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Aviation Nation 2009

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This month I am enjoying a nice vacation in the US and last weekend Aviation Nation 2009 was organized at Nellis AFB. Here are some photos from both days. Enjoy!

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8. Sheik taxiing back after his final demo for the Royal Netherlands F16 Demo Team.
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Very nice.. Last shot is awesome! So his season is over, i understand. Thought i saw Dutch roundels on your take-off shot of the Dual F-16.. Cool.. Tbitrds shot looks good as well..

Greetz,
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Re: Aviation Nation 2009

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like the Red Bull Mig :-d)
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Re: Aviation Nation 2009

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Andras wrote:Very nice.. Last shot is awesome! So his season is over, i understand. Thought i saw Dutch roundels on your take-off shot of the Dual F-16.. Cool.. Tbitrds shot looks good as well..

Greetz,
Thanks Andras :D. You're correct about the Dutch roundels on the F16. The Demo team used a one of the dutch F16's that are based at the training center in, if I'm correct, Springfield Ohio. They used a dual seat because two single seaters had some technical issues.

MB wrote:like the Red Bull Mig :-d)
Thanks! :D.


Also nice shots jb5, especially the dutch F16 taking off seen from behind the A10 :D.
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Some nice pics JB5!
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Hi Bassa,

Nice shots ! Do you have more shots of that Turbo Dakota ? I'm curious about it's Fire titles.... Do you know more about it ??

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Iwan Bogels wrote:Hi Bassa,

Nice shots ! Do you have more shots of that Turbo Dakota ? I'm curious about it's Fire titles.... Do you know more about it ??

Cheers,
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I hope JB5 can answer that question :wink:
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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Re: Aviation Nation 2009

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Stratofreighter wrote:
Iwan Bogels wrote:Hi Bassa,

Nice shots ! Do you have more shots of that Turbo Dakota ? I'm curious about it's Fire titles.... Do you know more about it ??

Cheers,
Iwan
I hope JB5 can answer that question :wink:

This DC-3 is converted by Basler Aviation en is used as a fire-fighting plane by the Forest Service to fight wildfires. It has new turboprop engines, stronger wings, and other modern upgrades. Normally the plane is used to drop smoke jumpers over forest fires, at Nellis it was used to drop the The US Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue Competition and Demonstration Parachute Team.
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Andras wrote:So his season is over, i understand.
Acccording to http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?id=32818" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; this was not Sheik's last demonstration flight (yet), this will be on Friday the 27th of November.
Het dertigjarig bestaan van het demoteam wordt op vrijdag 27 november gevierd met een jubileum demovlucht boven vliegbasis Volkel. Dat gebeurt in het bijzijn van commandant luchtstrijdkrachten Jac Jansen en alle demovliegers uit de afgelopen dertig jaar.

Dit zal tevens de laatste demovlucht zijn van het huidige F-16 Solo Display team en vlieger Ralph Aarts. Na drie jaar nemen kapitein-vlieger Tobias Schutte en een ondersteunend team van vliegbasis Leeuwarden deze taak over.
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jb5 wrote:
Stratofreighter wrote:
Iwan Bogels wrote:Hi Bassa,

Nice shots ! Do you have more shots of that Turbo Dakota ? I'm curious about it's Fire titles.... Do you know more about it ??

Cheers,
Iwan
I hope JB5 can answer that question :wink:

This DC-3 is converted by Basler Aviation en is used as a fire-fighting plane by the Forest Service to fight wildfires. It has new turboprop engines, stronger wings, and other modern upgrades. Normally the plane is used to drop smoke jumpers over forest fires, at Nellis it was used to drop the The US Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue Competition and Demonstration Parachute Team.
Thanks for this info. Would you have another photo from this aircraft, with more of a sideview? Next to that I'm also curious about the registration number. All this beacuse I'm a big fan of all fire fighting aircraft and helicopters.

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Re: Aviation Nation 2009

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Stratofreighter wrote:
Andras wrote:So his season is over, i understand.
Acccording to http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?id=32818" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; this was not Sheik's last demonstration flight (yet), this will be on Friday the 27th of November.
Aviation Nation was his last airshow.
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Re: Aviation Nation 2009

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jb5 wrote:
Stratofreighter wrote:
Iwan Bogels wrote:Hi Bassa,

Nice shots ! Do you have more shots of that Turbo Dakota ? I'm curious about it's Fire titles.... Do you know more about it ??

Cheers,
Iwan
I hope JB5 can answer that question :wink:

This DC-3 is converted by Basler Aviation en is used as a fire-fighting plane by the Forest Service to fight wildfires. It has new turboprop engines, stronger wings, and other modern upgrades. Normally the plane is used to drop smoke jumpers over forest fires, at Nellis it was used to drop the The US Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue Competition and Demonstration Parachute Team.
Now that's a one name i wouldn't try to pronounce during an airshow :P ;)

@ All who delivered pictures.... AWSOME SHOTS!

I hope i have some time in the future to post my Edwards AFB Test Nation 2009 shots
YOU DON'T NEED WHITE LENSES IF YOU GOT A WHITE CAMERA.
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