Tigers, Taipans and Super Hornets run amok in the Brisbane CBD

[Dennis]

As part of the annual Riverfire Festival, the Army Aviation ARH Tiger and MRH-90 Taipan helicopters performed a practice run along the Brisbane River on Thur 1st Sept, followed by a couple of RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets the next day under some cloudy, saturated skies.

It was soooo much more challenging to frame and track the fast jets, compared to the more pedestrian helo's.

Cheers

Dennis

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Great action images Dennis.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Great action images Dennis.

Thanks Peter, the saturated atmosphere made for some spectacular passes.

No C-17 this year and the air display was at the beginning of the festival.

Cheers

Dennis

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Absolutely awesome images Dennis! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers
Jo

[multiweb (Marc)]

Really cool shots Dennis. Love the plane one with ABs on.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by nebulosity.

Absolutely awesome images Dennis! Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Jo

Originally Posted by multiweb

Really cool shots Dennis. Love the plane one with ABs on.

Thanks Jo and Marc, I appreciate your comments.

It seems that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) were playing with our minds.

The RAAF Flight Ops and Riverfire websites both wrote that a SINGLE F/A-18F Super Hornet was scheduled to fly along the Brisbane River on the practice run.

However, my photos from the event show Tail Numbers 201 and 204, so the RAAF actually sent 2 different jets to keep us entertained.

Cheers

Dennis

[MortonH]

Great shots. You can almost recognise Tom Cruise in the jet

[h0ughy (David)]

Great shots, atmospheric

[leon]

Wow, those shots are brilliant, well done indeed.

Leon

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Well Done...Excellent

[Derek Klepp]

Great shots Dennis .I like the helicopter and the gull,in the same frame.I was only talking to my brother in law who lives in Brisbane and saw some of the display ,on the weekend.I said “I’ll check on IIS there’s usually some shots there.”Much appreciated.
Derek.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by MortonH

Great shots. You can almost recognise Tom Cruise in the jet

Thanks Morton, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Great shots, atmospheric

Thanks Houghy, always good to hear from you.

Originally Posted by leon

Wow, those shots are brilliant, well done indeed.
Leon

Thanks Leon, I was a little rusty as the last time this event was run was back in 2019 with the COVID years in between.

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Well Done...Excellent

Thanks Col, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

Great shots Dennis .I like the helicopter and the gull,in the same frame.I was only talking to my brother in law who lives in Brisbane and saw some of the display ,on the weekend.I said “I’ll check on IIS there’s usually some shots there.”Much appreciated.
Derek.

Thanks Derek, good pick up on the gull - it survived.

The helicopter display caught me off guard as they had to fly a modified route due to all the building and bridge construction taking place along the Brisbane River.

Cheers

Dennis

[gregbradley]

Spectacular captures Dennis.

Greg.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Spectacular captures Dennis.

Greg.

Thanks Greg - I was a little rusty after a 2 year hiatus due to COVID-19 cancellations.

Cheers

Dennis

[Kuz]

Awesome captures Denis. Especially the jets