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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Dysko on August 11, 2013, 09:03:25 am
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Hi everybody! It has been a long time since I last posted here, apart from some posts in General Discussion once every... err... few years or so :nervous:
For those of you who don't remember me (or those who joined after I "left"), I am the "airplane crazy" guy who left the FS scene almost 7 years ago, when I started studying aerospace engineering (BTW, I STILL haven't graduated, it has been... quite more difficult than I thought). Few years ago I started aircraft spotting, and this year I travelled quite a lot to attend some airshows. Recently I was even asked to cooperate with an Italian aviation magazine, but I was turned down at the last moment :(
Here are some photos from this year's airshow.
Patrouille de France's 60th Anniversary, near Marseille
Ramex Delta display duo, with 2 French Air Force Mirage 2000s
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_4936_260513.jpg)
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_5002_260513.jpg)
Fastroping from a French Air Force EC-725 Caracal
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_4533_260513.jpg)
Patrulla Aguila (Spanish Air Force)
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_5298_260513.jpg)
Patrouille de France
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_6672_260513.jpg)
Frecce Tricolori (Italian Air Force)
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_6116_260513.jpg)
French Air Force Rafale
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_6367_260513.jpg)
Royal International Air Tatto, Fairford (UK), the biggest airshow in the world
British Airways A380 flying in formation with Royal Air Force's Red Arrows
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1111_200713.jpg)
RAF Chinook
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1233_200713.jpg)
Airbus A400M heavy transport
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1475_200713.jpg)
Hungarian Air Force JAS 39 Gripen
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1513_200713.jpg)
Italian Air Force Typhoon
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1666_210713.jpg)
Italian Air Force KC-767 refueling an Italian and a RAF Typhoon
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1737_210713.jpg)
The last airworthy Avro Vulcan in the world
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1747_210713.jpg)
Red Bull's B-25 Mitchell and F4U Corsair
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_1923_210713.jpg)
Red Arrows
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_2011_210713.jpg)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_2039_210713.jpg)
Polish Air Force MiG-29
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_2194_210713.jpg)
Oris Fly-In, Ambri (Switzerland)
Airworthy former Swiss Air Force Hawker Hunters from the Altenrhein aviation museum
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7537_150613.jpg)
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7582_150613.jpg)
Boeing Stearman
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7874_150613.jpg)
Antonov An-2
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7707_150613.jpg)
Airworthy former Swiss Air Force de Havilland Vampire, this one from the Altenrhein museum too
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7939_150613.jpg)
And finally some minor Italian airshows
AeroParma 2013
Italian Air Force HH-3F Pelican, SAR demo
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_6942_090613.jpg)
Fiat G.59, a post-WW2 trainer built using the fuselage of a Fiat G.55 fighter with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine (the same one of the Spitfire)
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7204_090613.jpg)
Aermacchi MB.326 trainer, owned by a private. Recently restored to flying conditions, it's the last airworthy one in the world
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_7026_090613.jpg)
FlyParty 2013, an historic aircraft meeting
Agusta-Bell AB-47, the first helicopter built in Italy
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_0541_300613.jpg)
P3 Flyers display team, from Switzerland
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_0187_300613.jpg)
Wolf W-11 Boredom Fighter, an ultralight airplane built to look like a WW1 fighter
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_0581_300613.jpg)
Aermacchi MB.308 Macchino, the first airplane built in Italy after WW2
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_0326_300613.jpg)
A pylon race with airplanes designed by the recently-gone engineer Stelio Frati
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_9526_300613.jpg)
Probably the strangest flying machine ever built... the AeroGallo ("Flying Rooster")
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_9588_300613.jpg)
Baracca Day 2013, a small fly-in to commemorate the death of WW1 top Italian Ace Francesco Baracca
de Havilland Tiger Moth and a replica of Red Baron's Fokker Dr.I
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_8740_160613.jpg)
Pitts Special
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_8484_160613.jpg)
Blue Voltige display team with Fournier motorgliders
(http://www.golfvictorspotting.it/coppfold/albums/userpics/10001/_MG_8644_160613.jpg)
Thank you for watching :)
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Thank you for watching :)
Hello. Thank you for posting. :)
I don't have any interest beyond passing in this kind of thing, but those are beautiful and interesting pictures.
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Such nice shots you got there.
Awesome material of top quality, why did they turn you down? if it can be made public of course.
edit: do you have these shots without the logo? I'd like to have some of them as desktop background :D
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Pretty! :yes: :yes:
Okay these pics are going to be on my wallpaper queue for quite a while now!
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why did they turn you down? if it can be made public of course.
Economic crisis. That magazine will fire half of its journalists next month, and it will probably close next year if sales keep going down.
edit: do you have these shots without the logo? I'd like to have some of them as desktop background :D
PM me your e-mail ;)
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Nice pictures! 8/8 cloud coverage can make for some interesting lighting, doesn't it?
Fellow aerospace engineering student and aviation nut here - from what I've seen, running overdue is pretty standard in AE studies ;)
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Smashing stuff! Thanks for sharing.