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Post by bazzaboeing on Jul 30, 2009 10:00:27 GMT 12
Hell no Sopwith, they are getting a bit dirty now as well. It was a real pleasure meeting him and seeing how passionate he is with Aviation and flying.  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 30, 2009 12:54:18 GMT 12
There's a commentator that attends Avalon, and he annoys the hell out of me - buggerd if I can remember his name, but he has an accent!
Yep, the RAAF always put on a great airfield attack sequence at Avalon, and also at the annual ADF air shows. Nothing better than seeing two pairs of Hornets coming in with differing attack profiles, popping off flares and departing in different directions in a hurry - followed up by an F-111 TFR attack at low level.
I think the best one I've seen so far has been at Amberley in 2004 - recon by Kiowas, troop insertion by Blackhawks and Hueys, howitzer and gun crew insertion by Chinook, resupply by C-130H, close air support by pairs of Hawks and Hornets, CAP by a pair of Hornets, and final bomb run by a pair of F-111s - which set a huge area of very dry grass alight! ;D
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Post by bobgod on Jul 30, 2009 13:32:36 GMT 12
Richard Hammond would have to be good,because he has "Test driven planes"-------Clarkson would just keep telling everyone how great he is,and rubbishing anything that isnt British.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 31, 2009 0:36:41 GMT 12
How about Murray Walker!!? Just the gaffs alone made his commentary top notch in Formula One.
Michael Caine would be great too, he could tell stories about when he was in Battle of Britain.
I find some of the most interesting commentary at airshows is when they interview actual veterans who flew the aeroplanes you're seeing. They do a lot of that at Wanaka, Ian Brodie often gets WWII veterans to come and tell soem stories. And at Omaka this year tehy got one of the RNZAF's first helicopter crewmen up to tell some stories about the early days and some search and rescue stuff he did. Always much more fascinating to me than someone reading statistics from the spotters guide book.
The other kind of commentary that I love to hear is that from the display pilots themselves, whilst they are displaying. Keith Skilling commentated on his own Corsair display at Wanaka in 2006 which was great, and Scott McKenzie commentated on a couple of the Red Checkers displays he was leading at Omaka this year. Shows real skill to perform precison aerobatics and still have time to chat to the audience!
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Post by hardyakka on Jul 31, 2009 1:11:48 GMT 12
Actually I find talking out loud to myself helps me perform better aerobatics. Just something about calling out the control movements, airspeeds and attitudes just works for me. I guess that wouldn't work for unlimited class aeros as you probably couldn't talk fast enough. But for my recreational purposes, the Yak does things at just the right rate to make the monologue thing work out ok.
I guess that is a bit different to actually holding a conversation or running a commentary, though.
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Post by slackie on Jul 31, 2009 12:10:49 GMT 12
Trouble is I'd have to "edit out" the "oh sh!ts" and "buggers", etc as things don't quite go as well as I plan!!
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Post by yak2 on Jul 31, 2009 13:59:56 GMT 12
The late and great Pip Borman was without peer. Stunning low level high energy displays, and simultaneousy providing a running commentry which was broadcast over the PA system.
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