for about 1 hour. This made my day for once!! I could then join the arrival of HB-IRJ on the tarmac and greet Francisco and Roger Mills, Roger being the fastest DC-3 pilot as he also flew Concorde from 1987 to 2000 for British Airways. Great to meet everyone on the tarmac of "our" airport!

Frecce Tricolori

Arrival in GVA

The old meets the new

Back to where HB-IRJ started!!

French Air display Team, Patrouille de France

The following days were spent in Sion for the last Breitling meeting. Many displays of great venue and also some DC-3 flight flown with Roger and Francisco. It all went smooth and brought to an end an incredible adventure.

Many thanks to my readers, my followers and anyone who believe in Aviation, the one with a capital A.

"The day will come when true Aviators won't have their time on Earth any more, when this day arrives, I will hang up my coat and take a well deserved retirement. Until then I shall continue to enjoy the freedom of flight, the pureness of it and strive to be the best, as much as I can"

Raphaël Favre, 2020