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I'm just back from the NDP rehearsal at Marina Bay - well I didn't get a ticket but watched from outside Esplanade - and I found the performance, particularly the Chinook, Apache, and F16 flypasts really nice. Well, maybe I'm an aviation fan but then it was really exciting. Bet you've never seen 3 F16s fly past with full reheat (afterburners) ablaze in a purple jet trail over Marina Bay in the failing light of the evening right? The sound was deafening but really satisfying.
Of course the fireworks were beautiful, as usual - especially the last part where they "spammed" fireworks like mad which lit up the sky in brilliant streaks of golden light trails, creating an overall look like a golden tree canopy in the sky.
Anyways, here's the point - can we go as a class to Marina Bay on 9 August? I know it's in the middle of the MRs but then we all can do with a bit of a break during the period of intense studying ("mugging" as you guys call it).
So? What's your say? A 3-8 National Day gathering?
Here's some lousy photos taken using a handphone to generate interest:
The Apaches flying past - they're very quiet!
Then of course, you have the ubiquitous flag-carrying Chinook - with 3 Apaches as escorts - though Apaches will be useless against air targets attacking the Chinook:
That's because the Apache is a ground-attack helicopter.
There were also 3 F16s flying past with full reheat - beautiful afterburner trail and deafening noise. A Chinook also flew just 2-3m above the water surface - causing it to "rain" about 100m away where I was having dinner.
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