LIMA 2013 DAY 2

Cloud cover: 6 oktas


Went to the LIMA maritime section in the morning, and was treated to a really stirring demo with the Coast Guard helicopters and the CL-415.  The attendance there was not great; it should attract many more visitors.

Tough ladies passing.

Back to the MIEC for the air display. Unfortunately, it was under the midday sun (1220-1430), and it was 6 oktas as well, resulting in the worst of both worlds: enough heat and UV to fry your brains, and pictures which were, shall we say, marginal. The cloud base was pretty low in parts; the telco tower at Gunung Raya was hidden in dense low cloud.

Heavy low cloud at LIMA 2013. Killer midday heat.

What airshow photographers look for when the temperature rises

I am not a fan of these midday displays at LIMA. You really have to time your photography to ensure the aircraft passes thriugh a blue patch of sky. I am really waiting for the 1000 shows on Friday and Saturday- should be a much better time for photography, necessitating much less postprocessing.

LIMA 2013- TNI Team Jupiter

LIMA 2013- TNI Team Jupiter

LIMA 2013- TNI Team Jupiter

 LIMA 2013- Russian Knights

 LIMA 2013- Russian Knights

 LIMA 2013- Russian Knights

 LIMA 2013- Russian Knights

 LIMA 2013- Russian Knights

Video of Russian Knights landing:

But really, what really lifted the day was the Maritime Demonstration starting 1630, and the subsequent tour round the moored fleet:

LIMA 2013- PASKAU dropping in.

LIMA 2013- RMN CBR-90 Fast Interceptor Craft

LIMA 2013- Flypast of maritime air assets

LIMA 2013

LIMA 2013- Water bombing run by CL-415

LIMA 2013- KD Jebat and KDB Darussalam at Awana Porto Malai

LIMA 2013- HMAS Parramatta

And the Big One: The Marshal Shaposhnekov

LIMA 2013- Marshal Shaposhnekov

LIMA 2013- Marshal Shaposhnekov

LIMA 2013- Marshal Shaposhnekov

I really, really recommend that visitors to LIMA spend some time at the Awana site... you might find it very enjoyable, like I always do.