Avalon Air Show - Absolutely Superb
Went to the Avalon Air Show today. It was quite magnificent. The organisation was first class from the spectator's point of view. The weather was perfect. The flying displays must surely have been among the world's best. I loved the bit where the huge Boeing C17 landed -stopped after a remarkably short run - then carefully reversed backwards on the runway with the announcer saying that the pilot must have dropped his handkerchief and was reversing to pick it up.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 put on an impressive display with its very low level fly-past and hush-quiet engines seemingly just purring in marked contrast to the various after-burner fighters/bombers that blasted the ears very satisfactorily.
Chatted up a very pretty young nubile in a RAAF flying suit who was guarding the F111. She looked so young that I was sure she was an Air Training Corps cadet. Was taken aback when she said she was the navigator on the F111. Like policemen, navigators look younger as we grow older. In my days, navigators were cranky old bastards who spat the dummy when you went through a Cb (well, only a little Cb) and spilt coffee on their charts.
Congratulations to the organisers and all the participants for a very enjoyable and wonderful airshow.