Auckland - F18 Arrival

[Morcs]

The F-18 is making a shite load of noise over my house as we speak. been constant for about 10 minutes now.

[The Pastor]

someone lied to me and i missed them >_<

[Pogo2]

I landed at Whenuapai about 1800 in one of the government aircraft that is going to be on show and the Yaks were doing a practise routine. Going to be a good day tomorrow.

Have fun everyone.

[Brett]

Fuck , you live in a cave? LOL

Yep, I sure have been the past 2 or so weeks! But fighters are onething worth emerging for, I love them more than bikes....

[Swoop]

Very noice indeed!

Was hit by the jetblast as the F-18 opened the taps!
Great show.
#1, 2 & 3: C-17.
#4: Suspended load underneath a Huey. Was dropped from several hundred feet up!
#5: C-130 on steep approach to land.
#6: NZ's fourth largest airline.

[Swoop]

Certainly wouldn't have wanted to have travelled by a 4-wheeled contrivance today...

Had a long chat with an ex Air Force officer(Retd). Sunderlands up to Singapore, knowledge on TSR2, etc. Darned interesting chap!

#1: After the breakoff, C-130 about to land with 757 turning onto final.
The rest: F-18 Hornet.

The Hornet was so quiet sitting at idle, you could have put a vaccum cleaner in it's place and the noise would have been about the same. Slightly different noise when he twisted the throttle though!

[skidMark]

Oh god dammit.... now i find the thread...

[skidMark]

Yep, I sure have been the past 2 or so weeks! But fighters are onething worth emerging for, I love them more than bikes....

The only thing better than a fighter or just any bike.... is

A FIGHTERED BIKE

[Gwinch]

Went along, took a few pictures. Just some random ones of planes that Swoop hasn't already posted.

[Gwinch]

... and some more

[Indiana_Jones]

Wow. So that's what an airforce looks like.

Time we got one here?

-Indy

[portokiwi]

I saw them fly over the house many times.
Soooo cool

[pete376403]

Had a long chat with an ex Air Force officer(Retd). Sunderlands up to Singapore, knowledge on TSR2, etc. Darned interesting chap!

I used to work with chap who was a toolmaker on the TSR2 project. I recall him telling me how heartbreaking it was to have to cut up all the jigs and tools they had made when the project was scrapped - a political decision to purchase US built aircraft at a good price, but part of the deal was the TSR2 (Tactical Strike & Reconnaisance) could not go ahead. I believe there was at least one flying prototype.

[ManDownUnder]

Certainly wouldn't have wanted to have travelled by a 4-wheeled contrivance today...

2 1/2 hours to leave the air force base... yee fucken har... "parking is free" they said - till you add up the price of fuel...!

Nice to see the FA18 going through it;s paces though- Jesus... I'm in love!

[cs363]

I used to work with chap who was a toolmaker on the TSR2 project. I recall him telling me how heartbreaking it was to have to cut up all the jigs and tools they had made when the project was scrapped - a political decision to purchase US built aircraft at a good price, but part of the deal was the TSR2 (Tactical Strike & Reconnaisance) could not go ahead. I believe there was at least one flying prototype.

TSR2 - lovely plane, especially given it was designed 50 years ago! I understand there were 2 prototypes that flew before the project was canned, this is a pic of the restored one at Duxford, UK:
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1443688.jpg

For those that are interested here's another pic of the plane flying and another shot of one being cut up , the 'links' page on this site has some good links to more info http://www.stevebroadbent.net/tsr2memories.html