Irish Airshows 2017

fjon

Great pictures! What are the shadowy things above the wings and cockpit in dsaint1's last photo?

Storm 10

fjon wrote: »

Great pictures! What are the shadowy things above the wings and cockpit in dsaint1's last photo?

Vapour generated by speed and the weather conditions

AndyBoBandy

fjon wrote: »

Great pictures! What are the shadowy things above the wings and cockpit in dsaint1's last photo?

Heres a more extreme example

fjon

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Heres a more extreme example

Wow, that looks amazing.

prinzeugen

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Interesting; would it have been even better if it had gone >1 (sonic boom, more of the vapour thing and all that)?

Over Mach .95 will never happen at Bray (or the majority of airshows).

Apart from the potential property damage, the shockwave can do serious damage to the eardrums of babies and toddlers.

prinzeugen

fjon wrote: »

Great pictures! What are the shadowy things above the wings and cockpit in dsaint1's last photo?

As a plane nears Mach 1 the air gets compressed and forms vapor.

The F18 was going trans-sonic so the shockwave you get with breaking the sound barrier was starting to form around the parts of the plane where the air flow was nearing supersonic speed.

nomdeboardie

prinzeugen wrote: »

Over Mach .95 will never happen at Bray (or the majority of airshows).

Apart from the potential property damage, the shockwave can do serious damage to the eardrums of babies and toddlers.

Ah well.
(Random youtube vid from a 'racier' airshow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayy2vuommXY )

airbusa320

C.15.18 by aidan mills, on Flickr

C.15.18 EF-18M Hornet from the Spanish air force pulling up during its display in Bray yesterday

k123456

Great Pics from the Bray Airshow and interesting discussion about Sonic Boom

Vid re Boom and windows breaking
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/sonic-booms-are-so-powerful-that-they-will-easily-shatt-1756003489

5500

F18s just after being circling casement

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2 FI8S Just went over what a sight

Astro1996

...__... wrote: »

2 FI8S Just went over what a sight

...and what a sound!

RasTa

A fighter jet just flew over my house, noise from the thing. Just wondering would it be from this?

In D15

de biz

Spanish F-18's took off 28 with number 2 doing a spectacular departure!

He held it level until abeam the mound at 10 and pulled up!

You would almost think he did it for the spotters!

We were on the norhern public road so hopefully someone videod it from the mound?

Pinch Flat

Just buzzed D2 - lovely sound. Pity they're no on FR24.

Mech1

Strikemaster approaching Hollyhead on fr24

Storm 10

In todays Irish Times reporting on the Air Show yesterday,

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/laws-of-physics-seem-to-bend-at-bray-air-display-1.3164555

There was also a tribute to the crew of Rescue 116, the Air Corps helicopter
that crashed off Co Mayo in March, with a helicopter flying overhead as a poem dedicated to the four deceased was recited.

Unbelievable bad reporting on such a serious incident that they cant put the correct information in the paper.

nomdeboardie

If there were two of the F18’s, how come only one at Bray? I had assumed they would both do Foynes on Sat, then Bray on Sun, so was looking around for a while for a second before I realised there would be none

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nomdeboardie wrote: »

If there were two of the F18’s, how come only one at Bray? I had assumed they would both do Foynes on Sat, then Bray on Sun, so was looking around for a while for a second before I realised there would be none

There is always a 2nd aircraft in case the display aircraft has a fault that would prevent them displaying so they can use the spare one.

xper

Trebor176 wrote: »

As per usual, the airshow was brilliant, and the weather was excellent. I loved all the displays. I think the highlight was the DC-3, though. It was one that I particularly wanted to see. I did catch it yesterday, though, flying over the N7 and Naas.

I had assumed that the DC-3 was going to putter around a couple of circuits like the other vintage stuff but they really threw it around the sky. Looked great with the sun glinting off it.

The organisers have gotten very good at deciding the 'set list' and making sure there are short gaps between acts.

I had considered not going this year for the first time, as the lineup seemed a bit dull/samey on paper compared to last year's Red Arrows/Frecce bookends but with the sun coming out I said feck it and jumped (squeezed) on a Dart and was very glad I did. Great afternoon. Highlights: F-18, Viggen, Fougas, DC-3 and Pitts

glenfieldman

dsaint1 wrote: »

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Amazing photos what lens did you use ?

irishrover99

Storm 10 wrote: »

There is always a 2nd aircraft in case the display aircraft has a fault that would prevent them displaying so they can use the spare one.

I seen both of the flying over Tallaght today while i was out cycling. Must have took off from Baldonnel,obviously heading back to their base.

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irishrover99 wrote: »

I seen both of the flying over Tallaght today while i was out cycling. Must have took off from Baldonnel,obviously heading back to their base.

They operated from Dublin Airport not Baldonnell due runway length.

irishrover99

Storm 10 wrote: »

The operated out of Dublin Airport due to the runway length at Baldonnel

Ok.Didn't know that and i just assumed it was baldonnel as they were still flying pretty low and in formation. Anyway it was a great sight.

Ross_Mahon

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet by Ross Mahon, on Flickr


Sikorsky S92 by Ross Mahon, on Flickr


Aer Lingus Airbus A321 by Ross Mahon, on Flickr


Pilatus PC 9M by Ross Mahon, on Flickr

dsaint1

glenfieldman wrote: »

Amazing photos what lens did you use ?

Thank you.....Nikon 200-500. Here are a few more from yesterday.

Hoof_Hearted

Thanks for all the great images. I couldn't make Sunday and was sorry to miss the Spitfire and the A320 so its great to see them here. All the same, it was a terrific show on Saturday.

Pinch Flat

http://entertainment.ie/trending/news/Watch-Irish-plane-spotter-gets-very-excited-recording-F18-Hornet-jet-take-off-at-Dublin-airport-NSFW/395860.htm

The guys reaction is gas, some NSFW language due to his enthusiasm!

martinsvi

Pinch Flat wrote: »

http://entertainment.ie/trending/news/Watch-Irish-plane-spotter-gets-very-excited-recording-F18-Hornet-jet-take-off-at-Dublin-airport-NSFW/395860.htm

The guys reaction is gas, some NSFW language due to his enthusiasm!

I honestly can't tell if he's excited or does he have some beef to pick with Spanish Air force

Storm 10

Pinch Flat wrote: »

http://entertainment.ie/trending/news/Watch-Irish-plane-spotter-gets-very-excited-recording-F18-Hornet-jet-take-off-at-Dublin-airport-NSFW/395860.htm

The guys reaction is gas, some NSFW language due to his enthusiasm!

What a waste of a video, could he not hold the camera steady for a once in a lifetime opportunity at Dublin.