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Author:  Damnfoolman [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:34 am ]
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Hi guy's

We were treated to a little flyby at the airshow on Saturday.

Red Arrows and the new British Airways A380

Rather special it was too!

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Author:  omi [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:52 am ]
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Very nice! Those 380s are a monster!

Author:  Vitesse [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:18 pm ]
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Wow! Great photos.

Author:  mfserge [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:29 pm ]
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Very cool photos, the A380 is awesome!!!

Author:  John in California [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:58 pm ]
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Kinda lacks the panache of a fighter like the Thunderbird's F-16 Fighting Falcon or the Blue Angel's F/A-18 Hornet. But I bet they are still fun to watch.

Author:  Novacastrian [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:35 pm ]
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Fantastic photos!

Author:  Driver8 [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:10 am ]
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John in California wrote:
Kinda lacks the panache of a fighter like the Thunderbird's F-16 Fighting Falcon or the Blue Angel's F/A-18 Hornet. But I bet they are still fun to watch.

I agree the Red Arrows' Hawks are certainly not as impressive as aircraft when compared to the F-16's or F/A-18's, but the Red Arrows routine has always personally just excited me that little bit more than the others whenever I've seen them. Maybe there's a bit of patriotism in there, but I think the main part of it is due to aircraft size as the Hawk (while being stone-age in design) is quite a small craft which lends itself to close formation aerobatic manoeuvres a little more than the others IMO.

But either way, all of these display teams (and I've seen a number of them) are hugely skillful.

Author:  dams-r-us [ Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:04 pm ]
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The sequestration in the U.S. has grounded some great aircraft from travelling on the airshow circuit. I remember seeing lots of high-powered demonstrations at the Abbotsford Airshow when I was a kid. This past summer I went to the Comox Airshow on Vancouver Island - first airshow there in 9 years. A smaller program, but still entertaining; no Breitling Jet Team of course! The CF-18's make the biggest impression noise-wise, but the Snowbirds were the closing act and the team everyone stayed to see.
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Here are my highlights. It was a great day; the clouds kept their distance and I got a pretty good sunburn. :oops:



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Author:  mannymore [ Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:42 am ]
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beautiful photos!

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