Bray Air Display 2007

[Frank]

Hi Guys,

Here's some of my pics from the Bray Air Display. The Air Corps were out in force with a good mix of aircraft, below are pictures of the PC-9M's, CASA CN-235, & Alouette III in action.

I make no apologies for the gratutious amount of Alouette III shots as this was the type's last ever public display as it is being retired from service in less than 3 weeks time. I've included a few extra shots of the CASA too as I finally got pictures of the bloody thing in good sunlight!

(Please ignore any bad editing by the way, my CRT monitor is fading fast!)


Enjoy,

Frank.





















Final Alouette flypast...

[Flyboy]

Great pics.
That Guy on the beach must be bloody strong, pulling a helicopter like that !!!

[Hyper Crispy]

Frank, from what I see, those pics show a good display. Was the A3 really that vertical? I didn't think that they could do that. You sure the photo angle hasnt been tweaked?

[Tony Kearns]

Quote (P.Doff @ 04 Sep. 2007,23:19)

HC,       Yes the AIII(and most other helis) can do this,wheather the image is tweaked or not. Its normally the first part of whats called a torque turn. The heli uses its forward momentum to "Zoom" climb   as its sometimes called and as the speed bleeds off the pilot kicks in a bootfull of tail rotor which swings the tail and thus the rest of the aircraft round to point at the ground whereby it regains forward momentum. Alternatively, the pilot can flatten out at the top of the climb and come to a hover after gaining altitude rapidly. Its all to do with physics and converting energy from one type to another. Torque turn= Kinetic to potential and back to kinetic! Phew, glad I listened in them physics classes in school!!!

Wha?
Tony K

[Guinness]

Funny there P. Doff.

The AH-64D cán do that !!!!!!!.

Seen it a few times on EHGR.

Guinness

[Hyper Crispy]

You wanna bet!?!?!?

PD, disinformation is a wonderful thing. I have it on good info that before they retire, an Alouette will be photographed inverted, possibly by yourself. As to the level of inversion, thet remains to be seen. Anyone heard of a 'mc twist'?