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RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2007 - Helicopters

PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:42 pm
by cspyro21
Here are the shots I got of the eggbeaters on display:

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The Chinook coming out of a dive - for such a large helicopter the display was amazing, the pilots really threw it around up there!

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Here it is again going into a dive - the pilot would climb nearly vertically, push the Chinook over the top and dive down.

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The Blakc Cats Lynx's hovering - shortly after this they each turned inwards and performed the cross which you see in almost every picture that's taken of them ;D

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Here's the Lynx again making a sharp turn.

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This was an interesting couple - a Merlin and a Westland Wasp! They flew in together (as above) then performed a solo routine.

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Here's the Merlin performing - again for such a large aircraft the pilots certainly know how to fly them!

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The Merlin again, this time hovering.

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The Merlin, only this time quite high.

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And here's the Westland Wasp. Odd looking thing and a very interesting display. The pilot managed to fly the thing forwards, backwards, sideways - he did all sorts with it. A good display from that one!

Next up - the jets!

Re: RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2007 - Helicopters

PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:04 pm
by Omag 2.0
The Merlin is one ferocious beast! I've seen it's capabilities in a docu a while ago...

Were those Lynx's Dutch? I saw a couple of them comming over on friday in Belgium, heading West...

Re: RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2007 - Helicopters

PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:22 am
by ozzy72
You were standing a few yards away from me ;D

Re: RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2007 - Helicopters

PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:25 am
by Tweek
Were those Lynx's Dutch? I saw a couple of them comming over on friday in Belgium, heading West...


No, they're the Royal Navy's Black Cats display team.

Re: RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2007 - Helicopters

PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:13 pm
by Layne.
Nice shots, we had the RAN squirrels performing which is cool because they do very close up formation and flips and all sorts of stuff very nice heli's :) Also we had the aussie armys Tiger, Blackhawks and Iroqoius(HUEY) all doing a display at the same time it was really really kool i also think that had the Seaking up there  ;)