Simviation Forum - NAS Oceana Airshow (Friday Evening Show

Sep 26^th, 2005 at 1:32am

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The Tomcat, and its replacement. Can you believe the Tomcat is being replaced by.... a BUG... Undecided

Yeah, so screw the bug, here's a shot of the Tomcat for ya. This airshow was all about the Tomcat for me. I see too many Hornets every day taking off from Miramar. I traveled coast-to-coast to see the TOMCAT. Grin

And here's the Blue Angels tucked in and ready for a good nights rest before performing the next day.

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Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 4:50am

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I traveled coast-to-coast to see the TOMCAT. Grin

I feel exactly the same way about some types. I would travel 1,000s of miles to see the Avro Vulcan fly again. It's quite possible this will happen next season & involve far less than that. The Tomcat doesn't mean quite the same to me. It's a great looking aircraft & I must have seen one during a lifetime of visiting air displays, including the classic shows in the 1950s & 60s. It's more than likely but I don't recall ever seeing a Tomcat in the air.

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Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 8:29am

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Tomcat, Hornet...bah. I want the Phantom back!

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Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 10:45am

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I would travel 1,000s of miles to see the Avro Vulcan fly again.

I can't imagine how the roads around Bruntingthorpe are gonna cope when the Vulcan takes to the sky again. Luckily I only live a couple of miles away, but I can't help wonder how far we'll have to queue..

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Reply #4 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 3:47am

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Tomcat, Hornet...bah. I want the Phantom back!

Oh just wait til you see my pics from the actual airshow! Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 3:50am

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I feel exactly the same way about some types. I would travel 1,000s of miles to see the Avro Vulcan fly again. It's quite possible this will happen next season & involve far less than that. The Tomcat doesn't mean quite the same to me. It's a great looking aircraft & I must have seen one during a lifetime of visiting air displays, including the classic shows in the 1950s & 60s. It's more than likely but I don't recall ever seeing a Tomcat in the air.

That's the thing! Ever since I was 4 years old, the Tomcat has been my absolute favorite jet, yet prior to this airshow, I had NEVER seen it fly in person! So you can tell what kind of importance this airshow had for me!

The rest are coming guys, so hope y'all stick around to check them out. Posting them is going really slow. I've been plagued with significant internet problems the past few days. ARGH... Angry

Oh, and those 19 hour work days like today don't help either. Wohoo, gotta love working double shifts! Grin

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Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 7:35am

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great photos.
Sadly i will never get to see the tomcat fly. Hell havent even seen one on the ground yet.
Certainly cant wait like Hagar to see the Vulcan fly again.

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Reply #7 - Sep 27^th, 2005 at 12:38pm

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Certainly cant wait like Hagar to see the Vulcan fly again.

I never have seen the Vulcan fly! Well, never to my knowledge. Apparently I did when I was about 2 in the early 90's, flying from a display at the Leicester Air Display. I think there are many planes which I wish I could have seen though.. (Buccaneer, Lightning, maybe even a Super Guppy!)

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