Air shows. Post your best shots.

graham121 wrote in post #19063802

graham121 wrote in post #19062793
Did someone say Standing Saluting with a white EnSign in a Stringbag??

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19061400
Another Navy Wings aircraft based at RNAS Yeovilton. One of two Swordfish that they have.

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19060130
A day late for VE Day 75 but here’s a picture to commemorate it anyway!

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19060641
Have you noticed how with this Coronavirus Lockdown there seems to be a lot of hanging around?

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19060815
This is my 500th post and my final post in Air Shows-Post your best shots. I’m off to the Glamour & Nude forum! Only joking!

Awesome sequence of oldies Graham and Mark.
Beautiful.

Graham I gather you wander over to the UK to see these. Is that an annual pilgrimage?

Thanks again for posting

avondale87 wrote in post #19063810
Awesome sequence of oldies Graham and Mark.
Beautiful.

Graham I gather you wander over to the UK to see these. Is that an annual pilgrimage?

Thanks again for posting

I would love it to be an annual pilgrimage, but alas only done it the once, in 2016, on a trip back to see my sister and my now late father.

I was however lucky enough to arrange my trip to coincide with RIAT and Duxford on the Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend I was there, and Farnborough on the following Saturday!

graham121 wrote in post #19063814
I would love it to be an annual pilgrimage, but alas only done it the once, in 2016, on a trip back to see my sister and my now late father.

I was however lucky enough to arrange my trip to coincide with RIAT and Duxford on the Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend I was there, and Farnborough on the following Saturday!

That was a good bunch of shows to cram in.

P.

graham121 wrote in post #19063814
I would love it to be an annual pilgrimage, but alas only done it the once, in 2016, on a trip back to see my sister and my now late father.

I was however lucky enough to arrange my trip to coincide with RIAT and Duxford on the Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend I was there, and Farnborough on the following Saturday!

If I may stick my oar in here a moment? Your ref to Farnborough, I went to see the air show there more years back than I wish to remember. The Blackburn Bucaneers were a star attraction and 3 of them did a fantastic display.

But then they took it to a completely different level by landing all at the same time. The big difference was that 2 landed from one direction whilst the third landed from the other!

On touch down and hurtling towards each other they just folded the wings up and passed each other on the runway. I just waited for the BANG but it didn't occure ! I was dumb struck and I can't see 'Elf-n-safety allowing that now?

A similar situation when I was stationed on 205 Sqdn, Changi. The NASU, Naval Air Support Unit, was just behind our pans and to get from the offices to the pans we had to cross the taxi way to NASU. I was going out to a Shackelton and had to stop as a flight of Bucks were coming in at a rare rate and turned into the narrow taxiway. At the same time a flight of Fairy Gannets were coming out!. I stopped to watch because there wasn't room for both, but there was. They both just carried on at better part of about 40 kts towards each other, folded up their wings and shot past each other with just a couple of feet between the wing stubs! I was totally astounded, but for them it was just normal I suppose. They are used to maneuvering on a postage stamp and are totally lunatic

I guess I can call the USAF Thunderbird's Operation America Strong flyover in San Diego on Friday to be an Air Show.

Grand Dad wrote in post #19064553
I guess I can call the USAF Thunderbird's Operation America Strong flyover in San Diego on Friday to be an Air Show.

Nice shots! I couldn't have picked a worse spot in San Antonio...

bandfan wrote in post #19064742
Nice shots! I couldn't have picked a worse spot in San Antonio...

Well, that sucks! I was looking forward to your shots
I went over to the Alamodome parking lot, as did quite a few others. Everybody observed proper social distancing.

From our appreciation flyover in Houston.
The Blue Angels came for a very brief visit.

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My goal was to be where they entered the circle around 1604 & 151 so I could get 2 passes but the circle was bigger than I anticipated and ended up exactly in the middle of it. Watched them all the way around but to far away.... oh well.. Here is one from 2018

A C-47 (I'm told, the last one that took part in the Normandy invasion on D-Day that is still flying) flew over Western New York State last weekend.

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NCSA197 wrote in post #19065878
A C-47 (I'm told, the last one that took part in the Normandy invasion on D-Day that is still flying) flew over Western New York State last weekend.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2j2G​HTh Whiskey 7 and Escort by David Fehrman, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2j2C​vnu Whiskey 7 Overhead by David Fehrman, on Flickr

Actually this is a C-47 that not only flew on DDay but led the invasion force. "That's all Brother" has a pretty well documented history....
Nice pics!

Not really an "Air Show" but the Michigan Air National Guard's 127th Wing from Selfridge Air National Guard Base did a 'Michigan Strong' flyover of SE Michigan hospitals last Wednesday as a tribute to the first responders dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. They flew three A-10 Thunderbolts and a KC-135 Tanker. The Blue Angels did a flyover the day before but it was over southern Michigan and the City of Detroit so we didn't get to see them from our location.

Three joy rider filled Dragon Rapides taking off in ever improving light after the 2016 Flying Legends show at Duxford.

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graham121 wrote in post #19066645
Three joy rider filled Dragon Rapides taking off in ever improving light after the 2016 Flying Legends show at Duxford.

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The gentleman carriage of the air. What a beautiful aircraft.

A friend of my father is a driver and he was asked to ferry a Rapide across the south of the U.K.. Not long after take off there was an engine fire and it was emergency landed in a field. The landing wasn't bad but the aircraft burnt out completely because they don't have any fire extinguishers for the engines. It had just undergone a complete refurb!

Luckily all on board got out OK due to the quick driver reactions.

The most powerful aircraft in the Vietnam War....one call and a whole artillery battalion would be unleashed!!

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