Andrew_McP Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 http://www.andrew.mcp.dsl.pipex.com/Wadd300607/index.html There's some other 'airshow diary' pictures on the page as well. It's all grey and damp though. Speaking of which, I have to go blow-dry my camera. :-) Andrew McP 2
sp0nge Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Wow nice pics. Those 30's look sleek as. Is breaking the laws of gravity illegal? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Kuky Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 these Su-30's... just bloody beautifull!!! PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
tflash Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Wow, your Typhoon pics are also cool: http://www.andrew.mcp.dsl.pipex.com/Wadd300607/target8.html [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Disso Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 mmmm....MKI's...what else can I say... SU-30MKI F/A-18F ...Beauty, grace, lethality.
51GRIZZLY Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Really nice pics, thanks for sharing them :pilotfly:
TucksonSonny Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 I think it was the first visit of the MKI? Very cool pictures. I guess typhoons and mki’s have tested their lock-on capabilities on each other. Rep inbound :D DELL Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 940 2,93 GHz @3 GHz, 8 MB cache | 8.192 MB 1.067 MHz Tri Channel DDR3 | 512 MB ATI® Radeon™ 4850 | 500 GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA | Samsung SM 2693 HM 25.5 " | HOTAS Cougar Thrustmaster |
Sleek Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Well at least the rain didn't stop play..unlike Wimbledon lol! Nice pic's! :thumbup: Be Good..Be Strong..:drink: ;)
Andrew_McP Posted July 1, 2007 Author Posted July 1, 2007 Thanks for the comments. It was a lousy day to be out in... it rained nearly all day. But how often do you get to see any Flankers in the UK, let alone three flying? Ok, it was only a simple takeoff/flypast/landing (the Indians don't have permission to do anything else, and the weather was too rough for the refuelling demo), but there's poetry in anything those aircraft do, so that's fine by me! :-) There are plenty more shots here... http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=SF;f=10 I'm particularly impressed by this guy's work... http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=10;t=34449 ...and... http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=10;t=34415 Andrew McP
DPS Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Nice pics. The weather adds something; who wants blue skies all the time. DPS.
Cosmonaut Posted July 1, 2007 Posted July 1, 2007 Even with a Grey background those Su30's look cool :thumbup: . Cozmo. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Minimum effort, maximum satisfaction. CDDS Tutorial Version 3. | Main Screen Mods.
Andrew_McP Posted July 2, 2007 Author Posted July 2, 2007 The grey paintwork isn't the most exciting colour scheme in the world, but somehow it looked absolutely perfect under the grey, threatening skies. And, unloaded for long distance flight, the aircraft did look particularly beautiful. So it was well worth the trip. In fact I nearly got up very early on Sunday to go again. But I'd have been disappointed at the end of my five hour journey north. The Sunday airshow was cancelled at about 9am because the car parking areas were totally waterlogged, and also because (so I'm led to believe) the Police had to withdraw most of their people to cope with emergency flooding in the Lincoln area. There was also some speculation that the recent terrorist attacks in the UK (particularly the one on Saturday at Glasgow) might have had something to do with the cancelltion, but I think the weather conditions were bad enough to justify the cancellation all on their own. Ironically, although the ground was very treacherous, for most of Sunday the weather up there was pretty good after early downpours. Anyway, the Su-30s are still supposed to be turning up at RIAT for the 14th/15th July. Again they won't be doing anything special, but a flying Flanker is a flying Flanker! I also see now that there's a Czech Gripen and a Hind flying as well. Some amateurs from the USA will be also there, apparently. Thunderbugs... Thundercats... something like that, flying some silly little single engined F-16s. Still, they'll do to fill some dead airspace I suppose. ;-) http://www.airtattoo.com/airtattoo/Aircraft/participation Andrew McP
Pilotasso Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Even with a Grey background those Su30's look cool :thumbup: . Grey schemes ar the most aestetical pleasing to me. Those Su-30's are indeed the best of the best of russian origin, even if many of the equipment inside is made in Israel/France/india. .
nscode Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Niaaaah.... if it ain't blue, it ain't Su :P Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
Andrew_McP Posted July 2, 2007 Author Posted July 2, 2007 Someone visited the airbase today and got these shots of Tornados and Su-30s taking off in pairs (for one of their exercises I imagine). I'm disappointed he only posted some ground shots, but it's still a very unusual set of pictures... http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=9;t=34552 Andrew McP
504MrWolf Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Yeah i stayed at home for it, the Sunday show got called off :( Im going to see these at Fairford hoping for better weather, AFAIK they are in the country for some time on detachment 6 or 7 Flankers and support aircraft. www.VVS504.co.uk www.lockonskins.co.uk
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