something you don't see everyday...

[ian maclure]

Saw a Saab J35 Draken on the Ames flight line this morning
presumably there for the Airshow this weekend.
I knew there were a couple in the US that a contractor used
to support naval training in the Hampton Roads area but I don't
think this is one of them.

IBM

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[Kevin Brooks]

"ian maclure" > wrote in message
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> Saw a Saab J35 Draken on the Ames flight line this morning
> presumably there for the Airshow this weekend.
> I knew there were a couple in the US that a contractor used
> to support naval training in the Hampton Roads area but I don't
> think this is one of them.

Is Flight International still flying any Drakens? I thought they had
purchased/leased some Kfirs to replace those a year or two back? The newest
info regarding this I could find on the web was from 2002, when the Draken's
were still flying...

Brooks

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[Darrell Earnshaw]

ian maclure wrote:

> Saw a Saab J35 Draken on the Ames flight line this morning
> presumably there for the Airshow this weekend.
> I knew there were a couple in the US that a contractor used
> to support naval training in the Hampton Roads area but I don't
> think this is one of them.
>
> IBM
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Yup. There's an air show at Moffet tomorrow (Saturday).

-- Darrell

[Marc Reeve]

Darrell Earnshaw > wrote:
> ian maclure wrote:
>
> > Saw a Saab J35 Draken on the Ames flight line this morning
> > presumably there for the Airshow this weekend.
> > I knew there were a couple in the US that a contractor used
> > to support naval training in the Hampton Roads area but I don't
> > think this is one of them.
> >
> > IBM
> >
> Yup. There's an air show at Moffet tomorrow (Saturday).
>
> -- Darrell

Sunday as well, yes?

Myself, if I manage any airshows this weekend, it'll be the Watsonville
Fly-In. I prefer the old stuff. :)

http://www.watsonvilleflyin.org/
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[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
(Marc Reeve) wrote:

> Darrell Earnshaw > wrote:
> > ian maclure wrote:
> >
> > > Saw a Saab J35 Draken on the Ames flight line this morning
> > > presumably there for the Airshow this weekend.
> > > I knew there were a couple in the US that a contractor used
> > > to support naval training in the Hampton Roads area but I don't
> > > think this is one of them.
> > >
> > > IBM
> > >
> > Yup. There's an air show at Moffet tomorrow (Saturday).
> >
> > -- Darrell
>
> Sunday as well, yes?
>
> Myself, if I manage any airshows this weekend, it'll be the Watsonville
> Fly-In. I prefer the old stuff. :)
>
> http://www.watsonvilleflyin.org/


Who is sponsoring the Ames Moffett Airshow? One I attended there about 6
years ago was a complete disaster! There was absolutely no crowd control
-- kids were climbing on/into airplanes with no regard for possible
damage.

My policy is to avoid any airshow sponsored by non-aviation
organizations, as they usually have no clue about display aircraft
safety/security.