Kisarazu Airshow

[Michiel]

Below 2 links to some small films off the take-off during Kisarazu Airshow.
Maybe the Dutch Army Open days can learn something from this!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaQfPcNuNdE[/youtube]

and

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nutqXCpwBWY[/youtube]

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[dinovandoorn]

Cool stuff Leonard and Michiel !!
Good start of your Trip i would say...

[ehusmann]

And here the numbers of the show:

Static

85-24451	UH-60A		78AVN
78-1025		C-1		402 Hikotai
01-5060		T-400		41 Hikotai
49-3043		U-125		Hiko Tenkentai
8414		SH-60K		21 Kokutai
8964		UH-60J		73 Kokutai
6902		YS-11T-A	205 Kyoiku Kok
31305/IHB	OH-6D		
52927/HGPIV	CH-47J
52965/HGPV	CH-47JA
74508/SK	AH-64DJP
51736		KV.107II-4A	Preserved

Hangar

52924/HGPIV	CH-47J

Hangar

31126		OH-6D		Preserved
52930/HGPIII	CH-47J

Flightline mass flypast

73412/IVATH	AH-1S
73427/IVATH	AH-1S
73428/IVATH	AH-1S
73436		AH-1S
73444/IVATH	AH-1S
73445		AH-1S
73476/IVATH	AH-1S
73490/IVATH	AH-1S
32627/IIATH	OH-1
31309/IHB	OH-6D
52903/HGPVI	CH-47J
52907/HGPVI	CH-47J
52908/HGPIII	CH-47J
52910/HGPV	CH-47J
52911/HGPIV	CH-47J
52912/HGPIV	CH-47J
52914/HGPIII	CH-47J
52917		CH-47J
52919/HGPIV	CH-47J
52925/HGPV	CH-47J
52954		CH-47JA
52961/HGPIII	CH-47JA
52968/HGPVI	CH-47JA
43127/IHB	UH-60JA
43129/IHB	UH-60JA
01022/STH	EC.225LP
01023/STH	EC.225LP
22015/LR	LR-1
23056/LR	LR-2

I would like to have confirmation of the Cobras. When I got home I noticed I only had 7 numbers, while there were 8 in the flypast. The 8th was read from pictures, but now I am not sure I got all of them correctly.

Elsewhere

41706		UH-1J
41907		UH-1J
31283		OH-6D
52904		CH-47J
52913		CH-47J	(15?)
52921/HGPIII	CH-47J
52967/HGPIII	CH-47JA
43125		UH-60JA

After the mass take off (great capture in those movies) and the mass flypast the choppers landed all at the other side of the field. Some then performed flight demonstrations and finally some of the choppers were put on the static, including the two Hueys which otherwise would probably not have been read.

All in all, a very great morning at Kisarazu, excellent show, great planes and I even got some nice Japanese snacks after the displays

Erwin

Edited with Michiel's comments

[Michiel]

Erwin,

I checked my logs and I have some remarks.

The AH-1S in the mass flypast was the 73445 instead of the 73446.
The OH-6D 31126 in one of the hangars is a preserved one too.
The Chinook with serial 52954 was a CH-47JA
I read the CH-47 on the otherside as code 15 instead of code 13.
In one of the closed hangars (but visible through the doors) was the other EC-225LP 01021 and a CH-47J with code 33.

Regards,

Michiel

[ehusmann]

I have no picture of the AH-1S, so I will take your word for it.
The OH-6D is indeed listed as preserved. I can also remember finding it a weird plane, as it didn't have the normal codes on the frame.
Checked the CH-47 on pictures and it is a CH-47JA indeed.
THe 13 or 15... that one is difficult. I read it from two positions and usually I am pretty sure. However, the Scramble DB lists the 15 as being with the unit on Kisarazu, the 13 is based elsewhere (and not seen for some time).

Thanks for the remarks!

Erwin

[Sadammie]

The AH-1S in the mass flypast was the 73445 instead of the 73446.
Michiel

I have no picture of the AH-1S, so I will take your word for it.

73446 was seen at Metabaru in may and october 2009 as IIIATH.

[Michiel]

That's correct we saw the 73446 on the airshow of Metabaru of the 18th of October.

But I have the 73445 also photoproof on the flightline of Kisarazu, so I am sure.

Regards,

Michiel