20 x Super Hornets Brisbane Flyover

[GTP 290]

Taken from another forum I frequent. I thought it might be of interest to some members living along the coast. So get out the telephoto and try your hand at some fast moving subjects.

Who doesn't love fighter jets !

The RAAF are welcoming more Super Hornets (F111 replacement) by doing a formation flyover with 20 of them.

Gold Coast, Brisbane & Sunshine Coast residents are in for a rare treat this Firday (21/10).

Brisbane should see them around 11:30am.

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au...buzz-to-coast/

FLIGHT PATHS:

Outward leg including Gold Coast
Up to 16 x F/A-18F Super Hornets

10am: 16 x F/A-18F Super Hornets commence their launch from RAAF Amberley.

10.18 Springwood

10.21 North Stradbroke Island

10.23 South Stradbroke Island

10.25 Southport

10.26 Surfers Paradise

10.26 Burleigh Heads

10.27 Coolangatta

10.28 Trweed Heads.

Sunshine Coast
Up to 20 x F/A-18F Super Hornets

11.04 am Noosa Heads

11.06 Coolum Beach

11.07 Maroochydore

11.08 Caloundra

11.11 Bribie Island

11.13 Redcliffe

11.14 Fisherman's Islands

11.15 Manly

11.16 Wellington Point

11.17 Southern Tip Moreton Island

11.19 St Helena Island

Brisbane - Ipswich
Up to 20 x F/A-18F Super Hornets following the Brisbane River

11.20 am Lytton

11.21 Balmoral, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, Botanic Gardens/Captain Cook Bridge

11.22 Highgate Hill, St Lucia, Indooroopilly, Kenmore

11.23 Jindalee, Moggill

11.24 Ipswich

Note: The aircraft will fly at approximately 2000 feet (609m) and up to 350 knots (648km/h). Times and locations may vary dependant on the weather

[hdn177]

Just a heads up for those in Gold Coast- Brisbane - SUnshine Coast re the fly past tomrrow being Friday 21st. Look up and have your camera ready!
Just received this email for a I guess a rare fly pass.



There will be a mass formation flypast of up to 20 F/A-18F Super Hornets over the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Brisbane and Ipswich, this Friday (21 Oct) as part of the welcoming ceremony for four new Super Hornets.

The arrival of the four new aircraft completes the Australian Super Hornet fleet to 24 aircraft.

Please join us on facebook to share your photos and comments on this historic day.
Sixteen aircraft will depart RAAF Base Amberley between 10 am and 10.30 am and will fly in a loose formation to a point off North Stradbroke Island, where they will form up and fly south, crossing the coast at Southport before flying down the Gold Coast to Tweed Heads.

The armada will then fly out to sea and reform at a point off the Sunshine Coast where it will join with the four new Super Hornets.

The formation will fly south from Noosa Heads down the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane where it will then fly over the CBD en route to Ipswich and RAAF Amberley. It is expected to pass over the base at 11.30am.

The formation will be accompanied at intervals by up to two Hawk Mk127 lead-in fighters.

The final number of aircraft flying will depend on operational and training tasks for the aircraft.

The mass formation flypast of up to 20 aircraft will be not only an historic event which may not be repeated, but an important training exercise for operational planners and aircrew.

Note: The aircraft will fly at approximately 2000 feet (609 mtrs) and up to 350 knots (648 km/h). Times and locations may vary dependant on the weather. The final number of aircraft flying will depend on operational, training and maintenance for the aircraft.

A more detailed itinerary is as follows:

Outward leg including Gold Coast
Up to 16 x F/A-18F Super Hornets

10.00 am 16 x F/A-18F Super Hornets commence their launch from RAAF Amberley.
1018 Springwood
1021 North Stradbroke Island
1023 South Stradbroke Island
1025 Southport
1026 Surfers Paradise
1026 Burleigh Heads
1027 Coolangatta (All times are QLD local times)
1028 Tweed Heads (All times are QLD local times)

Sunshine Coast
Up to 20 x F/A-18F Super Hornets
1104 Noosa Heads
1106 Coolum Beach
1107 Maroochydore
1108 Caloundra
1111 Bribie Island
1113 Redcliffe
1114 Fisherman’s Islands
1115 Manly
1116 Wellington Point
1117 Southern Tip Moreton Island
1119 St Helena Island

Brisbane – Ipswich
Up to 20 x F/A-18F Super Hornets following the Brisbane River
1120 Lytton
1121 Balmoral
Hawthorne
Kangaroo Point
Botanic Gardens/Captain Cook Bridge
1122 Highgate Hill
St Lucia
Indooroopilly
Kenmore
1123 Jindalee
Moggill
1124 Ipswich

More about the F/A-18F http://ra.af/eN6Xiu

[dbax]

thanks for this, I might head down to the coast and try for a shot or two.

[William]

I'm already thinking of shutter speeds and ISO, Lucky I've got a lend of Boofheads 120-400 :D The Alley will do me , You wont have much time to recompose and reshoot @640 km/h :eek:

[William]

You reckon they'll all be in a big formation, Or broken up a bit ? Just trying to work out how to get a shot 648km/h is fast

[Bennymiata]

If they saved the money this flypast will cost in fuel and maintainance, they could have afforded another super hornet!

I wish they did more flypasts.
Most of them that I see are just done with the one plane.
Don't they need to give the other pilots some practice time too?

[GTP 290]

I've got no idea. I live about 2000km away :lol:

[GTP 290]

repost ----> http://www.ausphotography.net.au/forum/showthread.php?93531-20-x-Super-Hornets-Brisbane-Flyover

[Chris Michel]

does anyone know if they are coming as far south as Byron Bay / Lennox Heads or just up to Tweed Heads. Worth bringing the kids out of class if they are.

Chris

[Analog6]

Chris, I just started another thread - I didn't see this one (can a mod delete mine, please). See today's Tweed News (http://www.mydailynews.com.au/story/2011/10/19/super-hornets-fly-gold-coast-tweed/) - chances are good you might see something around timewise if they overshoot Tweed a bit. Can you hike up the coast a bit and get closer?

[dbax]

a little more info, with a zoom able flight path map( I take no responsibility for its accuracy)http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/ipswich/raaf-base-amberley-super-hornet-pilots-have-final-mission-brief-before-flypast-over-southeast-queensland/story-fn8m0yo2-1226171833906.

[dulvariprestige]

Well that was disappointing, I thought they would've come around snapper point and passed Dbah, but instead came over top of tweed heads and went out to sea, my wife got a better view from our house.

A pretty big crop from 300mm just to get a very ordinary image.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6265351338_8704dde264_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulvariprestige/6265351338/)
hornet flyby (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulvariprestige/6265351338/) by dulvariprestige (http://www.flickr.com/people/dulvariprestige/), on Flickr

[William]

Thats what I thought too Jayde, They came on the inside of Currumbin Rock, Got one close up , Ill post it in Sport/Action thread - Bill , Got a few like this as well :th3:

[Analog6]

I decided to just use the littel Lumix - I walked out along the seawall at D'bah, only because I couldn't get a park at Pt Danger - but I think I had the better view. I got 4 shots, one I consider decent. I noticed one jet dropped away from the formation as they went out to sea (see pics 1 & 2 - only to show this). Then when the other just diapppeared in the cloud along the coast the one left behind could be seen for along time flying on his own. Might he have had engine trouble?

This is an awful shot but you can just see the one breaking off - he is underneath the centre formation
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Here he is trailing W A Y off the back
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And this is the half decent shot - when I wish I still had the 1DsMkII & 100-400!
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[William]

#3 for me Odille, No doubt we'll hear on the news what happened , Wer'nt easy to Photograph , A return run would have been good :)

[yummymummy]

here's what I got from half way Mt Coot tha, couldn't get to the top, WAY too many people :(
http://www.kirstyhellmechphotography.com/Other/Transportation/i-BSXD2kG/0/L/IMG9985-1-2-L.jpg

and a few seconds later as they passed on their way to Amberley
http://www.kirstyhellmechphotography.com/Other/Transportation/i-79kksp7/0/L/IMG9995-1-L.jpg

[Analog6]

#3 for me Odille, No doubt we'll hear on the news what happened , Wer'nt easy to Photograph , A return run would have been good :)

Wouldn't it just. A lady who was also out on the rockwall with me never even got her camera turned on - it was all too quick for her. I was pleased to get one half-decent shot out of 4!

[William]

I got 6 shots in Burst mode after focusing :(

[yummymummy]

I had my camera on IA servo, and burst as well.. ended up with about 7 or 8 keepers before they were out of sight :)

[William]

:lol2:They certainly wer'nt thinking of the Photographers :scrtch:

[dbax]

Good work Kirsty, you got shots of the twenty!
Odille the jet that dropped out of the pack was a different type of aircraft, it jockied forward and back, I presumed I was filming the big event.I have a shot that you can see that its a differnt type. When i get home to the puter I'll dig it out and post for interest, its a pretty ordinsry shot

[dbax]

here's the a that shows the "other" jet in the pack. Right at the front

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll404/dbaxoz/otherjet.jpg

and a couple of others that I got :)

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll404/dbaxoz/16.jpg

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll404/dbaxoz/Ausphotography/12v2.jpg

[Chris Michel]

Thank Odille, but according to the daily news paper they wernt coming this far south..... and they didnt :(
But from what i saw on NBN news i looked rather special. Shame they didnt come this far down considering we have the air-force dummy bombing range almost in our back yard. but there are some amazing photos here any way.

chris

[Analog6]

It was special and exciting Chris. I was right at the southern edge, they came from behind the hill, accompanied by the 'rolling thunder', went west to east just over the Tweed rivermouth, then 'hung a left' and disappeared behind the clouds out to sea. We could hear them for a long time though. I just pointed and followed them and kept shooting as soon as the camera cleared for me again. There was a good shot of 19 of the 20 over Brisbane on RB http://www.redbubble.com/people/kymjay/art/7939464-flying-in-formation