Air Show 26 September, 2009

Townsville, AU - mime - Saturday, September 26th, 2009 : goo

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Today, amidst the haze of the waning dust storm that has enveloped most of the east coast of Australia for the last few days, the big birds in the sky put on a show for us to mark the 10th anniversary of the Strand rebuild, after it was wiped out by tropical cyclone Tessi.

First up was our home-grown aero-acrobats, The Roulettes:

Next up, we had the 'hurdy-gurdy':

Cue Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", it's the Huey choppers, of the Vietnam War and Apocalypse Now fame:

Right, now the big boy, Boeing C-17 Globemaster 3:

After him, the little feller, the Tigermoth:

And last (before my battery ran out) but by far not least, it's the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds, the highlight of the day and cause for me to almost leave my skin at the beach:

As you can see, there was quite a turnout:

After a quick run to mums' skirt as the Thunderbirds made their screaming entrance, this little tyke in the foreground quickly lost his inhibitions to the noise in utter awe.

(Apologies for the quality of some of these shots, it was quite hazy...)

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Shawno: Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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