A few shots RAAF air show Pearce Western Australia

Kalamata

Thursday afternoon a USAF B1 bomber flew low over the house on its aproach to Pearce air base. Went to the air show today for a closer look.


This B1 bomber is from Rapid City SD but now deployed on Guam

With budget cuts etc the crew has to make do by selling T-shirts :rofl

The Singapore airforce trains at Pearce, one of their Macchi (sp) jet trainers


I really need to get a new camera for Christmas, My Nikon point and shoot is a real turn of the century item, time lag is so bad shots i thought i had were missed.
ed

DJ-S1

Ed, some nice shots of the B-1, the only airshow I ever went to that had one on the ground was so long ago they were very new. They were roped off with armed Marines around 'em. Guess they aren't as "cutting edge" now!

Did they do a demonstration flight with it? The B-1 is surprisingly agile if the pilot wants to show it off.

Kalamata

DJ-S1 wrote:

Did they do a demonstration flight with it? The B-1 is surprisingly agile if the pilot wants to show it off.

Thanks for the compliment, unfortunately no, just a static display. It did a circuit of Perth escorted by two BAE Hawk 127's before landing. Looks like it flew from Guam just for the show returning back to base on Monday, your tax dollar hard at work.
Cheers, Ed

Skippy

I like that Littel Red Number

Kalamata wrote:

Thursday afternoon a USAF B1 bomber flew low over the house on its aproach to Pearce air base. Went to the air show today for a closer look.
This B1 bomber is from Rapid City SD but now deployed on Guam
With budget cuts etc the crew has to make do by selling T-shirts
The Singapore airforce trains at Pearce, one of their Macchi (sp) jet trainers
I really need to get a new camera for Christmas, My Nikon point and shoot is a real turn of the century item, time lag is so bad shots i thought i had were missed.
ed

I see you had yourself a wonderful time at the show
They don't look all that comfy inside do they but they must get the most awesome views for sure.
I got to have a look inside a Hercules at Avalon earlier this year it had been used to bring back the injured home from the Bali bombings....... amazing to see the inside of such an aircraft.
Thank you for sharing your images Ed ........ Skippy (Australia)