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I wonder if Tony's a man of his word.....

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Originally Posted by Tony P

Is the Tracker Airworthy? I know it was doing taxi tests but I'll doubt it will be flying to Avalon.

I think I mentioned two years ago,if the F-22 or B-2 turn up, I'll do a nudie run.

As an exhibitor/(real)media participant this year, here are my comments:

Flying display - didn't get to see any of it until Friday afternoon, but overall pretty good. There are a few gaps in the program, but airplanes are finicky things and people just have to accept that sometimes they break or pilots get sick or have to be elsewhere at short notice (B-1B, F-22 etc)! Friday night fireworks were awesome, but it was lacking something... ;)

Static display - better than any Avalon I can remember!

Exhibition - fewer top end exhibitors and a little quieter than usual. Hopefully it was mostly the bottom end of the market that dropped off, not the top end!

Crowds - huge crowds on sat and Sun. I wouldn't be surprised if records were broken. Took me 2.5 hours to get back to Melbourne on Sunday night thanks to stupid lane closures on Princes Freeway and those f%$#ing roadworks on the West Gate Bridge!!!

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didn't get to see any of it until Friday afternoon

...explains why I couldn't find you when I visited the stand about then!!!

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Originally Posted by Nigel C (Post 57399)

I wonder if Tony's a man of his word.....

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Of course. Where were you on Friday night after the fireworks? It was pretty cold so didn't need to cover up with a 600mm lens! :p

Here is a compilation I put together from the Friday night. Goes for 14 mins. Had to cut out the nudie run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPZE12r88-c

Tony,

Thanks for your efforts. It is great.

My mate & I were there on Friday , had a great day & night.

I didnt get sunburnt for once! It was very pleasant weather, cloud a little low, hey cant have it all.

Nudie run, Nigel, I reckon I saw Tony tryng to do one after dark on the way back to the car! Sorry Tony I had to throw that in!!!!

Kind regards,

Geoff

Ray,

Excellent, thank you for sharing.

Kind regards,

Geoff

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Originally Posted by Geoff W (Post 57663)

...I didnt get sunburnt for once! ...

I ended up looking like a Lobster. Left the hat in the car and the sunscreen at home. Sure, I could've gone back to the car and grabbed my hat, but that would have taken away some valuable photo-taking opportunities. :o

BTW, is it just me or does the US$300M plus F-22 Raptor look like it has the cheapest looking Cessna 172-ish nose landing gear? ;)

Good shots Ray!

Thanks for posting them.

Cheer's,
Jeff.

Fantastic photos folks! :D

Was originally going to come down for it as well, but unfortunately other plans had come up.

Maybe 2013? :)

I'll be there in 2013. Hopefully the 787 will be there at that time! Fingers crossed! :D

Thankyou for the photos & video , very good ...the best i have seen .Could not get to the show so these are very interesting.