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westernwedgey wrote:Just heard the jets fly over swan river from my place in Joondanna, "sounded" like they came up the river towards the hills, turned around and came back towards the ocean. I thought i could even hear them then fly up the coastline back to Pearce.

The sound was tremendous you could hear the initial swoosh followed by the low booms of sound ricocheting around the buildings and hills out this way.

jasonjag wrote:

westernwedgey wrote:Just heard the jets fly over swan river from my place in Joondanna, "sounded" like they came up the river towards the hills, turned around and came back towards the ocean. I thought i could even hear them then fly up the coastline back to Pearce.

The sound was tremendous you could hear the initial swoosh followed by the low booms of sound ricocheting around the buildings and hills out this way.

What you heard was the F18 Hornett doing its litlle display over the swan river for the red bull , on again tomorrow,, jj

playworth wrote:hey quick question. where did it go when it went up toward the sky? i saw it go high up and then white cloud bluzz and it was gone forever, i spent 5mins loooking At the sky. where the hell did it go

Nafenn wrote:

jasonjag wrote:

westernwedgey wrote:Just heard the jets fly over swan river from my place in Joondanna, "sounded" like they came up the river towards the hills, turned around and came back towards the ocean. I thought i could even hear them then fly up the coastline back to Pearce.

The sound was tremendous you could hear the initial swoosh followed by the low booms of sound ricocheting around the buildings and hills out this way.

What you heard was the F18 Hornett doing its litlle display over the swan river for the red bull , on again tomorrow,, jj

and what a display!

some poor little kid near us had his ears covered by some guy, who turned out to be his uncle, who turned out to be doug ... Such a sweet Uncle Doug

jasonjag wrote:A Thankyou to all who went to the trouble to correctly find out the air frequencys for the Red Bull Air Race, they came in handy to listen to the action and show, jj

Nafenn wrote:some poor little kid near us had his ears covered by some guy, who turned out to be his uncle, who turned out to be doug ... Such a sweet Uncle Doug

d0t-bat wrote:F/A18 Hornet was bloody awesome. Hearing stuff on the scanner was very handy.

AUSTRALIAN Matt Hall is one step away from earning a berth in the lucrative Red Bull Air Race series after a successful qualification camp in Spain.

Hall, a former RAAF fighter pilot, was awarded a coveted Super Licence for his efforts in Spain and now has all the qualifications needed to compete in the series.

Canada's Pete McLeod, France's Francois Le Vot, Germany's Matthias Dolderer and Japan's Yoshihide Muroya joined Hall in gaining Super Licences, but their place in next year's championships is far from a done deal.

"By getting the Super Licence they are on standby and have to be race-ready within two weeks if required,'' tournament director Heinz Moeller said.

Hall, 37, flew combat operations in Iraq in 2003 and impressed the air race officials with his skill at the qualification camp.

"To tell the truth, it's been a little easier than I thought it would be,'' Hall said.

"It probably has a lot to do with my training in the Air Force. I've spent thousands of hours at 100 feet and 500 knots, so being 150 knots at 50 feet is nothing dramatic.

"It's very different flying past things. You don't normally do that in the jets. The new dimension is how to turn at low level without climbing or descending.''

The New South Welshman would be the first Australian to compete in the Red Bull Air Race should he be granted entry.

The tournament, which is held over eight stages in locations around the world, attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Pilots race at up to 370kmh through a low-level aerial track featuring 20m inflatable pylons.

Perth will host the eighth and final stage of this year's World Championship, with Austria's Hannes Arch requiring only a top-nine finish to take home the title in just his second season.