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VE Day 60th Anniversary celebrations

PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:14 am
by cordy
Hi All,

The Australian War Memorial will be holding a open day this Saturday the 7th of May to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Victory Europe day (end of WW2).

In a nutshell, there will be:

* Tours of the AWM
* Military bands playing
* Red Berets doing a parachute show
* A fly past including: (Starts at about 1pm)
C47
Catalina Flying Boat
C130 Hercules
A few Hardvards flying in formation
P51 Mustang
Canberra Bomber
RAAF Roulette's Display
Iroquois and Kiowa helicopter flyin (maybe several of them)
Quite possibly more


Chris

PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:15 am
by MHD
Bugger! What a weekend to pick to go to sydney!

PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:35 am
by birddog114
:lol: :lol: :lol:
We also celebrate VE day at Belmore with:
- D2x on show
- D70s fly-ins
- 200-400VR Parade
and more, more to come with surprise.

P.S: we have all of the following in static display as well:

C47 (Spooky gunship)
C130 Hercules
P51 Mustang
Corsair F4-U
F18, F-14, F15, F4 Phantom, Harrier
RAAF Roulette
Iroquois helicopter, Cobra Gunship, Appache

PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:45 am
by Nnnnsic
There's probably a birthday to celebrate or something, right Birdy? ;)

PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:46 am
by birddog114
Nnnnsic wrote:There's probably a birthday to celebrate or something, right Birdy? ;)


No, who's birthday? :roll: :wink:

PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:34 am
by cordy
Birddog114 wrote::lol: :lol: :lol:
We also celebrate VE day at Belmore with:
- D2x on show
- D70s fly-ins
- 200-400VR Parade
and more, more to come with surprise.

P.S: we have all of the following in static display as well:

C47 (Spooky gunship)
C130 Hercules
P51 Mustang
Corsair F4-U
F18, F-14, F15, F4 Phantom, Harrier
RAAF Roulette
Iroquois helicopter, Cobra Gunship, Appache


hehe we're not allowed to have real jets here anymore, after the infamous f-111 dump and burn that canberran residents complained about

Airshow at the AWM VE day 2005

PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:01 pm
by christiand
Hi all DSLR users,

today was the VE day !
Amongst a number of tours and exhibitions was and air show at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Here is a photo:

Image

here is the URL to more photos:

http://christiand.smugmug.com/Airplanes

Comments are very welcome.

Cheers
CD

PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:24 pm
by sirhc55
CD - some great pics but I can see why you posted the Mustang - a superb shot :D

PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:48 pm
by leek
An excellent array of Aircraft Christian...

I'll try to employ my 30 year old aircraft id skills and try to get some captions for you...

I'm quite interested to know how you managed to make Smugmug come up in a slideshow format for that...

PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:29 pm
by christiand
Hi all,

here is an addition to yesterday's airshow:

Image

more images at:
http://christiand.smugmug.com/airplanes

comments are very welcome.

Cheers
CD

PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2005 8:53 pm
by Matt. K
christiand
That is some very skillful photography and the shots prove it!

PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2005 9:43 pm
by christiand
Thank you for your responses. BTW all photos were taken hand held.
All were taken hand held with the 70-200 mm VR.
Some were taken, also hand held, with the 70-200 mm VR + TC 17e.
No monopod or tripod involved.

Cheers
CD