{"id":4588,"date":"2018-01-11T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T13:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4588"},"modified":"2018-01-11T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T13:52:21","slug":"rehearsing-the-greatest-show-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4588","title":{"rendered":"Rehearsing the greatest show on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re up early this morning and off up to Wengernalp. From here we hope to see the rehearsal for the air show and maybe spot some of the racers doing their final training run. Work was still going on at the new VIP area but we saw a few people in there so we wandered in. We weren&#8217;t challenged and we had the best view of the track imaginable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1418561492780189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1418561492780189.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4584 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2999\" height=\"1881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1418561492780189.jpg 2999w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1418561492780189-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1418561492780189-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1418561492780189-1024x642.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2999px) 100vw, 2999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First up is the air show. This is performed by the Patrouille Swiss accompanied by a&nbsp; Bombardier airliner from Swiss Airways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142017207597884.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142017207597884.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4585 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2031\" height=\"1262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142017207597884.jpg 2031w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142017207597884-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142017207597884-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142017207597884-1024x636.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2031px) 100vw, 2031px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142138142410058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142138142410058.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4586 alignnone size-full\" width=\"1364\" height=\"789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142138142410058.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142138142410058-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142138142410058-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_142138142410058-1024x592.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1364px) 100vw, 1364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next came the racers. They fly about 40 metres off the Hundschopf jump at the top of the picture before making the tricky right turn round Canadian Corner where our grandstand is situated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1247101991059680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1247101991059680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4587 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2810\" height=\"2135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1247101991059680.jpg 2810w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1247101991059680-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1247101991059680-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/20180111_1247101991059680-1024x778.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2810px) 100vw, 2810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A great day out, at a total cost of zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re up early this morning and off up to Wengernalp. From here we hope to see the rehearsal for the air show and maybe spot some of the racers doing their final training run. 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