RNLAF F-16 at the Malta International Airshow 2009

Skyhawk · Post by **Skyhawk** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:50 pm

A brilliant show by Ralph "Sheik" Aarts

Was lucky enough to meet the guy and take a photo with him, and...what a great guy, very good charactered and well-mannered. I was shy to ask him to take a look at the cockpit, but he surely would've let me, because he did let some of my friends...but anyway, better luck next time I guess.

Hope you enjoy my vid

Sawamura · Post by **Sawamura** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:22 am

Skyhawk wrote:...what a great guy, very good charactered and well-mannered...

That's one of the reasons why he is flying in his third year. Usually, they switch all 2 years. Ralph is a demo pilot, you can't find often, who spends a lot time with his fans.

I'm still very thankful to him and the team, that they let us to take this shot, in front of Orange.

Skyhawk · Post by **Skyhawk** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:35 am

Nice, and here are some of mine

One of Ralph's teammates comes to ruin a good photo xD

But don't worry...I took another one , also got told that my hat is "old school" xD I couldn't find a 2009 hat

I printed out this photo and got it signed by him and the other guy in the photo

...and a few minutes before flight time

Sweeper · Post by **Sweeper** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:34 pm

Great shots Skyhawk! Really good!

Beaker · Post by **Beaker** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:34 pm

Love that narrator, sounds very personable.

Frazer · Post by **Frazer** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:01 pm

I see that he changed his show, not really an improvement IMHO, rather just different. The narrator's accent sounds quite bad to me (since I'm Dutch myself I guess). I do have respect that Ralph is speaking to the public during maneuvers, but that is about all positive I have today.

Oh and I finally started to like the new paint job.

Thanks for sharing anyway.

RNLAF F-16 at the Malta International Airshow 2009

RNLAF F-16 at the Malta International Airshow 2009

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