Durium Posted July 16, 2007 Report Posted July 16, 2007 Sunday: NORTH SEA JAZZ The North Sea Jazz Festival 2007 in Rotterdam ( The Netherlands) was organized from the 13th up to the 15th of July 2007. Some impressions of the last day: North Sea Jazz Festival Keep swinging Durium Quote
sidewinder Posted July 16, 2007 Report Posted July 16, 2007 Interesting, Durium ! Glad to hear that the crowds were not so inpenetrable between gigs as last year (that got a bit scary at times). Would have liked to have been there but the military fast jets at the International Air Tattoo at Fairford won out this year. Quote
Aggie87 Posted July 16, 2007 Report Posted July 16, 2007 Would have liked to have been there but the military fast jets at the International Air Tattoo at Fairford won out this year. Bragging like that deserves some pictures! Quote
sidewinder Posted July 16, 2007 Report Posted July 16, 2007 (edited) Would have liked to have been there but the military fast jets at the International Air Tattoo at Fairford won out this year. Bragging like that deserves some pictures! Sorry Erik - didn't take any. There was light rain for most of the day and lowish cloud cover so there was opportunity for some really spectacular shots of B-1Bs with condensation trails etc (indeed the view of this from the binoculars was spectacular). The USAF was well represented - F-117, B-1B, the usual F15s/F16s, Global Hawk and Predator on Static, even a trusty old B-52 from Minot (which had the dirtiest exhaust of the lot) ! Conspicuous by their absence this year - the Russians and Eastern-Block 'friendly' nations. The Czechs and Hungarians were flying though, I'm glad to say. Highlight though was the wonderful old Avro Lanc - plus the sight of a Hurricane plus 3 Spitfires in 1940s war paint flanked by the Red Arrows in 'V' formation with smoke tanks on. Now that was worth a photo. Eurofighter strongly in evidence from the RAF and the Spanish AF. That one can get airborne and manoeuvring in no time (compared with the F-16 the difference was startling). Sadly the rebuilt XH558 Avro Vulcan which was being brought back to an airworthy condition by volunteers and Marshall Aerospace hasn't yet got it's flight clearance so couldn't participate as planned. It's been too long since the Vulcan was flying over our airspace.. Sorry - back to Northsea.. Edited July 16, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
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