Couple more Real Pics ~ F18

[steve7fm]

I loved the pilots name on this and had to get a shot of it. - 'Sweaty Palm'. Ah those boys have a sense of humour eh.. :-)

http://www.smafie.co.uk/sweaty.jpg

http://www.smafie.co.uk/sweaty2.jpg

And the Display aircraft..
http://www.smafie.co.uk/f-a18.jpg

This has to one of the noisiest prop jobs i've ever heard.. :-) Wierd effect through the left prop blades. lovely aircraft though.
http://www.smafie.co.uk/navy.jpg

http://www.smafie.co.uk/tomcatsig.jpg

[stephanedieltiens]

the first McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 is a? B/D Hornet or a F Super Hornet?
the second one is a F/A-18E Super Hornet

I guess the Hawkeye, hasn't gotten his upgrade to 6 bladed propellers yet...

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[mcwdainow]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Aug-08-02 AT 02:48PM (EDT)[/font][p]sweet shots!! :D
after visiting the Shuttleworth Collection and seeing the Military Pageant Air Display, we saw a DHC-2 Beaver and an Avenger they were extremely noisey....but cool :D we also saw the Yakovlevs a brilliant display team :D (http://www.yakovlevs.com/main.cfm)
and the Harrier which was the one which recently crashed at Lowesoft was replaced at the Airshow by a Bristol Blenheim a beautiful aircraft :D http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce/blen_1.jpg
anyhoo....I would be intrested to hear if anyone else here went to that event ;-)

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[NoFeAr]

Stephane the first one is an F/A-18F.
i love that plane..:-)

Regards,

Francisco

[petermcleland]

Lots of detail and very professional camera handling...and I suspect, a very good camera :-)


Regards,

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[steve7fm]

Most kind Peter.. Camera is Sony F707, same one as Jeff S has.

Morgan, that Hawkeye was simply unbelievably loud.:-) It was over the far side of the airfield and you could still hear it as clear as ever, even when it went behind the trees as anyone that knows Farnborough will know the back taxiway to the new hangers and Tower.

http://www.smafie.co.uk/tomcatsig.jpg

[mcwdainow]

well ok....that is loud :-lol

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[Jeff S KDTW]

Very nice pics, Steve.

Regards,

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[stephanedieltiens]

Hey Francisco, I was looking for any visual clue in the first two shots, but didn't find any (I could be terribly wrong); can you tell me what gave it away for you to know, or were you live at the show...

thanks in advance
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[bjmcintyre]

>Hey Francisco, I was looking for
>any visual clue in the
>first two shots, but didn't
>find any (I could be
>terribly wrong); can you tell
>me what gave it away
>for you to know, or
>were you live at the
>show...
>

I think the front of the intake on the first picture gives it away (F/A-18F) The cover is straight edged but slanted (not recessed, vertical and curved as a A/B/C/D would have. Then the two cockpits (duh) make it an F.

I was trying to find a good picture of a D from a similar angle to show, but I can't. See the outline of the intakes in the shot included here? I have thoughfully outlined them in a garish and ugly color ;-).

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...fe6c73ac97.jpg

(C Model)

http://www.flightsim.com/dcforum/Use...8a6cde4ce7.jpg

(F Model) (from the top photo)


Brian