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If you have ever used the metropolitan train in Tokyo during commute hours, you know what it is like.
Lots of people, squashed into small train car.
Being in Iruma airshow is very much like the commute in Tokyo.
Because of its proximity from central Tokyo, the airshow is visited by 200,000 to 300,000 people !
Please arrive early to secure a good viewpoint.
The aircraft based here are C-1, YS-11, CH-47 and T-33 (T-33 is now replaced by T-4).
They will do a nice fly-by. Fighter aircraft and T-4 Blue Impulse will also participate in the show.
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C-1 68-1016 of 402Sqn in flight.
Note the cargo bay doors are open.
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They retired only very recently - T-33A 81-5376, 51-5630,. 51-5633, 51-5648 of JASDF Sotai Headquarters Sqn in Formation.
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The Blue Impulse with T-2 performs their final maneuver, "Rolling combat pitch break"
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F-15J 82-8897 of 303 TFS performs demonstration flight. Recently there are no fighter flight demo.
All photos above are taken during the 1996 show.
All photos below are taken during the 2010 show.
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Miss Airshow
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YS-11 of flight check sqn.
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CH-47 demo
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C-1 maneuver.
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Blue Impulse T-4 in their diamond formation.
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Trail to diamond formation change
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It was Blue Impulse 50th anniversary this year.
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Climing up as the formation tightens.
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UH-1J passanger waves goodbye. |
