Barossa Air Show

We went to the Barossa Airshow today. It was held on a small private grass airstrip at Rowland Flat in the Barossa Valley, 50 Km north-east of Adelaide.

This Robinson R44 was giving joyflights, and also being used by photographers to get a birds-eye view of the crowd.

Highlight of the show was undoubtedly the Roulettes, the RAAF display team in their Pilatus PC-9/As. Once they finished their display, they were ferried in from the local RAAF base at Edinburgh on their Sikorsky S76 support helicopter to sign posters.

Next up were a variety of displays including gliders, the "Chipettes" in their DHC-1 Chipmunks, a 0.8 scale Spitfire and Yak 52.

These were followed by two impressive displays from a Eurofighter and F-16 Fighting Falcon

What was really impressive is that they were 1/15th scale radio controlled models!! WOW - real boys toys!!

Next up (or rather down) were a couple of parachutists from the local club.

As usual, former Australian aerobatic champion Chris Sperou put on an amazing display in his Pitts Super Stinker

The show closed with a display from the SAIA Marchetti S211 jet trainer and the T6 Harvard.