Finland Jyvaskyla-Tikkakoski Show 17 June 2018

It was the Finnish Air Force 100 year celebration and they did a great event over the weekend.
The event would provide us with not only military, but plenty of general aviation both small and large, as well as preserved aircraft. As had been the weather during the whole trip, the sun was out and up to the top twenties, so sun hat and sun cream was required. In another way I am pleased that it did not rain, as we would have been well exposed to the elements.
We were only going on the Sunday, as we had other airfields and museums to visit on our itinerary, however we did not miss anything.
The previous day in the late afternoon, we had arrived at the field and decided to have a quick look at the layout and maybe part of the flying display. However shortly before we arrived, one of the Midnight Hawk team had burst a tyre on landing and therefore the remainder of the show was cancelled. Fortunately no injuries occurred.
Unlike other European Air Show events, due to the longer daylight hours, the flight displays are slotted in over a longer period of time, although I don’t think the actual displays are.
Anyway, all in all it was a very enjoyable show, with plenty of time to look at and photographs the static as well as watch the flying display.