Donatello
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Well, we need to take into account that not only JF-17 but any combat aircraft or civilian airliner at such an airshow takes off with bare minimum fuel. No weapons, no extra fuel, just enough fuel to last your 5-15 minute displays......and that is for 2 reasons:
1-The pilot can take advantage of that tremendous TWR and hence awe the crowd
2-After the many times that Russians ended up ploughing their aircraft in the ground and spectators at such airshows, there are very strict regulations that the display teams must follow...and that include just enough fuel for the use so if the plane crashes there is minimum fireball.....and also notice how tightly the aircraft fly in a limited space...they are no longer permitted to fly over the spectators.
For an aircraft like JF-17, this is nothing...it is well expected to perform like that...it's a combat fighter flown by top notch pilots...not some freaking student Cessna 172.
Anyhow, my only disappointment is that there should have been two JF-17s doing the airshow....imagine both taking off in formation with the After burners......and then criss crossing each other during the performance including that slow speed brake maneuvers. You already have three aircraft there, one is on static display...it can be backup if one fails.....non-wokring one can still be displayed as static.
PS: Watch the Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 take off at Paris air show rehearsal....that was equally crazy....image a big plane like that....amazing!!!
Such a morale blaster for the LCA team....oh gawd no....
1-The pilot can take advantage of that tremendous TWR and hence awe the crowd
2-After the many times that Russians ended up ploughing their aircraft in the ground and spectators at such airshows, there are very strict regulations that the display teams must follow...and that include just enough fuel for the use so if the plane crashes there is minimum fireball.....and also notice how tightly the aircraft fly in a limited space...they are no longer permitted to fly over the spectators.
For an aircraft like JF-17, this is nothing...it is well expected to perform like that...it's a combat fighter flown by top notch pilots...not some freaking student Cessna 172.
Anyhow, my only disappointment is that there should have been two JF-17s doing the airshow....imagine both taking off in formation with the After burners......and then criss crossing each other during the performance including that slow speed brake maneuvers. You already have three aircraft there, one is on static display...it can be backup if one fails.....non-wokring one can still be displayed as static.
PS: Watch the Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 take off at Paris air show rehearsal....that was equally crazy....image a big plane like that....amazing!!!
Such a morale blaster for the LCA team....oh gawd no....
