Andrew_McP Posted July 1, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp0nge Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Wow nice pics. Those 30's look sleek as. Is breaking the laws of gravity illegal? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 these Su-30's... just bloody beautifull!!! No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflash Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Wow, your Typhoon pics are also cool: http://www.andrew.mcp.dsl.pipex.com/Wadd300607/target8.html [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disso Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 mmmm....MKI's...what else can I say... SU-30MKI F/A-18F ...Beauty, grace, lethality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51GRIZZLY Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Really nice pics, thanks for sharing them :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TucksonSonny Posted July 1, 2007 Share 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 | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleek Posted July 1, 2007 Share 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: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_McP Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Nice pics. The weather adds something; who wants blue skies all the time. DPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmonaut Posted July 1, 2007 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_McP Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted July 2, 2007 Share 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. [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] My PC specs below:Case: Corsair 400C PSU: SEASONIC SS-760XP2 760W Platinum CPU: AMD RYZEN 3900X (12C/24T) RAM: 32 GB 4266Mhz (two 2x8 kits) of trident Z RGB @3600Mhz CL 14 CR=1T MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR HERO VI AM4 GFX: GTX 1080Ti MSI Gaming X Cooler: NXZT Kraken X62 280mm AIO Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2+6GB WD 6Gb red HOTAS: Thrustmaster Warthog + CH pro pedals Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD Freesync HDR400 1440P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nscode Posted July 2, 2007 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_McP Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
504MrWolf Posted July 3, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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