Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Hi All,
Not sure if any of you did venture out here to Bahrain...?
So the display list on the Sakhir airbase included the following:
1 FAF Rafale
1 RSAF Typhoon
3 USN F-18E (from USS Carl Vincent)
1 USN MH-53 & MH-60 from Bahrain & 1 P-3
1 USAF F-15C, C130 & C17
2 UAE AF M2000
2 UAE AF F-16
9 UAE AF MB339s from the Al Fursan team
1 RBAF Cobra / Blackhawk / Bo105 / B412, Hawk, F-16 & F-5F
1 BAH royal flight RJ100 & the kings S-76
4 Su27 Russian Knights + IL78
4 Extra 300 RJ Falcons
1 Extra 330 Mike Jefferies
2 Twisters
Airliners
Armavia Su100 (in flying display!)
Qatar Airways B777-200LR
Bahrain Air A320 (in flying display)
Gullf Air A320
DHL ME B757F
Red Wings Tu204
Comlux A319 & B767
plus assorted biz jets.
Saudia Hawks cancelled
EK A380 visiting (1st whale on the island) and GF A330 doing fly pasts with RBAF fast jets plus 1 other invited airliners....!
Almost all pics of the flying items were shot to the crowd right, otherwise were more or less total shadows, as we were looking towards the setting sun.
Photos are selected from 18th preview day and show days 19th to 21st Jan.
OK - so we will start with the rare locals in the static display:
641 F-5F Tiger RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
107 F-16 RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
501 Hawk RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
973 Cobra RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
336 Blackhawk RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A9C-HRH S-76 Bahrain Royal Flight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A9C-AWL RJ100 Bahrain Royal Flight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
322 B412 RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Some of the visiting aircraft:
316 Typhoon RSAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
163052 MH-53 USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
167852 MH-60S USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
83-0024 F-15C USAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Couple of the Airliners:
IMG_5641.RA64050.Tu204.DJ by JaffaPix, on Flickr
EK95015 Sukhoi Su100 Supajet Armavia by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Qatar Airways' 100th Aircraft the badge on the noses states!
A7-BBI B777-200LR Qatar Airways by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Oman Air E175 at night with fireworks before it left:
A4O-EB E175 Oman Air by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A4O-EB E175 Oman Air by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A9C-DHD B757-200F DHL by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Not sure if any of you did venture out here to Bahrain...?
So the display list on the Sakhir airbase included the following:
1 FAF Rafale
1 RSAF Typhoon
3 USN F-18E (from USS Carl Vincent)
1 USN MH-53 & MH-60 from Bahrain & 1 P-3
1 USAF F-15C, C130 & C17
2 UAE AF M2000
2 UAE AF F-16
9 UAE AF MB339s from the Al Fursan team
1 RBAF Cobra / Blackhawk / Bo105 / B412, Hawk, F-16 & F-5F
1 BAH royal flight RJ100 & the kings S-76
4 Su27 Russian Knights + IL78
4 Extra 300 RJ Falcons
1 Extra 330 Mike Jefferies
2 Twisters
Airliners
Armavia Su100 (in flying display!)
Qatar Airways B777-200LR
Bahrain Air A320 (in flying display)
Gullf Air A320
DHL ME B757F
Red Wings Tu204
Comlux A319 & B767
plus assorted biz jets.
Saudia Hawks cancelled
EK A380 visiting (1st whale on the island) and GF A330 doing fly pasts with RBAF fast jets plus 1 other invited airliners....!
Almost all pics of the flying items were shot to the crowd right, otherwise were more or less total shadows, as we were looking towards the setting sun.
Photos are selected from 18th preview day and show days 19th to 21st Jan.
OK - so we will start with the rare locals in the static display:
641 F-5F Tiger RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
107 F-16 RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
501 Hawk RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
973 Cobra RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
336 Blackhawk RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A9C-HRH S-76 Bahrain Royal Flight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A9C-AWL RJ100 Bahrain Royal Flight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
322 B412 RBAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Some of the visiting aircraft:
316 Typhoon RSAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
163052 MH-53 USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
167852 MH-60S USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
83-0024 F-15C USAF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Couple of the Airliners:
IMG_5641.RA64050.Tu204.DJ by JaffaPix, on Flickr
EK95015 Sukhoi Su100 Supajet Armavia by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Qatar Airways' 100th Aircraft the badge on the noses states!
A7-BBI B777-200LR Qatar Airways by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Oman Air E175 at night with fireworks before it left:
A4O-EB E175 Oman Air by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A4O-EB E175 Oman Air by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A9C-DHD B757-200F DHL by JaffaPix, on Flickr
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Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012
was it any better than last year?
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Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012
ATrs.jules wrote:was it any better than last year?
I wasn't there 2 years ago, so cant really comment. All shooting was towards the sun for the flying display, so most photos were when A/C were crowd right. Saturday saw 13c temps and high winds (gusts over 30knots) and often driving sand / dust.....! hard to keep camera sheltered but almost everything still flew which was a surprise.
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Flying display items:
This lot MIGHT be coming to RIAT 2012 the commentator mentioned.....Gold = sand / Black = oil (in case you wondered) with UAE flag underneath. This was thir first international display, since their first public display at Dubai Airshow in Nov 2011. They have worked hard. Same same as Frecce for moves of course.
No1 MB-339 Al Fursan UAE by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Al Fursan takeoff by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Al Fursan by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Both the UAE M2000 & F-16 demos were very welcome additions (same as at Dubai 2011)
738 M2000 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
738 Mirage 2000 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
3081 F16 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
3081 F-16 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Bahrain Air A320 took part, in a rather sedate way, after a great take off and level out at 500 feet:
A9C-BAO A320 Bahrain Air takes off to display by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A Kalitta Air / DHL B747-400F was invited to make an appearance, and it did on the Saturday, inbetween dust storms. Single pass 500feet @ 280knots then onwards to Hong Kong:
N743CK B747-400F Kalitta Air / DHL by JaffaPix, on Flickr
N743CK B747-400F Kalitta Air / DHL by JaffaPix, on Flickr
The USN Rhino was an "E" model for a nice change off of a carrier in the region:
166830 F-18E Rhino USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
166830 F-18E USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
This lot MIGHT be coming to RIAT 2012 the commentator mentioned.....Gold = sand / Black = oil (in case you wondered) with UAE flag underneath. This was thir first international display, since their first public display at Dubai Airshow in Nov 2011. They have worked hard. Same same as Frecce for moves of course.
No1 MB-339 Al Fursan UAE by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Al Fursan takeoff by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Al Fursan by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Both the UAE M2000 & F-16 demos were very welcome additions (same as at Dubai 2011)
738 M2000 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
738 Mirage 2000 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
3081 F16 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
3081 F-16 UAE AF by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Bahrain Air A320 took part, in a rather sedate way, after a great take off and level out at 500 feet:
A9C-BAO A320 Bahrain Air takes off to display by JaffaPix, on Flickr
A Kalitta Air / DHL B747-400F was invited to make an appearance, and it did on the Saturday, inbetween dust storms. Single pass 500feet @ 280knots then onwards to Hong Kong:
N743CK B747-400F Kalitta Air / DHL by JaffaPix, on Flickr
N743CK B747-400F Kalitta Air / DHL by JaffaPix, on Flickr
The USN Rhino was an "E" model for a nice change off of a carrier in the region:
166830 F-18E Rhino USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
166830 F-18E USNavy by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
so finally to the star items....hope you're all with me still and not dropped off to sleep
Gulf Air "F1" A330 Kilo Bravo made a 200feet pass each day with 8 RBAF fast jets. 4x F-16's & in trail 4x F-5's.
He then made a solo pass, and the fast jets then returned (with an extra F-16 making a diamond 9) for one or two passes on their own:
Gulf Air "KB" & 4x RBAF F-16's by JaffaPix, on Flickr
KB & the 8x fastjets by JaffaPix, on Flickr
UAE AF Fast jets - 5x F16 & 4x F5 by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Pair of RBAF F-5 Tigers by JaffaPix, on Flickr
RBAF F-16 by JaffaPix, on Flickr
The Russian Knights were eagerly anticipated of course. Only a 4 ship, and no flares......but, it's still Flankers....!
They were the last main item at 16:15 each day, except for Saturday when they were a little earlier & Al Fursan closed the show. The setting sun was a major challenge....
first pair of Flankers power into display by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Flankers takeoff by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Su-27 Flankers of the Russian Knights by JaffaPix, on Flickr
The famous mirror pass, where the tails look interlocked is also gone, but the mirror break towards each other is still there:
Flankers cross by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Russian Knights in goldern sunlight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Flanker in Goldern light by JaffaPix, on Flickr
16 Su-27 Russian Knights in goldern sunlight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
UK acts Team Twister & the Red Devils both performed in mornings and at night:
Twister & fireworks by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Team Twister from UK by JaffaPix, on Flickr
....and finally, just to show how nasty the weather was at times on the Saturday:
Wind & sand......! by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Thanks for looking......comments welcome.
I dont post in here very often these days, as many events are well and truely covered, so I hope this is something different for most of you.
cheers
JaffaPix & Russian Knights by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Gulf Air "F1" A330 Kilo Bravo made a 200feet pass each day with 8 RBAF fast jets. 4x F-16's & in trail 4x F-5's.
He then made a solo pass, and the fast jets then returned (with an extra F-16 making a diamond 9) for one or two passes on their own:
Gulf Air "KB" & 4x RBAF F-16's by JaffaPix, on Flickr
KB & the 8x fastjets by JaffaPix, on Flickr
UAE AF Fast jets - 5x F16 & 4x F5 by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Pair of RBAF F-5 Tigers by JaffaPix, on Flickr
RBAF F-16 by JaffaPix, on Flickr
The Russian Knights were eagerly anticipated of course. Only a 4 ship, and no flares......but, it's still Flankers....!
They were the last main item at 16:15 each day, except for Saturday when they were a little earlier & Al Fursan closed the show. The setting sun was a major challenge....
first pair of Flankers power into display by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Flankers takeoff by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Su-27 Flankers of the Russian Knights by JaffaPix, on Flickr
The famous mirror pass, where the tails look interlocked is also gone, but the mirror break towards each other is still there:
Flankers cross by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Russian Knights in goldern sunlight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Flanker in Goldern light by JaffaPix, on Flickr
16 Su-27 Russian Knights in goldern sunlight by JaffaPix, on Flickr
UK acts Team Twister & the Red Devils both performed in mornings and at night:
Twister & fireworks by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Team Twister from UK by JaffaPix, on Flickr
....and finally, just to show how nasty the weather was at times on the Saturday:
Wind & sand......! by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Thanks for looking......comments welcome.
I dont post in here very often these days, as many events are well and truely covered, so I hope this is something different for most of you.
cheers
JaffaPix & Russian Knights by JaffaPix, on Flickr
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
so I hope this is something different for most of you
I should say so!
Fantastic to see these - and as it is unlikely that I'll ever see these subjects "in the flesh" it's much appreciated that you've taken time to post them!
The shot of the mirror break is very dramatic Looks as if they are destined to come together...
Jonah
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Awesome. Like that Su27 mirror break!
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
I'll say, what a wonderful impression from this show!
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Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Great pics and flavour of this exotic airshow. These deserve to be displayed under the Avation Photography \ Airshow Photos board though !
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Great shots Dave nice to see you posting them too
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Very interesting set of some very rare birds, Im loving the block 60 Viper and the single seat Superbug. Certainly looks like a difficult show to shoot, I guess one would have to be fond of sand
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Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Great set of photos.
What you don't see is the continued unrest in Bahrain; on the Thursday we were caught up in some tyre burning antics outside the base.
As for RIAT, I believe the UAE are planning to send Al Fursan and 'possibly' a Mirage, but don't quote me on this.
What you don't see is the continued unrest in Bahrain; on the Thursday we were caught up in some tyre burning antics outside the base.
As for RIAT, I believe the UAE are planning to send Al Fursan and 'possibly' a Mirage, but don't quote me on this.
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Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
You did well with these shots given the tricky lighting and weather conditions.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
Re: Bahrain Airshow Jan 2012 - update with Pics 23Jan12
Hans Barrichello wrote:Great set of photos.
What you don't see is the continued unrest in Bahrain; on the Thursday we were caught up in some tyre burning antics outside the base.
I have some photos with the big black smoke plumes from the nearby villages, where they were trying to close down the airshow flying displays.....
Its a real shame, luckily the airshow went ahead, but I am in fear for F1...... Even today here - more protests started in the build up to the anniversary of the pearl roundabout.....