Posted on Jul 9, 2019
Swiss jet display team flies over wrong festival
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A Swiss aerial display team has performed a fly-by over the wrong town, surprising people at a yodelling festival taking place nearby.
The Patrouille Suisse were due to fly over Langenbruck to honour the centenary of a Swiss flying pioneer.
But instead the team flew over the nearby town of Mümliswil, which was hosting the 31st Northwest Yodelling Festival.
A spokesman for the Swiss Defence Ministry has apologised for the error.
The squadron - a Swiss version of the UK's Red Arrows or the US Blue Angels - was due to perform for the 100th anniversary of the death of Oskar Bider.
Bider was the first person to fly over the Alps in both directions, a feat he accomplished in 1913 at the age of 22.
The aviator was born in Langenbruck. But the squadron leader saw the tent set up for the yodelling festival in Mümliswil, roughly 6km (4 miles) west of the town, and misdirected the jets.
A spokesman for the Swiss military told the German language Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper that the F-5E Tiger II aircraft were not equipped with GPS technology.
The Patrouille Suisse were due to fly over Langenbruck to honour the centenary of a Swiss flying pioneer.
But instead the team flew over the nearby town of Mümliswil, which was hosting the 31st Northwest Yodelling Festival.
A spokesman for the Swiss Defence Ministry has apologised for the error.
The squadron - a Swiss version of the UK's Red Arrows or the US Blue Angels - was due to perform for the 100th anniversary of the death of Oskar Bider.
Bider was the first person to fly over the Alps in both directions, a feat he accomplished in 1913 at the age of 22.
The aviator was born in Langenbruck. But the squadron leader saw the tent set up for the yodelling festival in Mümliswil, roughly 6km (4 miles) west of the town, and misdirected the jets.
A spokesman for the Swiss military told the German language Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper that the F-5E Tiger II aircraft were not equipped with GPS technology.
Swiss jet display team flies over wrong festival
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Well I'm sure the other town didn't mind seeing that display they hadn't planned on, I know I wouldn't be disappointed Myself if I had been there.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - I look at all the airshows over a lifetime I've been to. dozens and enjoyed every one of them. I've taken all My children to them at various points in time as well as other family member. Others I've worked as a Member of the USAF Security Police and prior to that as a Civil Air Patrol Cadet.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter - The Last One I watched was the same one Sgt John H. Took All those Amazing Photographs at the Downtown Kansas City Wheeler Airport.
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