Thought I would share this with you guys. It's a day late, but I found an ad for this airshow in my Army Times Paper. Here is the link for some of the videos and other stuff. They had a stream of the show online too at one point! Heres the link!
http://www.defensenews.com/osd_multimedia.php?o=VSDS
Cinch out
SINGAPORE AIRSHOW!!
One of the participants in the Singapore air show were The Black Knights,
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Demonstration Squadron.
Go to the official website of the Black Knights. In particular the Flash version is very impressive with a great gallery and illustrations of their maneuvers (2008 Falcon team).
Here's an older article about the Black Knights (RSAF) @ Code One Magazine that also includes some of the maneuvers and shots (from the 2000 Skyhawk / Falcon team).
This would be a great opportunity for a start-up virtual squad to replicate, as the references, paintscheme and maneuvers are all available on their site. Maybe I'm just partial to teams flying the Viper, but the similarities between the Thunderbirds and the Black Knights are vast. There are plenty of YouTube videos showing them in action at the recent Singapore air show, February 19-24, 2008. Everything from the maneuvers (Line Abreast Loop - Diamond Twist Out, Slow Speed - Afterburner Climb and Mirror Pass to name only a few), but even the music selection is eerily similar. Check it out!
Note the smoke plumbing on the opposite side (vs. Tbirds) and the lines running back to the centerline tank.
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Demonstration Squadron.
Go to the official website of the Black Knights. In particular the Flash version is very impressive with a great gallery and illustrations of their maneuvers (2008 Falcon team).
Here's an older article about the Black Knights (RSAF) @ Code One Magazine that also includes some of the maneuvers and shots (from the 2000 Skyhawk / Falcon team).
This would be a great opportunity for a start-up virtual squad to replicate, as the references, paintscheme and maneuvers are all available on their site. Maybe I'm just partial to teams flying the Viper, but the similarities between the Thunderbirds and the Black Knights are vast. There are plenty of YouTube videos showing them in action at the recent Singapore air show, February 19-24, 2008. Everything from the maneuvers (Line Abreast Loop - Diamond Twist Out, Slow Speed - Afterburner Climb and Mirror Pass to name only a few), but even the music selection is eerily similar. Check it out!
Note the smoke plumbing on the opposite side (vs. Tbirds) and the lines running back to the centerline tank.
