LAST OPERATIONAL CORSAIR RETIRED

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Corsair Goodbye !
Koos Heemskerk visited his favourite aviation country:  Greece !
It's a coming and going of airplanetypes the last decades....
.....and unfortunately the Corsair was the last of the Mohicans in Greece.
Be welcome to read the story and enjoy the extra photographic impressions.

The last operational Corsairs in Europe have been phased out
A ceremony with many VIP's at ARAXOS AIRBASE was their last tribute
People listened to the history of the plane...
... and a special colors example was waiting to be revealed
A salute !
On the platform VIP's and visitors could see them on their last operational day
     
Banners, types and  badges
And there he is, glossy as it is in classy grey, as it will find a nice place to be remembered 
The A-7 Corsair
A belly with a plane around it....  ;-)

LAST TIME FLYING EXAMPLES
The two-seater
Once more with it's Greek family airborne
The last howls....
Fly Low Hit Hard !

DEMONSTRATED ON THE PLATFORM
The single seater..... 
.... and the dual-seater in the well-known color sceme, also to remain representative

SOME 21 OLDER OPERATIONAL IMAGES TO REMEMBER
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                                                                                                                       Image 16 - Pilots leaving the Airforce to go and fly civil will be 'washed' clean !!  ;-)
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Finally a view on the pilots 'office' for almost 40 years
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We hope you enjoyed the impressions. Click below for a short article of the goodbye day.
Thanks for your attention !
Thank you Barbara for your kind and appreciated cooperation !
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