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20th November 2019

The UAE was about to get hit with some relatively heavy rainfall.

My boss asked us to leave early that day to avoid getting stuck in traffic resulting from the rains

It was right around then that I got a text from a friend asking if I wanted some passes to the Dubai Air show.

Decent weather, an afternoon to spare and free tickets. Who am I to say no to that. (Note: it hadn’t started raining at that point. However, there were some heavy showers on my way to DWC)

Now that about sums up my literary skills, so here are some amateur photographs taken on my cell phone camera.

I have very basic knowledge of airplanes so ill let the more educated folks here to help the rest of us identify what I shot.

A Big'Ol Rolls Royce









I found this quite interesting. A Propeller Fighter Plane in this day and age? Its the B-250 built by Calidus



A Battery powered air plane. This one was minuscule in proportions compared to the others











I guess this is the Warthog/Thunderbolt?



and this ones taken a beating too!









By the time I got to this section, I wasnt sure if I wanted to go ahead. But man am I glad i did. Do you see it?



How about now? :D



Never thought id see an F22 Raptor in the flesh. Easily the highlight of the show for me.















Interesting attachment to the plane. Never seen anything like it before







The F22 wasnt the only Raptor at the Show



Apparently this plane fits inside a 20ft Container!!





There were a lot more planes on display, and even more indoor exhibits. Although these were for me the more interesting from the bunch

Cheers!!

Nice set of snaps. :thumbs up

That's a AWACS, mounted on top of an airframe. India has 2 types, a Rotodome one mounted on IL76 and a flat one mounted on Embraer ERJ 145 NETRA .

It is a trainer aircraft for air force pilots. Pretty much all trainer aircraft can be equipped with weaponry though (useful for training purposes). IAF uses Pilatus PC 7 trainer aircraft.



However, countries like Colombia and Afghanistan have carried out air strikes using propeller-driven trainer aircraft against terrorists.

Did you see the air display, scheduled 2pm to 5pm ? Asking as I don't see any photos of the same.

Hi,

I reached the venue quite late. Reached the venue at about 4.45pm. And the show ended at 5.30pm. I did catch a glimpse of a fighter jet air display but i guess that was the last show for the day. Have some footage of that but nothing worth sharing.

Cheers

P.S: Saw this video and realised the F22 was on display at some point of the show!! Now what a sight that would have been!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtX18rAMUrA

I dropped by one of the days.

Here's a few photos my friend captured that day.

Al Fursan


Boeing 787-9


Fiji Airways Livery. Something about it is aesthetically pleasing.


Boeing F/A 18 & Boeing KC 46


Etihad Boeing 787-9 ft Manchester City


Rafale


Getting as many rears as one can in a single photo.


A total of $50 billion worth of deals occured at the expo, with Airbus alone bagging deals worth $30 billion.