Aviation Appreciation Station

[Art Vandelay]

^ With firetrucks standing by?

[KelVarnsen]

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/bo...-out-66549.php

[MRCboicgy]

Wow, that is a really nice looking plane...much better than the -8

[STeeLy]

Ooooh... shiny

[Bigtime]

Yeah those proportions look very very good.

Would bang.

[Art Vandelay]

Much nicer than the -8. Too bad AC ordered the -8. I guess WestJet will need to get the -9 then.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Acey

Anomalously hot summer here, with random days that are very mild... and lots of hail. Hit or miss, literally. Here's the sked...

12:30.....Flag Jump (Skyhawks)
12:40.....Team Rocket (Harmon Rocket)
12:55.....Skyhawks
13:25.....John Mrazek (L-29)
13:40.....Yellow Thunder (Harvards)
13:40.....Jim Hrymack (Harvard)
13:55.....John Mrazek (Yak 18)
14:20.....CF-18 Hornet
14:35.....Super Dave (Schedyn)
14:50.....Griffon (CH-146)
15:00.....Vintage Wings (P-40, P-51)
15:20.....John Mrazek (Harvard)
15:40.....Snowbirds (Tutors)

No A-10? That was always my favorite part. The VIP spot is awesome to see the Skyhawks come down. I was 15' feet away from them last time. Pretty cool.

[Leon]

So apparently the source of the fire on the 87 at Heathrow was the ELT?? Oh boy... That's certainly an item you don't want spontaneously overheating..

[speede5]

Originally Posted by Azure

No A-10? That was always my favorite part. The VIP spot is awesome to see the Skyhawks come down. I was 15' feet away from them last time. Pretty cool.

No american demo's anywhere this year. Budget cuts have grounded the Angel's, thunderbirds, and all the demo's and flypasts. It's a tough year for airshows everywhere.

[FLAME ENVY]

Originally Posted by Acey

Anomalously hot summer here, with random days that are very mild... and lots of hail. Hit or miss, literally. Here's the sked...

12:30.....Flag Jump (Skyhawks)
12:40.....Team Rocket (Harmon Rocket)
12:55.....Skyhawks
13:25.....John Mrazek (L-29)
13:40.....Yellow Thunder (Harvards)
13:40.....Jim Hrymack (Harvard)
13:55.....John Mrazek (Yak 18)
14:20.....CF-18 Hornet
14:35.....Super Dave (Schedyn)
14:50.....Griffon (CH-146)
15:00.....Vintage Wings (P-40, P-51)
15:20.....John Mrazek (Harvard)
15:40.....Snowbirds (Tutors)

Dave Mathieson drives an MX2, Scheyden is one of his sponsors.

[FLAME ENVY]

Rocky Mountain House Airshow is July 24th (Wednesday). Easy drive from Calgary and will be a great twilight show. YRM is a hub for our aerobatic club and 3 of of our member's will be performing along with the Snowbirds and F-18 TAC Team.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by FLAME ENVY

Dave Mathieson drives an MX2, Scheyden is one of his sponsors.

Yep.



That sked looks like it came from the airshow website, I didn't bother to look at it closely.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by speede5

No american demo's anywhere this year. Budget cuts have grounded the Angel's, thunderbirds, and all the demo's and flypasts. It's a tough year for airshows everywhere.

Thunderbirds are at least in the air again.

The popular Thunderbirds demonstration team comprised of F-16s also will resume training flights, but all 2013 shows will remain canceled, said Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis...

http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/t...cuts-1.5692699

[Acey]

Snowbirds arriving in style over south Lethbridge, making a ton of noise.

[speede5]

Morale building day here in the jaw, fly pasts by our entire fleet.

[Acey]

All setup in some grass about a half mile east of the field to film the CF18 demo. RCMP gives us the boot, we can't stay there in case the plane crashes. WTF? Surely the tens of thousands of people that are actually at the field are in far more danger. I was scouting that spot for weeks.

[jeffman]

http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/89...ing-in-Iceland
Sukhoi ssj 100 makes belly landing in Iceland

[flamesfan6]

Didn't see this mentioned in the thread, but a few days ago (Thursday) a 787 had to return to boston on it's way to tokyo as there was a fuel pump concern - maintenance indicator came up

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayi...cerns/2567619/

[Acey]

Contemplating starting "The on-going 787 Diversion/on fire thread"

[KelVarnsen]

Oh no, a plane diverted everyone panic!