Newcastle Airshow 2011

My first time at the Newcastle airshow and enjoyed it very much - even though it was a tad cold - for me anyway! It is another of those country airshows and the folk in Newcastle are very friendly and made us feel at home.

The SAAF were there to show off the hardware to people who have never seen this sort of thing before and they loved it.

The airshow was enjoyed by all, the Gorilla act as usual went down well with the crowd and CC Pocock had fun blowing stuff up - to the delight of the crowd!

The Silver Falcons did well - as usual and the flypast with CC was a first and awesome - late afternoon, early evening which made the flypast really nice - a photographers dream.

Looking forward to next year!

Photos taken with my Canon 5D mkII with 300mm lens.

Newcastle_001 - SAAF Casa taking off Newcastle_002 - Graham Field comes into land Newcastle_003 - ....and trots along quietly..... Newcastle_006 - two albatross flying in formation Newcastle_008 - sadly, lost in a crash later in the year Newcastle_007 - Brian Emmenis doing what Brian does best Newcastle_009 - Davie Gouws taking off in his YAK52 Newcastle_010 - Davie (AKA Gorilla) flys by Newcastle_013 - the Goodyear team Newcastle_014 - Scully takes off from the truck top Newcastle_015 - the only privately owned Impala Newcastle_033 - late afternoon display by the Imp Newcastle_016 - Mike lands the Impala Newcastle_011 - Heybrech in the spare Pilatus Newcastle_012 - pull, and off we go Newcastle_017 - the Silver Falcons Newcastle_018 - Silver Falcon break Newcastle_019 - Silver Falcon team leader waves Newcastle_020 - caught in the lens Newcastle_022 - Glen Dell's helmet Newcastle_023 - a DH Chipmunk Newcastle_024 - BK117 put through it's paces Newcastle_025 - fine display by the SAAF BK117 Newcastle_026 - Slick 360 Newcastle_027 - three YAK52's in formation Newcastle_028 - Glen Dell in action Newcastle_004 - the Gabriel team in tight-ish formation Newcastle_029 - the Gabriel team Newcastle_005 - the Gabriel team solo Newcastle_030 - Graham Field drops from the Gabriel Team Pitts Newcastle_031 - ....chute opening..... Newcastle_032 - and floating down Newcastle_021 - Cell C Harvard taking off Newcastle_034 - Tora Tora by the Harvards Newcastle_035 - Tora Tora by the Harvards Newcastle_036 - CC Pocock with the Silver Falcons Newcastle_037 - CC Pocock with the Silver Falcons Newcastle_038 - CC Pocock with the Silver Falcons Newcastle_039 - the two Albatross heading home Newcastle_040 - sunset in Newcastle Newcastle_041 - the Silver Falcons taxi back