This blog serves as a resource for photographers and spotters visiting the LIMA Airshow 2013 (26-30 March 2013) at Langkawi, Malaysia. The main Guide To LIMA is at the first post, dated 12th February 2013.
Selamat Datang!
In between LIMA airshows, the blog will focus on regional military events and wherever else my camera takes me.
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.
Apart from a goodly portion of the Malaysian Navy and Coast Guard, and the RSN stealth frigate, there are two ships of note: the Marshal Shaposhnekov, and the the HMAS Parramatta:
Marshal Shaposhnekov
HMAS Parramatta
Well, here's hoping they allow visits on board.
The planned USN representation (an Arleigh Burke destroyer) has not materialised.
This is a map showing the mooring positions of the maritime participants:
