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.

3 comments:

  1. 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

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

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

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