Wine scandal involving Patrouille Suisse
 

Swiss winemakers objected against Italian wine, which Patrouille Suisse used to celebrate 50th anniversary. They said that the national aerobatic team should use Swiss made wine, not Italian.

Wine scandal involving Patrouille Suisse

Fascinating...

-RP

Do they use Swiss watches? :hmm:

Maybe the Swiss do use their wine, but for the same purpose the Austrians did. As de-icing fluid. :E

Would they perform a Swiss Roll?

I could have offered them a good deal on some really good French wine.

Rolls!
 

A "Roll in Bed with Honey!"

I still remember that little deal with the Austrians putting deicing fluid in their wine as well.

Back to Swiss jets, I have always found their aircraft to be maintained to almost insanely high standards of both function and appearance. Some of their Venoms still looked like new when they sold them to civvies a few years ago, and the Venom was essentially a throw away fighter, or at least the RAF thought so :cool:

speaking of which, saw a rather decrepit Vampire sitting out at Lodrino aerodrome in Switz this past May- it shows up on Bingmaps and Google at 46 17 34 N, 8 59 42E. there's a display aircraft on a plinth same aerodrome, 22"N, 33"E.

They also made their Hunters last a long time!