Singapore Airshow 2008 - 19-24 February 2008

[Kwek 0]

Here's my take on the rest of the flying display participants....

 

The T-50 is coming on strong, trying for the RSAF AJT bid. Note the Lion head decal on her tail, which was applied for this show - she spotted a chevron during practices.

 

In the running too is the M-368. She looks very sleek.

The 3rd contender is Hawk 128, which surprisingly did not take part in the flying display though. She was in town for evaluation as well.

 

The crowd favourite - F-16 Fighting Falcon never fails to impress.....

 

....so she deserves two pictures.

 

The F-18F Super Hornets does a dirty roll....... are we expecting to see her over Malaysian skies soon?

 

Besides the Black Knights, the other main attraction is the A380

 

It's amazing how graceful she looks in the air.

[Walter Sim 1]

That A380 banking shot is amazing!!

 

Thanks for sharing!!

[Ignatius 4]

Waaaaaaaaaaa... wonderful blue skies there KWEK>>.......... The haze is around already when i was there with LEeeeeee!!!! <_>

[Greg Wood 3]

Gidday All,

 

Is anyone preparing a list of all visiting / participating aircraft that was at the airshow for overseas enthusiasts ???? Thanks in advance as many of us abroad would like to know what was there!

Cheers

[LeeTZ 1]

this is what happen after the Eurocopter EC135 lifted off

 

SOME SHOTS ON 22 FEBRUARY

The Roulettes

Any Rolls-Royce Phantom lover?

Learjet 60XR N60LJ

EMBRAER LEGACY 600..... all the way from Brazil

CESSNA 400

ECLIPSE 500

 

Edited February 28, 2008 by LeeTZ

[Chaity 1]

My main target for SIN Airshow nothing but the fat mama

 

Tail shot

 

Look closer, you will see MAS & Qantas logos behind the coat of white paint from their first Asia tour in Nov 2005

 

What do you call this thing ?

 

[Walter Sim 1]

anti-tail strike thingy??

[Waiping 12]

Continue with some more pix I took during SAS '08. This time indoor models.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last but not least

 

 

Thought this was interesting. Both took off about the same speed, eh?

 

Edited February 28, 2008 by waiping

[LeeTZ 1]

Gidday All,

 

Is anyone preparing a list of all visiting / participating aircraft that was at the airshow for overseas enthusiasts ???? Thanks in advance as many of us abroad would like to know what was there!

Cheers

 

Hello Greg,

 

From what I got from the Official Flight Programme brochure:

 

1) Cirrus Design Corporation SR22-G3

2) Britten Norman BN2B Islander

3) Britten Norman BN2T-4S Defender

4) Eclipse Aviation Eclipse 500 (N500UK)

5) Liberty Aerospace,Inc Liberty XL2 (N861XL)

6) Cessna Aircraft Company Citation CJ3

7) Cessna Aircraft Company Citation 680 Sovereign

8 ) Cessna Aircraft Company Cessna 400 (N400NM)

9) Cessna Aircraft Company T182T Skylane

10) Cessna Aircraft Company 208B Caravan (PK-VVH)

11) Elbit Hermes 450 UAV

12) Elbit Hermer 450 UAV

13) Elbit Hermer 900 UAV

14) Diamond Aircraft DA42 Twin Star (HS-DWW)

15) Diamond Aircraft DA40 TDI

16) RAAF Roulettes PC-9A

17) BAE Systems Hawk MK128

18) Korea Aerospace Industries T/A-50

19) Airbus A380-841 (F-WWOW)

20) BAE Systems Herti

21) Stemme AG / DSTA Stemme S10

22) RSAF / Elbit Hermes 450B

23) RSAF CH-47 SD Chinook

24) RSAF F-16D+ Fighter

25) Northrop Grumman Global Hawk

26) Northrop Grumman Firescout

27) US DOD F-15C

28) US DOD F-15D

29) US DOD C-130j

30) US DOD B-1B Lancer

31) US DOD F/A-18 F/E Super Hornet

32) US DOD F-16 Cj

33) US DOD KC-135T

34) Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 900XP

35) Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 4000

36) Hawker Beechcraft KingAir B200GT (N34008 - Hornbill Skyways Livery)

37) Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A P-180 Avanti (HB-LTZ)

38) Dassault Falcon Jet Corp Falcon 900EX (N900EX)

39) Alenia Aermacchi M-346

40) Gulfstream Gulfstream 150

41) Gulfstream Gulfstream 200 (ZK-RGB)

42) Gulfstream Gulfstream 450

43) Gulfstream Gulfstream 550 (N550GA)

44) Embraer Legacy 600 (PT-SKP)

45) Bombardier Aerospace Challenger 605

46) Bombardier Aerospace Learjet 60 (N60LJ)

47) Bombardier Aerospace Global Express XRS

48 ) PTDI/Thales CN-235

49) Bell Helicopter 412EP (N7532Q)

50) Eurocopter EC155

51) Eurocopter AS365 (RP-C2222)

52) Eurocopter EC120

53) Eurocopter EC225

54) Eurocopter AS355 (F-OISV)

55) Eurocopter EC135 (HS-ACN)

56) Eurocopter EC145

Plaza Lockheed Martin F-35 jSF

 

 

[Waiping 12]

Unfortunately I was hoping to at least catch a glimpse of the B787. Surprisingly not much was offered. Only model and a simulator was available and not for public to play. However, Boeing was very generous with their freebies i.e. cap, key-chains, stickers, wall-calenders and even pins.

 

Overall an exciting experience. Hope to see more planes next time around.

 

Just to share. I caught this during the first day at the airshow

 

 

And in the afternoon, caught this at Changi International

 

[iwan 3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v455/Kwe..._1728_hi108.jpg

 

this has got to be my favourite pic!i just love those vortices..

[Simon 3]

With the MAS logo still on the WWOW, which means MAS has not cancel order yet

[iwan 3]

anti-tail strike thingy??

 

i actually thought it was an arrestor hook..

[Simon 3]

i actually thought it was an arrestor hook..

This thing can be found on every A380??

[Imran K. 0]

This thing can be found on every A380??

 

no no...that thing is used for tailstrike tests since F-WWOW is a test aircraft.

 

[Raymond Ngu 0]

Here's the group pic taken on 21/2.

 

[Walter Sim 1]

Can we have namess???? i can only recognise KC, Kwek, Raj, Nguyen

[Andi C 0]

My turn to post. I was there on the final day Feb24. A380 Galore! Cheers & Enjoy

 

Backing in after her demo flight

 

 

 

Those massive wiiings!

 

Learn a new exclamation word today! WWOW!

 

Someone familiar? Monsieur Jacques Rosay! The A380 program's chief test pilot

 

 

 

 

18mm stretched to the limit!

 

Shout one more time! WWOW!

 

 

All vehicles had to queue up to let the KC-135 pass by

 

 

A note to the organisers: Must solve traffic woes. Queueing for land transport (of any kind) to & fro wasted too much precious time. And it was damned hot, red like a chili lobster that day. 2 years for them to figure out.....

Edited March 1, 2008 by Andi C

[Ignatius 4]

Nice Andi, you went on the last day of the public show..... hehehe.. traffic problem wasn't bad on Saturday..

[Simon 3]

Here's the group pic taken on 21/2.

 

 

Out of 10, 7 wear blue shirt, nice uniform

 

This time the parking aunty looks so handsome

Edited March 2, 2008 by Simon

[Gavin Andrew David 6]

Next to Raj is Eric from NYC

Next to red shirt , Kwek Jia Hao ( refer to jp.net photo's )

I too don't know the rest ...

If i'm not mistaken , one of the two on the extreme left , is an Mwings member

Had no introduction so not sure who they are ...

[Chaity 1]

MWings members Benjamin & Andrew Yong busy shooting the fat mama

 

RAAF Roulettes flying past.

Not many crowds..... because most of them were on the left in front of the exhibition hall

 

MWings members found each other while waiting for A380 pushback.

Yong, Lee TZ, Ignatius, Benjamin & I. Andrew Yong left early.

[Ignatius 4]

Anyone need a quick burner..??? How bout some of these???

Aiyakk, forgot to rotate this one up!!! <_>

 

Twin burner also available

 

Superduper big burner with writting in it

 

Mid size burner suitable for most family

 

MWings members Benjamin & Andrew Yong busy shooting the fat mama

So you guys were there waiting for fat dugong's trip to the runway as well.... I should have done similarly hehehe...any buttock shots of dugong during towing??? Would love to see that

Edited March 2, 2008 by Ignatius

[Chaity 1]

So you guys were there waiting for fat dugong's trip to the runway as well.... I should have done similarly hehehe...any buttock shots of dugong during towing??? Would love to see that

 

Sure got buttock shots of dugong but need to search for it.

 

[Ignatius 4]

Look at the escorts and alll, looks like a majestic parade going on

 

Chaity, please help complete this shot with a nice buttock shot hehehe

Edited March 2, 2008 by Ignatius