…just stumbled across this aircraft when reading old issues of Aeroplane-magazine. Since above link appears to not work anymore – would anybode be so kind and let me know where – aside of Belgrade- such aircraft can be seen?

Interesting discussion here.

Please do not forget that the purchasing of e new aircraft here in Switzerland was always a bit of a strange process since the Swiss Air Force exists – and I think that “strange” is probably a too nice word. You have all extremes involved: The “pilot-fraction” who insists that only the fastest, biggest etc. toy for them is the one we actually need and on the other end those politicians (and citizens) who say that an air force is not needed at all.

The truth may lay somewhere in between.

Personally I have voted for the Swedish Gripen. Not that I think that there is an actual danger that somebody attacks us from the air but mainly out of sympathy towards a rather small Contry hich maintains its own capacity to manufacture such jets. Rafale and Typhoon would have been preferred by our pilots – but they seem to me to be too expensive toys and I would actually not want to buy the aircraft of neither France nor Germany after the recenty difficulties they had caused to our Country – as simple as that. The American F-35…. no option for me. If the whole western world is depending on a single fighter aircraft sold by the Americans, then we all are depending too much on the USA.

I am not an expert nor do I have the perfect solution. But I am one of those who would have to pay for the new aircraft and therefore dare to have my opinion about it.

…I would love to see the HA “Buchon” in its original appearance as a “Buchon” with Spanish markings etc. Why does everybody paint them in German markings – it is so obvious that this is not a Me/Bf 109.

Thanks, Trolly Aux, I have already expected something like that.
Sad. I may have to visit the carpet-museum instead then… 🙁

Oh – thanks for that. I had originally thought that it would be “soemthing of German origin”… ok, the grandfather of this aircraft was the Klemm Kl-35.

The photos Mark posted aren’t at the Citadel, perhaps these aircraft are elsewhere or were moved to the Citadel at some point in time. The paint schemes of Mark’s examples are also different than the ones I saw.

Correct.
These photos were taken at the “Panorama 6. October” right outside the airport.
The aircraft there were not removed from the display at the citadel but are other ones.