Monday, September 14, 2009

New York Air Show

Memorial Day Air Show
Please enlarge the photos, the quality is excellent!

















Pictures courtesy of original photographer(s)
and a fellow blogger for sending them to me.
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SER said...

My favorite jet is the A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) Ground Attack Aircraft.

It is shown in pics as8,9 & 11.

If you need a neighborhood cleaned up...this is jet which can handle the job.

Key Data: Crew 1 pilot

Dimensions: Wingspan17.53m
Length16.26m
Height4.47m

Empty Weight25,000lb

Maximum Take-Off Weight50,000lb

Engines:Non-Afterburning Turbo Fan Engines 2 x General Electric TF34-GE-100Thrust9,065lb each

Performance: Flight Ceiling 41,000ft

Speed 700km/hRange990km

Weapons: 30mm Cannon1 x GAU-8/A Avenger 7-barrel Gatling gun
Cannon Rounds 1,350 30mm rounds
ammunition

Firing Rate 2,100 or 4,200 rounds a minute

BombsLDGP mk 82 226kg, 500lb general-purpose bombsBLU-1 nad BLU-27/B Rockeye II cluster bombs Cluster bomb unit CBU-52/71

Air-to-Surface Missiles AGM-65A MaverickAir-to-Air MissilesAIM-9 Sidewinder

September 14, 2009 at 9:21 PM
kkdither said...

Very cool pictures! Hands down, my favorite is the blue angels. They were astounding when they were in Racine!

September 14, 2009 at 10:51 PM
drewzepmeister said...

Very nice SER! KK, I remember The Blue Angels here in Racine a few years and yeah, they were awesome!

September 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM

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