Despite the hangover from Friday night thanks to too much Hennessy, I woke up early and made my way to TUDM Subang for the Thunderbirds..
Apparently, lots of other Malaysian had the same idea...
After 30mins of traffic gridlock and a long detour, finally made it to the base..
Once inside the base, I can see the huge crowd already gathered. On the left side of the base, was this magnificent beauty...the Sukhoi Su-30MKM..
On the other end was the USAF Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon "Thunderbirds"..
And the huge transporter plane, the C17..
Close-up on the F-16...
A bit of a trivia: note the up-side down "5" marking on the plane. This indicates that this plane handles all the upside-down stunts during the show...
Immediately after take off, the Thunderbirds are already performing their the signature Diamond formation..
There are 6 planes in the squad but 2 will break off after take off and do a sneak pass, catching the crowd by surprise..
The first 4 planes will be in tight formation maneuvers such as formation loops and rolls or transitions from one formation to another....
Thunderbirds 5 and 6 meanwhile will perform solo maneuver such as fast passes, slow passes, fast rolls, slow rolls, and very tight turns.
The signature move by the solos are the 2 mirror formation: calypso pass and belly-to-belly..
The 2 solos will then join the main group in formation..
Another signature maneuver: The "bomb burst"..
The show comes to an end. Safe landing and return to base..
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