5 September 2015 - Looking del Friuli

And here we are still here. After the preview yesterday dedicated to Spotter (the report found which), Today is the first official day of the Air Show.
I have the "Press" pass and will therefore benefit from the enclosure reserved for photographers, just below the grandstand. Today's weather should be less forgiving than yesterday: we hope well.

The sky is beautiful gray, with threatening clouds but, at the moment, it does not rain. Before the exhibition F 16 Only Belgian Display the green and white Saudi Hawk aircraft taxi before us, at their first appearance in Italy and take off. While the Belgian Falcon demonstrates its full power, the sky becomes even darker: just in time to land and , while the Saudis begin their exhibition, a downpour worthy of the tropics breaks loose. I try to cover myself (and, above all, to cover the camera) with the raincoat but the rain still increases in intensity, forcing me to seek shelter. The Saudis leave the field sky and go to orbit somewhere in the sky of Friuli: The Air Show is suspended. It will pass an hour before you can start.
The program is, more or less, yesterday's. The sky alternates gray clouds, flashes of white and blue as the aircraft alternate in their performances. It's almost 18:00 when they take off the Frecce Tricolori. The backdrop a leaden sky with lightning on the horizon. Fortunately, the cloud base is high enough to allow the top program.
VERY LARGE!!! There is no other adjective. Clean, fast, bass, very tight: when they fly home they are even more beautiful than usual

Enjoy the photos today, waiting for those of tomorrow (hoping for better weather)