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#3557348 - 04/16/12 04:46 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: tomcat]
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Originally Posted By: tomcat
Very cool shots! Any idea what the rotary dial does on that CBU?

Also, speaking of starting plane engines, are there any special precautions (other than closing the canopy) taken at airshows to prevent people from meddling with switches (that's probably a preflight item) or from uber Hawg geeks from doing anything funky in the jet?


tomcat,
About 15 years ago at the D-M airshow someone did actually pull the canopy release on an A-10 that was a static display there. Big boom with the canopy flying up about 100-150 feet and fell about 50 feet from a whole bunch of kids nearby. Needless to say that guy was quickly looking at the cracks on the concrete. Not sure what is done nowdays to stop that from happening, only time I ever saw/heard about it.

Einstein, hope you don't mind me posting a few photos from my time out there this weekend, if so let me know and I'll start a different thread.




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#3557396 - 04/16/12 06:07 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: EinsteinEP]
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Great shots !

I wish that we have suchs shows like this had in the netherlands ,but no frown

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#3557490 - 04/16/12 09:03 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: EinsteinEP]
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Originally Posted By: EinsteinEP





That's a beautiful airplane. Just look at the lines.

Thanks for posting! Love the huge spectator area. Airshows around here have a million people in a very small space.

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#3557533 - 04/16/12 10:27 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: EinsteinEP]
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I think the official number was 120,000 for Sunday, but I haven't gotten confirmation.
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#3557874 - 04/17/12 01:21 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: Panther]
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And is it just me - or does anyone else think the F-22/35A/35C are butt uglies? What kind of ordinance can they carry - as any pics I ever see of them, they have the obligatory 2 AA missiles on the wings

Because the ordnance is carried internally in the belly of the jet.




Here's the weapon's bay open on the Raptor.

Great pics, funny how spread apart the static are at active bases compared to the more cramped ANG bases of New England...
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#3557942 - 04/17/12 04:07 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: EinsteinEP]
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#3557953 - 04/17/12 04:23 PM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: SkateZilla]
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Les Shockley has like 4 Jet trucks now, two of them have 3 Engines


this one has 3




he rolled one of them at Westover ARB in 08 on Sunday, but I had left that morning. Luckily he walked away, only 1 shoot opened and it brought him over to the edge of the RW and his wheels caught the grass and over he went.

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#3560265 - 04/21/12 09:08 AM Re: Davis Monthan Air Show 2012 - Warning! Lots of Pics! [Re: EinsteinEP]
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Those are some really nice shots. Unfortunately it sounds like the AF is scaling back it's participation in air shows due to budget cuts frown

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