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Nellis AFB - Aviation Nation 2011

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Aviation Nation took place on 12 and 13 November. As me and the missus happened to be in town in that week we decided to visit on the Saturday since the weather on that day looked to be the most promising.
On Sunday there would be a B-2 demo but also an almost complete overcast sky.

The show was traditionally opened by a para dropping (out of a Ramstein C-130J) and the singing of the national anthem by someone who would not make it through The Voice of America blind auditions.
Aviation Nation is build around themes and the first theme was WWII. Amongst these aircraft was this beautiful B-25.

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It was followed by an impressive C-17 Globemaster demo.

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Next theme was the Korean era with a Skyraider, MiG-15 and F-86

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After that the airfield was under attack by some aggressor aircraft. F-16's and F-15's took off to defend the airspace.

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Two DM A-10's took part in a close air support demo.

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Then it was Phantom time finally. This Holloman bird took off from the far runway but made a fantastic full circle take-off.

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Well actually, before the Phantom landed it took part in a nice past-to-present jet formation

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The show ended with a Thunderbirds show. These are some of their signature passes.

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This was just a small selection of all aircraft participating.
Groeten, Regards,
René

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Here is a first selection of the static show at Aviation Nation.

Dutch pride in Las Vegas.

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First I thought that the RAF had send a surprise delegate but then I noticed the civy registration.

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Nice colours on this Aggressor F-16.

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Head on with a B-2.

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Warm evening light on this Rivet Joint and J-Stars

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It does not happen too often that after 30 years of aircraft spotting I get to see about 10 aircraft types I have never seen before.
Some examples in a next upload.
Groeten, Regards,
René

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Very nice flying shots! Well done
Have to say that some off the flying pics are a bit to soft.
Nellis is on my bucket list..Love to go there some time.
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Nice pictures and...
Rene Klok wrote:It does not happen too often that after 30 years of aircraft spotting I get to see about 10 aircraft types I have never seen before.
Some examples in a next upload.
nice cliffhanger. You really got me wondering now what does 10 new types could be :D

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nice pics...

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tomba2247 wrote:Very nice flying shots! Well done
Have to say that some off the flying pics are a bit to soft.
Nellis is on my bucket list..Love to go there some time.
Thanks for your comments. Please let me know which pics you are referring to and what you mean with "too soft".
Groeten, Regards,
René

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Very nice Phantom banking shots! And I would certainly like to see those 10 types you never saw before in 30 years of spotting... :wink:
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Next theme was the Korean era with a Skyraider, MiG-15 and F-86
You sure it was Korea?? Looks like this nice bird belongs in the Vietnam section.

But what a bunch of nice pics. Bravo!
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Thermal wrote:
Next theme was the Korean era with a Skyraider, MiG-15 and F-86
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You sure it was Korea?? Looks like this nice bird belongs in the Vietnam section.

But what a bunch of nice pics. Bravo!
Thanks for your compliments.
You are probably right with your the era remark. The correct theme name was Heritage air-to-air and that covers for both Korea and Vietnam.
Groeten, Regards,
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Hey Rene ,that first Phantom pic is majestic :worship: Wallpaper anyone ? :respect:
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Rene Klok wrote:
tomba2247 wrote:Very nice flying shots! Well done
Have to say that some off the flying pics are a bit to soft.
Nellis is on my bucket list..Love to go there some time.
Thanks for your comments. Please let me know which pics you are referring to and what you mean with "too soft".

Hi,

Nr 1 and 5 i try to Find the sharp spot.. Don't get me wrong I like your pics but these two pics seems a litle bit out off focus or something???
But he ....I am a azijnpisser :wink:
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I love the Spook and the Skyraider! :onfire:

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tomba2247 wrote:
Rene Klok wrote:
tomba2247 wrote:Very nice flying shots! Well done
Have to say that some off the flying pics are a bit to soft.
Nellis is on my bucket list..Love to go there some time.
Thanks for your comments. Please let me know which pics you are referring to and what you mean with "too soft".

Hi,

Nr 1 and 5 i try to Find the sharp spot.. Don't get me wrong I like your pics but these two pics seems a litle bit out off focus or something???
But he ....I am a azijnpisser :wink:
You are absolutely right. The B-25 lost some sharpness due to the fact that I shot it with low shutterspeed to get the propblur. It worked better with the Skyraider. Don't know what went wrong with the Aggressor F-16.
You win some, you loose some.
Groeten, Regards,
René

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Still lover your pics!

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Great pictures!!

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