Nellis AFB "Aviation Nation" Airshow 2006 Highligh

[FlyNavy]

www.richard-seaman.com:80/Aircraft/AirShows/Nellis2006/Highlights/index.html
(all one URL - it gets disjointed here for some reason - I guess hyphen)

"Nellis AFB "Aviation Nation" Airshow 2006 Highlights
The usual excellent selection of world war two "warbirds" flew at the 2006 Aviation Nation airshow held at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas. The lineup was a bit thin on bombers with only the Air Classics B-25 Mitchell "Executive Sweet" present, but as this formation shows, there was a good mix of American air force and navy types, including two P-51D Mustangs, the P-38 Lightning "Glacier Girl" being flown by Steve Hinton, as well as an F4U Corsair and F8F Bearcat.
As well as the main flying displays there was enough non-display flying to justify a separate page to cover them. I wasn't around for arrivals of static aircraft, so I missed out on seeing an EA-6 Prowler, E-2C Hawkeye and B-52 Stratofortress in flight, however I was around for a few of the departures such as the Kfir fighter, an Israeli variation of the French Mirage fighter, and on Friday's media day there were flights by aircraft taking part in a Green Flag exercise, including armed A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, Belgian air force F-16 Fighting Falcons and a flight of F-22 Raptors. On Saturday I also had an opportunity to take some air-to-air photos of some of the aircraft in the warbird formation you see here."

[phil82]

Next to the Sea Fury, that F8F Bearcat is one bird I would love to see in the air. Life in NZ isn't the same since those Skippoes knicked our Sea Fury...and our Spitfire....and the Avenger....and so on!

[FlyNavy]

What is a "Skippoe"? :-)

[phil82]

Sorry, it's my typing, I meant 'Skippies'

[FlyNavy]

OK - I'm familiar with that term thanks. :-) You can sing along:
"Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the bush kangaroo... Skippy, Skippy...."
Sing in a high pitched falsetto voice. :-)

[phil82]

I've always enjoyed my vists to OZ over the years, still do. It's one of the best things in the world to do, sitting on a warm evening in Darling Harbour enjoying a nice meal of Barramundi out in the open air, and washed down by a bottle of Aussie plonk!

I say 'most visits' because one to Tindal was a bit more memorable than the others because I'd virtually just stepped off the Herc whn I was grabbed by an RAAF Doc, and a Policeman to give blood [ I'm B-Neg, which is rare] to an Aussie Army guy who had been involved in an accident near Katherine. He died sadly, but I was flown to Darwin for recuperation, which involved drinking large quantities of free beer! Well, one must do what one must do.