The Thunderbirds are here, History is made!

Steyr

To meet and greet some very special visitors....Il give you a hint about who im going to meet.. 5......4......3......2......1.................:D

Jakey

What time are they arriving? will there be any touch and go's or the like down there today?
Im trying to decide is it worth the 40 minute spin down

Steyr

They are coming after 4:30PM, Security is going to be VERY tight.

Steyr

I will be taking pictures for everybody to see anyway

Steyr

Some pictures taken today of the arrival of The Thunderbirds to Shannon Airport Ireland, The weather was absolutely terrible.













The Irish Flag gets its place on The Thunderbirds!
:tb


One of The Thunderbirds C17's




All Hangared!




A very enjoyable and Historic day.

Steyr

Some more i took for ye!







And yours truly with a Ground crew member.


I have TONS more! Thats if you want to see more? I kinda went Snapper happy!

eoinok

who and what?!!

eoinok

okay, I read the newer posts. Klass pics man. Lucky devil

aidan_dunne

Steyr wrote:

I have TONS more! Thats if you want to see more?

Well, DUH! Of course we want to see them. Bring 'em on, man!

Some great pics there, I must say. Love the shot of them all parked up nice and snug in the hanger. Oh for the day when we could see a similar sight at Baldonnel except with them painted in IAC colours. *sigh* Sorry, just daydreaming there!

Captain Chaos

You can really notice the larger intakes on the Block 52s compared the the older Block 32s they used to have. They must have made 4 or 5 top ups on their trip across the pond, especially with no external tanks fitted.:eek:

Davidth88

Good photos, nice that you could get down onto the ramp .

I saw them years ago at Fairford I think, they were good then. They make a great show of the lining up the aircraft and having everything in straight lines on the ground etc.

I hope you have good weather over the weekend with high cloudbase , enjoy the show !

You should have asked for a couple of the fancy TBird bags sitting in the back of the C17 , that would have looked nice next time you went anywhere .

pclancy

Great photos! Who are the thunderbird ladies?

Did they get refuelled air to air or did they stop in iceland/greenland or somewhere?

cyrusdvirus

Steyr, just who the devil are you sleeping with to be able to get that close and personal??? SWINE!!!!!!!!!:D

Excellent pics man!

RoundyMooney

Merged.

Steyr, more pics please. Those are excellent.

daveg

David you bastárd. Some superb pictures there. Post em all up.

what are the 2 C17's for? Carrying their luggage? Typical women. Thats a lot of makeup.

highlydebased

See

http://shannonairportenthusiasts.net/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-739
http://shannonairportenthusiasts.net/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-738
http://shannonairportenthusiasts.net/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-737
http://shannonairportenthusiasts.net/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-736



The two C17A's providing support are 02-1106 and 06-6161.

Steyr

Those ladies are part of the Ground Crew and they Refuelled mid air 9 times enroute.

aidan_dunne

Steyr wrote:

Those ladies are part of the Ground Crew

Mmmm, I'd let them service my "undercarriage" any time!














Okay, okay, I'm sorry for that one but, come on, it was just begging to be said!

electric69

cool pics man.pity the weather was so bad.would have been nice to see them free of cloud cover

highlydebased

I'll have some more photos by the end of the week....