Tanágra - Static Display,  17/18 September 2005

The main goal of our trip to Greece was the airshow held at Tanágra AB. On Saturday the 17th around eight o'clock we were picked up at the train station of Inoi. Here we got our photo passes for this day and drove to the static display by bus.

After we entered the base we first walked along some preserved aircraft which are normally parked on several different places on base. Always nice to see the old stuff. The first operational aircraft we saw was one of the highlights of the static display, an Douglas C-47 Dakota. The biggest highlight of the Hellenic Air Force on the static display was the SA.319 Alouette 3, of which are only two left in their inventory. 

Later that day we when to the hangars of the Hellenic Aircraft Industries which is also located at Tanágra. In these huge hangars the HAI does the maintenance of various types of aircraft operated by the Hellenic Forces. Among the forty aircraft parked inside the hangar was also a Bell 412SP operated by the Cypriot Police Force. What a visit this was, awesome!