Latinbear Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Prior to our trip to Hyakuri for the base's open house we travelled south to Tsuiki which houses two squadrons of Mitsubishi F2s - nos. 6 & 8. For anyone with a particular interest in the F2 there is an article on it in this month's edition of Combat Aircraft magazine. The crowd was allowed entry to the base but entry to the apron was restricted by a rope line until 8am followed by a made scramble to the crowd line. The show wrapped up at around 3pm. The flying was fairly restricted in terms of quantity but what it lacked in this regard was more than made up for by quality. The US F16 put on a stunning display of raw power and low level flying the like of which I don't think I've ever seen from an American aircraft at a show while a pair of the home based F2s would have given the flying display police from the MAA/CAA multiple heart attacks. From take off they immediately pulled into a series of high speed, low level 360 degree turns and low passes over the crowd. I hope some of the images below convey a sense of their display. While they wouldn't have won any prizes for technical merit as might be seen at Fairford for example, for sheer noise and spectacle not to mention thrilling the crowd then it I regard it as the most exciting display that I have ever seen. 1. Waiting for the 8.00am sprint to the crowd line 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 440 - An exhibitor on the Japanese SIG stand at IPMS Telford last year told me that this is the last Phantom ever built. 34. 35. I think this was a planned demonstration of the base's fire fighting capability. 36. 37. 38. 39. End of the day departure. That's it, thanks for looking. 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 thanks for the great photos! F-2s are rarely seen..:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 #27 is really nice!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Another fantastic set of pictures from what was clearly an epic Japanese trip. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 Thank you all for the generous comments - much appreciated. Choosing and organising these shots really did bring the show back to mind. I think the last time I was so excited at an airshow was "The Last, Last Lightning show" (as it was billed) at Binbrook in 1987. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Great set, Latinbear. It looks like you squeezed a lot into that trip. Nice to see static aircraft that aren't surrounded by multi-coloured cones! (Are you listening, RIAT?) My particular favourite is the banking F-2 pair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Great photos @Latinbear!! The banking pair of F-2s are particularly nice Thanks for posting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Thank you for the kind words gents! Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 number 27 is superb! Have you got any side shots of the black-tailed 8 squardron F-2? That looks very nice indeed Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Red Dot said: number 27 is superb! Have you got any side shots of the black-tailed 8 squardron F-2? That looks very nice indeed Andy Thanks Andy, I'm quite pleased with it too. I will have a delve into the files and see what else I took of it and post whatever I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Superb photography here,great scheme's as alway's with modern Japanese aircraft a much underated subject in modelling term's possibly a different story with Japanese modeller's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 No.27 for me Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 9:03 PM, stevej60 said: Superb photography here,great scheme's as alway's with modern Japanese aircraft a much underated subject in modelling term's possibly a different story with Japanese modeller's. Thank you for the compliment! I do love their camo schemes and the specials that they produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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