Simviation Forum - Military Aeorbatic Display Teams, Who is the BEST?

Reply #45 - May 3^rd, 2003 at 7:17am

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30 feet? Bah!

Maybe so. But this guy did a roll at that altitude and it was in a valley no more than 100 yards across and there were the masts of boats on each side. With with his smoke on too.

Lets so a blue angle do that! Grin

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Reply #46 - May 3^rd, 2003 at 11:44am

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I respect your opinion and hope that you will respect mine!

Yes I do. That is why I am sitting this one out.

But it sure is an entertaining read. Grin

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Reply #47 - May 3^rd, 2003 at 8:35pm

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I agree that alot of voting will be on national grounds, but i have to agree that the Blue Angels are to Gung Ho. The Red Arrows get a certain balance just right.

I don't know why no one replied earlier when I said this... I can't understand why the Blue Angels would be considered too gung ho. They are incredibly tame compared to the Thunderbirds. Hasn't anyone else seen them? I was freaking out the first time I saw them because I kept thinking they were about to crash into each other (you know how it's hard to tell if the course of two planes is head on or close but still parallel and separate). Anyway, I felt the Snowbirds were pretty good but boring as hell. I've never seen the Red Arrows.

Who cares about precision flying if it isn't gung ho? A formation take-off and landing may be precise but it's boring. Aerobatic flying is supposed to be either exciting (Thunderbirds) or bizzare (I once saw a biplane with wheels attatched to the top of the top wing so it could land upside down)!

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Reply #48 - May 3^rd, 2003 at 8:58pm

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Posted by: Smoke2much Apr 28th, 2003, 5:25am
I would be interested to know how many members have seen display teams from other countries actually perform.

Right.....wondered that myself! I've only seen the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels.

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(I once saw a biplane with wheels attatched to the top of the top wing so it could land upside down)!

I saw the same thing years ago! I can't remember this particular stunt pilot's name, but he had his name spelled upside down on the plane's fuselage, so you'd read it normally when he landed inverted....he thus advertised his specialty! Very impressive flying!

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Reply #49 - May 4^th, 2003 at 2:34am

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Don't forget the 'Russian Knights' and the Sukhoi factory demonstrators... they go to 0 feet altitude (gear-up landing) at the end of the show (the factory team does that)
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Reply #50 - May 5^th, 2003 at 9:31am

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The Snowbirds are the Best in my book.

I've seen my country's "Blue Impulse", mmm impressive but mmmmm something lacking...

I've seen the Blue Angels... They blew my feet off!! Soooo damned close and lots of high-performance flying. Was quite fun to watch... (Saw them at NAS Lemoore a bit back. Around 2001 or somewhere around then)

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The Snowbirds... Yummy..... Can't beat 9 Aircraft flying around, beautiful artwork on the aircraft and $hit, they fly WITH MUSIC.... The music just makes them seem better..... I love to see them just "fly around", not fast, but not slow, It just seems relaxing to me.......

I thought the Snowbirds were on the verge of being disbanded though??

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Reply #51 - May 5^th, 2003 at 10:42am

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I thought so too. Also theres a new Kawasaki T.4 (I think) over at Flightsim painted in the Blue Impulse scheme

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