Australian International Airshow
And what a show. It's probably the best airshow I've ever seen. It's not just an airshow, though, it's an industry trade show and the whole thing runs for a week!While I'd have liked to spend the whole week there, I'm regretably not 'in' the aviation industry and thus have to wish for the time being.
So, a few pictures to whet your appetite:
The first for your viewing pleasure is a Javelin, which is a private venture twin jet 'transporter'. Well, it was originally branded as an executive transport, presumably for very fast executives, but they've since changed their sensibilities to call it an 'advanced training platform'. If it would have been sold as an executive transport, I think we'd have had the 21st Century version of the Doctor Killer. 500 KTAS, stalls 88 KCAS - wah-hoo!!
The second is the Aussie Snowbirds, called the Roulettes, returning after their flying display. There are six of them and they fly the PC-9, which is the same as our Forces' Harvard II. A very thrilling display, I must admit, but my patriotism says that the Snowbirds can't be beat. This is also a possible preview of what the Snowbirds will look like after they retire the venerable Tutor, but hopefully that won't happen for a while yet. The other choice is the Hawk, but the British already have a nine craft formation aerobatics team called the Red Arrows, which already fly the Hawk. We'll seee, I guess...
Third today is this, which requires no introduction, but it is Merlin powered(!):
And two of them taking off and flying form together look and sound, well, heavenly! Oh, and Chuck Yeager was there, too.
Lastly, but not leastly, is an Italian medium cargo transport aircraft, which looks something like a Hercules. If you click on the picture to get the bigger version, you will notice (hopefully) that you're are looking at the top side planform of this cargo aircraft as it rolls over the top inverted... I hope everything was tied down.
More next time from the wonderful land of aviation.
The second is the Aussie Snowbirds, called the Roulettes, returning after their flying display. There are six of them and they fly the PC-9, which is the same as our Forces' Harvard II. A very thrilling display, I must admit, but my patriotism says that the Snowbirds can't be beat. This is also a possible preview of what the Snowbirds will look like after they retire the venerable Tutor, but hopefully that won't happen for a while yet. The other choice is the Hawk, but the British already have a nine craft formation aerobatics team called the Red Arrows, which already fly the Hawk. We'll seee, I guess...
Third today is this, which requires no introduction, but it is Merlin powered(!):
And two of them taking off and flying form together look and sound, well, heavenly! Oh, and Chuck Yeager was there, too.Lastly, but not leastly, is an Italian medium cargo transport aircraft, which looks something like a Hercules. If you click on the picture to get the bigger version, you will notice (hopefully) that you're are looking at the top side planform of this cargo aircraft as it rolls over the top inverted... I hope everything was tied down.
More next time from the wonderful land of aviation.
posted by Kyle @ 16:22
2 Comments:
Hey pal. I can't even imagine what one let alone two of those birds sounds like. That is awesome. So if we start saving now when is the earliest that we can buy a javelin. hehehe. That's great.
Cheers, Bender
Hi Babe
Did you stay for night show? It is really great. I was wondering if you made out there or not. We had friends go but not pay to go and just park on the road near the Speedway!
Sarah
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