... y of Kakamigahara air field".
Unfortunately the rest of the airshow was not that spectacular this year. With the attendance of the JASDF aerobatic display team Blue Impulse and the Red Bull air race winn ...
... conditions.
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JASDF Blue Impulse Display Team
Due to the weather I cut the show shot and left before the flying display ...
... 501 Hikotai.
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The Blue Impulse display team, highly popular for the Japanese public, was set for Tsuiki, which influenced the number of public attendance at the two remaining ...
... literally millions of people from the Tokyo area visiting the show.
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The JASDF display team Blue Impulse flying the T-4 is always a factor that is drawing the crowds, and ...
... of the "Blue Impulse" team this year or due to the weather forecast. However it started out rather nice with some rare sunny spells during sunrise, but once the display area opened and it was time to mov ...
... if you have your heavy photo equipment on your back or track a card with your stuff - all that for about 600-700m. Fortunately most Japanese see a spot in front of "Blue Impulse" as the best option, b ...
... was flying a lot of F-15s and F-2s. Though the position was not very good for the flying display, taxiing and landing photos were very nice. After the display of Blue Impulse shortly after midday the we ...
... 50 Rescue demo, 1*U-125A, 1*UH-60J # 1155-1110 2*F-4EJkai(301sqn.) # 1115-1130 1*F-15DJ(23sqn.) # 1315-1355 Blue Impulse # 1400-1445 Para.-drop from C-1
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But due to the non-fly ...
... inally we made it!!!
Luckily the few enthusiasts running in front of us preferred to position their chairs in front of the Blue Impulse demonstration team, giving us the chance to get our photos of a ...
... F-15J and the Blue Impulse team. Both Eagles were from the 204 Squadron at Hyakuri that is going to replace the Phantoms at Naha from April 2009 on.
Naha Phantoms
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... nally we made it!!!
Luckily the few enthusiasts running in front of us preferred to position their chairs in front of the Blue Impulse demonstration team, giving us the chance to get our photos of a ...
... n mind that had flying displays of the Japanese "Blue Impulse" or of the since then retired SR-71 Blackbird to offer, the expectations for this week-end were high. The show was visited at the end of the ...
... ft as the YS-11 flightchecker or helicopters.
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At the end of the day the Blue Impulse performed, accompagnied ...
... well and other demos of Iruma based aircraft as the YS-11 flightchecker or helicopters.
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