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Aviation Events => Airshow General Discussion => Topic started by: casper on August 25, 2008, 11:41:15 AM
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So if you could organise an airshow and money was no object what would you have in it?
Mine would be something like this
1 - B2
2 - F-22 Raptor
3 - F-117
4 - C-17
5 - B-52
6 - Lancaster
7 - Mosquito
8 - B-25
9 - A380
10 - Merlin/Cobra/Apache
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That is great list, what about
DAKOTA dc3
MERLIN hc3
CHINOOK
HARRIER gr7a
EURO FIGHTER
VAMPIRE
VENOM
VULCAN
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Excellent list. Mine is the way it is because I have a big liking for American heavy metal :) The Eurofighter and Vulcan would make it on to my list at 11 and 12 :)
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I'd top your list with the SR-71 Blackbird 8) 8) 8)
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Now that would be a very nice addition :)
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OK what if the best plane in the world was still flying the one and only-
CONCORDE
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Merlin
Sunderland Boat Plane
Apache
Eurofighter
F22
A380
Hind
B52
Tornado GR4
Jaguar - My favourite aircraft
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In no particular order;
Vulcan
Airbus A340-600
Boeing 777-300ER
Jaguar
B-25
B-17
Avro Lancaster
Red Arrows
Dakota + Spit + Hurricane
Russian Bear Tu-144 (?)
C130 Hercules
Mig 29 - (in the hands of the russians, this this is just gob smacking)
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In no particular order and includes some current non-flyers
1:SR-71 Saw it at Farnbourough 1986-an incredible machine!!!
2:Hawker Hunter (the more the better)
3:Blackburn Bucanneer
4:Freece Tricolori (make the Red Arrows look ordinary!)
5:B-25 Mitchell
6:Tornado F.3
7:Typhoon (or Eurofighter if you call it that)
8:BBMF
9:B-52 Saw them at Nellis AFB WOW!!!
10:Blue Eagles (full team display is superb)
11:Merlin
12:The Matadors (2x Sukhoi 26`s flown by Paul Bonhomme and Steve Jones)
13:PT462 (G-CTIX Anthony Hodgson`s 2 seat Spitfire)
14:Concorde
15:The Blades
I could add and add to this list but will leave it there for now
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Nice line-up. Would love to see the current USAF bomber fleet - B-1, B-52 & B-2
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Save your pennies and go to Nellis AFB near Las Vegas.
I have been twice and spent most of holiday watching the aircraft-luckily my wife enjoys them as much as I do.
First went in Nov 2002 and a Red Flag exercise was on-all US stuff no other countries but got to see almost every current US type.
Second trip was Dec 2006 and saw all sorts of goodies-B-1,B-2,B-52,F-22,Thunderbirds F-16`s (their home base),F-15`s,F-16`s,A-10`s,AV-8B`s,Blackhawks,Jolly Greens,KC-135,J-Stars,Hercs (lots of different types),F-5`s,EA-6Prowlers,A-6 Intruders,F-117`s,E-3 Sentry`s,Kiowa`s,F-18`s and even some drones-they went out just as it was getting dark.
I have pics if you would like to see-how do I post them on here?
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Would love to see them. You can host them on an external site like Flickr and then use the tags to show them in a post
(http://)
[img]http://www.linkto my photo.com[/img]
or you could just upload them to the gallery here
www.dalesplanes.co.uk/aviation-gallery
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I will dig them out if I can find the disc they are on and put a few on the gallery this week hopefully.
What sort of file size is ok to use?
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For the gallery maximum file size is 1meg (1024kb) and maximum size is 2048 pixels. Looking forward to seeing them :)
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I have uploaded a few to the gallery-when I was there in 2002 you could stnd 100m from the runway threshold-now you have to stay on the opposite side of the road.
These shots were some of my first digital pics and were taken during Red Flag Nov 2006.
Light conditions were tricky to say the least-some back lit and some in very low light late afternoon.
There are plenty more but just a taster for now.
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Some nice US hardware there Angry - i like the A10 ;) ;)
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Hungry for more now. Love the T-Bird and the BUFF :)
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Nellis is an amazing place-to see a B-52 take off or land is an unforgettable sight and sound.
I will add more pics-sorry about some of the picture quality all of the shots were at max zoom and most in difficult light.400-800ASA
The B-2 shots where taken after the sun had set and at 800ASA so grain is a bit of a problem.
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sorry about some of the picture quality all of the shots were at max zoom and most in difficult light.400-800ASA
Just to be able to prove that I had seen them in the flesh I'd be happy to have them in my collection :)
Is that an Aggressor F-15?
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Yes,two aggressor squadrons are based at Nellis- 64th and 65th,however I understand they are now called Adversery Squadrons.
More pc I suppose-they operate F-15C and D`s and also F-16C and D`s.The T-38 is also used at times.
Camoflage is simiulated Eastern Block in Desert or Blue/Grey schemes.The T-38`s are Black with Red markings.
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I will put some more Nellis pics on shortly-so mant types to see there but I won`t go mad posting up pics :D
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I won't think you're mad :)
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I`ve put a few more Nellis pics on-including some actually taken out in the Nellis Ranges.
Included is a shot of a MH-53 or CH-53 just for Vortex 003!
Was a long way off but nice to see one.
As you might see from the pics the weather in Nevada in Dec can be rather overcast.
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Thanks Angry! ;)
Very impressive,even from a distance 8) 8)
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Nice ones. Find it a bit strange though seeing a B-2 beside a civvie plane :)
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I believe the Beech 1900 you see in the shot is used for ILS testing and as a flying photoship-It was always on the ramp for the week we were there.
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Nice line ups!
Would definitely have to add a B1 Lancer into the mix. Have always wanted to see one and they are damn noisey!!!
A high speed pass at just under the speed of sound with the wings back and a big fat vapour cone!!!
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I think I have a couple of pics of the B-1 at in Nellis ranges-I will dig them out and put them in the gallery-hope they are of interest.
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Any American metal is always of interest to me
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A few more B-52 ,B-1B, EA6 Prowler,F22-Raptor pics from Nellis AFB in the gallery.
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Love the ones of the BONE but the closeup of the BUFF with the flaps down is fantastic.
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Thanks Casper,the B-52 is so big it`s almost scary to see it pass right over your head-I wish I had a video of it as well,the sight of the huge shadow crossing the desert floor as it took off was incredible-as for the noise............
Pardon.....Pardon.....Pardon ;D