VinFlyer 8 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 The airshow season is about to begin, or has already begon in some countries. Perhaps a good idea to dedicate a topic here to all the different airshows around the world. Might be fun to hear to which airshow(s) people here are planning to go to. Perhaps people would like to make show reports with pictures to show how the airshows where. Post you plans and pics here in this topic. Personally, I'd also like to here about the US airshows. Let me kick-off with a list of shows I'm planning to visit: - june 2-3: Sola Airshow - june 15-17: KLu Open Dagen - june23: Paris Airshow Le Bourget (not sure about this show yet) -30 june/1juli: Belgian Defence Days - juli 14: RIAT Fairford - juli 17: Kleine Brogel spottersday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSU 0 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 In 2 months I'll be in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for EAA's Airventure, July 23-29. Been wanting to go to this one since I was a kid, now I finally have the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron.Eagle 0 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 next month, from 16th to 17th there is a festival at ETNG due to the NATO's birthday(?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 AH yes, Oshkosh. A show I really would like to visit some time. Won't be this year though. I heard about the show at Geilenkirchen, but it's only static show right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSU 0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 but it's only static show right? Nope, there are daily performances. I think I'm mostly looking forward to the F-22 flight display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C 110 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I wouldn't mind RIAT, but to be honest watching jets do aerial displays always scares the pants off me :wink: But I am interested in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
João Pinto 23 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Portugal Air Show 2007, 14th to 16th September 2007 The biggest aeronautical event in the Iberic Penninsula. I will have the privilege to work there this year again. More info at http://www.aeropress.pt/ (good luck with the portuguese). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 I wouldn't mind RIAT, but to be honest watching jets do aerial displays always scares the pants off me :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 Last week I had my first show of this year. I visited Sola, Norway near Stavanger. I stayed there with Dag who works on the airport. So I was also able to have a view behind the scenes Below a selection of photos shot between May 31 and June 4. The show itself was on June 2 and 3 with a nice mix of aircrafts, from the 1909 Bleriot XI to the 'new' Saab Grippen. Over 30.000 spectators visited the airshow on Saturday and Sunday (the hundreds of people outside the field at the fences not counted ). Sola Airport view from the SeaKing My taxi ride for Thursday Dag ruining an otherwise perfect picture :wink: How many cars does it take to transport the Patrouille Suisse? Just one And last me in one of the Patrouille Suisse F-5E If you think you haven't seen enough pics yet, have a look here: http://picasaweb.google.com/v.yperen/SolaAirshow2007 PS: Dag (and Eli), once again thanks for the nice stay. I really had a nice week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirIsaac726 29 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 AMAZING PHOTOS!!! You should put those on a.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Hi Vin, Good shots there, great in fact This week has been "Phantom-week" wth 37+16 beating ut the Sandnes/Stavanger area. Great smoke trails, reminds me of the old days :-) I sure hope I did not give you an aviation-overdose, 5 out of 5 days shooting pics at the airport/base did not leave much room for strolling the streets, having a very expensive beer..... oh well.... might as well..... Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted June 10, 2007 Author Share Posted June 10, 2007 AMAZING PHOTOS!!! You should put those on a.net. Thanks. I already send a few pics to airliners.net. But's always hard to get photos accepted there. I'll just have to wait and see. Dag, we're waiting for your pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge 5 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 nice picture I hope Le bourget show will be as good as I will probably attend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Thanks. I already send a few pics to airliners.net. But's always hard to get photos accepted there. I'll just have to wait and see. Dag, we're waiting for your pics I work as in-efficient as possible to get them out it seems, expect them around X-mas Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C 110 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Outstanding shots Vin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickNL 0 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 vin what camera and what lens do you use? and who's going to visit the KLu open dagen 16-17 june? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 thanks guys The camera I use it the Canon 350D with the kitlens and a Sigma 70-300mm zoomlens. Not the best but it does a decent job. Now saving money for a more advanced Canon L lens... I'll be at Volkel both days most likely despite the bad weather forecast :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickNL 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I was going until i learned iv got a few exams coming up >.< i use a nikon D-70 with a 50-200 VR lens (recently bought that one:)) here are a few of my pics from KLu 2006 a landing F-15 blue angel nr 2 the french display team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrin 0 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Well todays show at Volkel was fun. Weather wasn't too bad. We had a tense moment though with the first starting F16 for the airfield attack experiencing an engine stall after what was probably a bird strike. Huge flame shot out of the afterburner, pilot entered the pattern and had another nice flame out at downwind.... Apparently he had enough power then to climb and drop his fueltank at a safe location and land. You could see the tanks fall. Now that it ended well I can say it was intriguing to see. Other than those I really enjoyed the Catalina flight and the Hunters. Also keep an eye out for the Blades, awesome 'new' Brithis display team! Two pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hi, From an airport fire-fighter here; There is never a "nice flameout". I'm sure the unlucky pilot had his hands full and that things could have gone very wrong. Emergencies can be talked about but never spoken about as a nice "extra" to the airshow programme. Just my opinion. Well done to the unlucky pilot, good show Never forget Ramstein .... this is serious business. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrin 0 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I know what you mean Dag. That's why I used intriguing, not 'great fun' or anything like that. And trust me, knowing a bit about aircraft behaviour it was scary to see the first flame out, immediate right turn with the aircraft slowly losing height until apparently the pilot managed to get some power out of the engine again. I was thinking, ok here we go, he'll just sink right into those trees but lucky enough that didn't happen. So no worries, again it was intriguing to watch. A confirmation of the skill of these professionals. The relieve you feel when you know you pulled something off that could have gone horribly wrong. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 I was at the show both days, but I arrived at Volkel on Friday after 12am so I missed the bird strike of the F-16. Despite all the bad weatherforcasts the weather was mostly dry but cloudy. So not the most wonderful picture opportunity. Still I managed to make a couple of nice ones from the press grandstand One of the local F-16s taking off for a massive base attack (15 in total) Turkish Stars, flying our former Dutch NF-5s Swiss F-18A The Blades RNLAF AH-64D Apache Hey, I've seen them before..... Royal Jordanian Falcons Yes, it was very busy on Saturday No "Open Dagen" without the KLu F-16 demo Spanish EF-18 pulling some Gs The 'new' Dutch Hawker Hunter And finally the Patrouille de France ending the show I got a couple more pics here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge 5 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Here's a little contribution with the pictures I made at the Paris Airshow on Friday last week. Unfortunately the weather was really poor and I could not take as much picture as I would have like during the air show :/ But well at least I came back with more than 100 pictures, I just removed one or two that were completely blurried, and leave the rest for everyone to see. Of course the A380 was part of the show unfortunately only a few people could enter it as it was only with invitation which I obviously did not had I hope you'll like these Slideshow : http://www.flickr.com/photos/92296556@N00/...478654979/show/ Gallery : http://www.flickr.com/photos/92296556@N00/...57600478654979/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 That's not bad at all despite the poor weather. I was thinking about going to that show but the weather was just too unreliable. Now I've missed the Super Hornet Ah well, maybe next year, it looks like an interesting show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted July 11, 2007 Author Share Posted July 11, 2007 Fairford airshow coming up this weekend. Anyone from here going to the TATTOO? I'll be there on saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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