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What a washed out due to poor weather... :(

 

1000++ shots and most of them unusable...

 

Anyway, I'll share some of them that I managed to shoot from my location...

 

Firstly... the SU30MKM set..

 

Taxying to runway 15..

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Airborne.. and gear up

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Right turn out to give great side shots to our spotters on the "grass"..

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Heading towards the crowd in the airbase..

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One of the limited numbers of usable SU30MKM airdisplay photos...

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Note the HUD green glows...

 

Coming back to base with airbrake deployed...

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another good photo opportunity to our spotters on the "grass"..

 

The thunderbirds next...

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was in Subang AFB last saturday. Happy to see some familiar face. after a long time missing. It was massive traffic jammed toward the AFB. but with the power of Sith Speeder. i take me 10 minute to get away from it by riding on the wrong way. :rofl:

 

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Oiii kenapa gamba kecik baim!! kedekutnyer!!

 

itu photobucket cilaka. dia resize aku punya gamba. mau besar kena bayar. cilaka punya baldi gamba.

 

maafkan saya for terrible post processing. i am using another person pc. pinjam orang memang tak best.

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itu photobucket cilaka. dia resize aku punya gamba. mau besar kena bayar. cilaka punya baldi gamba.

 

maafkan saya for terrible post processing. i am using another person pc. pinjam orang memang tak best.

 

masih nice ma! haha... why you so fast disappear from the crowd? not manage to chat with you. :(

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whoa..cannot lawan la pics from you guys!super sharp!

 

Hi,

 

That morning (Saturday), i saw a man wearing MalaysianWings shirt and a very nice leather cowboy hat, may I know who is that? BTW, the air display is superb and the massive traffic jam does not spoiled my satisfaction.

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Hi,

 

That morning (Saturday), i saw a man wearing MalaysianWings shirt and a very nice leather cowboy hat, may I know who is that? BTW, the air display is superb and the massive traffic jam does not spoiled my satisfaction.

 

Sounds like Victor's trademark. Was the person at TUDM there?

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Sounds like Victor's trademark. Was the person at TUDM there?

 

Yes he is Victor A.

 

Part II - Thunderbird team line-up.

 

Run for your life!!!

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1st time I saw the tech crew doing final inspection prior to the air-show...On Friday during practice day,,they don't perform this exercise...They doing about 5 minutes then Thunderbird line-up according to sequence...

 

T-bird 1 : 92-3880

Lt. Col. Greg Thomas - Commander/Leader

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16 year in service with 2,700 flying hour.

Primary a/c : F-15C.

 

T-bird 2 : 91-0413

Maj. John Baum - Left Wing

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14 year in service with 1,750 flying hour.

Primary a/c : F-16C.

 

T-bird 3 : 92-3898

Maj. Kirby Ensser - Right Wing

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11 year in service with 2,500 flying hour.

Primary a/c : F-15C.

Sorry un-sharp image.

 

T-bird 4 : 92-3888

Maj. Sean Gusafson - Slot

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11 year in service with 2,000 flying hour.

Primary a/c : F-16C.

Friendly pilot towards spotters.

 

T-bird 5 : 92-3908

Maj. Tyrone Dyon Douglas - Lead Solo

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12 year in service with 2,200 flying hour.

Primary a/c : F-16C.

 

T-bird 6 : 92-3890

Maj. Rick Goodman - Opposing Solo

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14 year in service with 1,600 flying hour.

Primary a/c : F-15E.

 

All together 12 pilots and 8 T-bird at SZB as other 2 park at remote bay beside another Su-30...Only 6 perform,,no double seated a/c for formation in Malaysia tour...

 

Any reason why??Could be different in technical and formation here compare others state??

 

TBC with formation soon.

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Only 6 perform,,no double seated a/c for formation in Malaysia tour...

 

Any reason why??Could be different in technical and formation here compare others state??

On the Friday display, Thunderbird 4 was the two seater.

 

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Thunderbirds just took-off for next destination (Bangkok?). Bye bye, thank you for coming.

The team took off from SZB at about 9.25 am this morning, did a farewell flypast over KL and headed for Guam.

 

Yes, I am sure all of us here would like to thank the USAF for making last week one that we will not forget!

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22 years until the next visit? Let's hope it would be earlier.

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22 years until the next visit? Let's hope it would be earlier.

 

Aiyoo... become Grandfather already by then :rofl:

 

Maybe Thunderbirds will use F-35 and some stealhy Russian fighter will by as the RMAF fighter by then :good:

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22 years??they mentioned that??now thats sad news... :(

 

I heard someone mentioned earlier that the last time he saw the Thunderbirds was 22 years ago.

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Around 22 yrs, still remember my dad bring me to see the airshow during that time, now is my turn to take my kids to the show.... :pardon:

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I heard someone mentioned earlier that the last time he saw the Thunderbirds was 22 years ago.

I saw thunderbirds in Subang in 1994... ;)

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I saw thunderbirds in Subang in 1994... ;)

 

so that makes 1987-1994-2009..will be a long time before we see them again. :(

 

btw here are some more pics taken during the day..

 

the crossover after the heart shaped loop!lucky i got it in frame!

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not the best picture but i really really admire the precision in their flying..just look at Thunderbird 4 in the slot position..EXACTLY in the middle!!amazing really!

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another show of precision..this picture is enough to answer my mums question the night before.."what is it with planes that u love so much???waste time waste money.." :lol:

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would be great if a model of this setup could be made.. :)

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next up,my take on the bomb burst maneuver!! :yahoo:

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Sharing my takes of the Thunderbirds performance from the

roof top of the DCA Tower...

 

Final preparation before taxi to 15

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Look closely... he was looking at me :p :lol:

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Fogging the mosquitoes at threshold of 15

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Airborne...

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We go that way.... no..no... we go that wayy!

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Ok..ok.. we go left...No..no... we go right!

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Hmmm... we go up... or we go 'up'?...

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Anybody care to measure the distance between each other?

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Bet, their distances are within 5% error... :lol:

 

Or what about taking a ruler and draw a straight line along their butts...?

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Wei! Not yet laa.....

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I come...

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... show you my belly...

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.... and I go...

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Good show guys.... :clapping:

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finally the famous thunderbirds bomb burst maneuver and the 4 plane crossover at showcentre!!!since i had about 20+ pics of this maneuver..would be great if i could make a gif format! :)

 

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simply stunning!!

 

superb pics there uncle Norman!!ur pics just shows ive soooooo much more to learn!hopefully i can get better pics at LIMA.. :)

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finally the famous thunderbirds bomb burst maneuver and the 4 plane crossover at showcentre!!!since i had about 20+ pics of this maneuver..would be great if i could make a gif format! :)

 

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg283/iwanmwings/DSC_0551.jpg

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simply stunning!!

 

superb pics there uncle Norman!!ur pics just shows ive soooooo much more to learn!hopefully i can get better pics at LIMA.. :)

 

didn't realize got so black the smoke! haha...

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