The Singapore AirshowMy friends and I went to the airshow yesterday, on Saturday the 23rd. W didn't have to queue at wheverever the places were because we bought the family package, $100 for a carpark label and 4 tickets, roughly $25 per person. When you compare this to the standard $20 tickets, paying an extra $5 dollars was worth it. I had no idea about the chaos that was happening at the shuttle bus locations. 1-kilometer long queues, poor organisation, and traffic jams made the experience difficult and frustrating for many vsitors, many whom were tourists. In fact, if i didn't know about the boo-boo, I would still think my experience was a great one. We drove in easily(minor jam), and drove out without breaking a sweat after leaving the show. Such a major event should have seen better organisation. Hopefully the organisors would have learnt something from this and improve on the situation for the next Airshow. Meanwhile, here are some pictures from my camera phone. Leopard 2 MBT  The first exhibit I saw was the Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank(MBT). Its full name is the Leopard 2 A4. This tank finally gives singapore the MBT punch for our armour. This tank ranks among on of the best in the world. And i mean, the "top few" type of best. AH-64D Longbow Apache  This is an attack helicopter with a tank-destroying mission. It can carry up to 16 Hellfire anti-tank missiles on its outboard pylons. However, a more usual weapons complement would be 8 Hellfires, two 38-round Hydra Rocket pods, a 30mm chaingun, and even air-air missiles like sidewinders or stingers. Combined with the Leopard 2 tank, Singapore has an extremely potent anti-tank capability. I'm ain't kidding girls and boys, when the enemy sees our Apache and Leopard, they better run, because they will die. MQ-88 Firescout  This is some UAV from the united states navy. Pilotless drone that can loiter and spy on the enemy without danger to the pilot. F-15C Eagle  This is one of the best fighter jets in modern times. By best i mean impressive kill ratios, operational capabilities, and even a landing done by an Eagle with half its wing sheared off. This is a true air superiority fighter of our times, however, there seems to be some problems regarding its wing structure recently, resulting in the grounding of a few hundred of these planes in USA.  Here's the business end of the Eagle, its twin engines. Airbus A380  Here it is guys, the A380 in the flesh... or metal. Not only is it huge, but when flown, it showed that it was extremely quiet.  Parking  Getting closer....  Rolls-Royce engines. Millions of dollars per engine. You don't even get to stand so close to a "normal" jet at the airport(yes i know, for safety reasons). But here we are, standing so close to a plane so well known to the world. Amazing
That's all guys, I hope that the next Airshow would be a better one, with more aircraft from Russia, instead of seeing the same America planes over and over again. I'm also hoping one day the blue angels might grace our shores with their acrobatics. Savant at 2/24/2008 03:21:00 pm ;
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