Susreti za Rudija 2020 - Gornja Stubica Air Show

My first visit to "Susreti za Rudija" (Meetings for Rudi) air show in Gornja Stubica, just a bit north from Zagreb. The capital of Croatia. Who is Rudi? Rudi is Rudolf Perešin, a Croatian Air Force fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force during the Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter jet from Željava Air Base to Klagenfurt, Austria, on a reconnaissance flight for the JRZ. He was the first pilot, but not the last to desert from the Yugoslav Air Force. He continued to fly missions for the Croatian Air Force and was shot down in May 1995 by Serb Krajina military forces, resulting in his death.
The 2020 Susreti za Rudija are the 23rd of it's kind and in 2020 there were no organised public areas to watch the airshow since it is the year of the virus and people were dotted all over the Gornja Stubica area. In all it was a nice air show but it could have been better honestly, since there were some participants that were a no show and because of the virus the civilian part of the air show was canceled. But my personal favorite is the Krila Oluje / Wings of Storm Croatian Air Force aerobatics display team finally after many many years of waiting... Now they have smoke!

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CAMERA: Sony DSC-HX350 (Hand-held)
AIRCRAFT: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD, Mil Mi-8MTV-1, Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III, Pilatus PC-9M 4x Krila Oluje, Saab JAS-39C Gripen Hungary Air Force, F16C Fighting Falcon Block 40G 2x USAF
AIR SHOW: Susreti za Rudija - Gornja Stubica Air Show
DATE: 13.9.2020. (DMY)

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