Leuchars Airshow 2000

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dconnery1966
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Leuchars Airshow 2000

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ImageITALIAN AF F104 by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageUSAF C-17 by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageRAF WESSEX HC2 by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageKONMARINE SH-14D by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageITALIAN AF AMX by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageSWEDISH AF VIGGEN by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageAUSTRIAN AF DRAKEN by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageRAF HAWK T1 by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImagePdeF ALPHAJET by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
ImageUSAF C-17A by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr

Some shots from Leuchars air show 2000 :biggrin:
Dougie :biggrin:

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nice - thanks for sharing :)

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This was an absolute classic, one of the all-time great Leuchars shows. From memory:

- Viggen
- Draken
- F-4F Phantom
- C-17
- Mirage 2000
- German MiG-29 ( :grin: )
- Raffin Mike (French AF Jaguar duo)
- Brief glimpse of one of the early Typhoon prototypes
- Airfield attack featuring based Tornado F3s haring around chasing Hawks whilst a VC-10 performed a refuelling demo
- 3 F-16 demos
- Frecce, PdeF, Reds

... all in the flying display, and:

- Viggen, Draken... etc plus
- 2x F-104
- B-52
- B-1B

in the static.

Oh for a time-machine! :sad:
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andrewn wrote:nice - thanks for sharing :)

Cheers Andrewn :biggrin:
Skyflash wrote:This was an absolute classic, one of the all-time great Leuchars shows. From memory:

- Viggen
- Draken
- F-4F Phantom
- C-17
- Mirage 2000
- German MiG-29 ( :grin: )
- Raffin Mike (French AF Jaguar duo)
- Brief glimpse of one of the early Typhoon prototypes
- Airfield attack featuring based Tornado F3s haring around chasing Hawks whilst a VC-10 performed a refuelling demo
- 3 F-16 demos
- Frecce, PdeF, Reds

... all in the flying display, and:

- Viggen, Draken... etc plus
- 2x F-104
- B-52
- B-1B

in the static.

Oh for a time-machine! :sad:

Tell me about it skyflash :sad:
anyway from what I remember it was the largest crowd they ever had I think, and supposedly thousands never got in I'm sure ?

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Was that the year the petrol truck drivers all went on strike..?

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Was that the year the petrol truck drivers all went on strike..?

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Binbrook 01 wrote:Was that the year the petrol truck drivers all went on strike..?


Yes indeed - there were fears in the build-up that the event would need to be cancelled. Then the strike broke in the week before the airshow, and on the day itself the weather was glorious. Consequently a huge crowd turned up... as Dougie says, I think this was a record for a Leuchars Airshow.
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