The famous Catalina PBY flying boat, which flew during WWII, is among the many historic aircraft in action (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The Oris Immortals aerobatic team put on a spectacular aerobatic display (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Aerobatic fireworks – the Oris Immortals strut their stuff at the Australian International Airshow (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The Oris Immortals aerobatic team – Jurgis Kairys, Skip Stewart and Melissa Pemberton (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
An impressive pyrotechnics display accompanied the Oris Immortals aerobatic team (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
This Talon robot is used primarily for IED reconnaissance and disposal (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Control box for the Talon ground robot – after a quick lesson we found it quite simple to operate (though we weren't dealing with explosive devices!) (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Australian Army Multi-role Helicopter (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Australian Army ARH Tiger Helicopter (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
A strong contingent of historic aircraft are on display at the 2015 Avalon Air Show (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The USAF F-22 Raptor (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The USAF F-22 Raptor (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Airbus Tracker Mini Unmanned Aircraft System (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
A reminder of the fact that we are south of the equator (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Inside the Hercules C-130 (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Tail section of the Atlas A400M airlifter (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The Atlas A400M airlifter has a wingspan of 42.4 m (139 ft) (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Heads-up display on the Atlas A400M (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The Atlas A400M features fly-by-wire technology (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The belly of the beast – inside the Atlas A400M (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
There's a lack of first class seating in the Atlas A400M (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Inside the cockpit of the Atlas A400M (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Atlas A400M controls – we were assured that this is an easy plane to fly by the French pilots (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
The mighty Atlas A400M departs Avalon airport (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
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The 2015 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence exhibition showcases a mix of modern jet firepower, heavy-lifting behemoths and attack helicopters, plus an array of personal aircraft, impressive high-flying aerobatics displays and a tribute to aviators of days gone by. Gizmag headed to Avalon airport to check out the action in the skies and on the ground.
Highlights of this year's show include Singapore's Black Knights in their F-16C Fighting Falcons, the formidable USAF F-22 Raptor, outstanding aerobatics displays headlined by the Oris Immortals team – Jurgis Kairys, Skip Stewart and Melissa Pemberton – and historic battle re-enactments featuring replicas of famous aircraft such as the Red Baron's Fokker Dr.I Triplane.
The USAF F-22 Raptor (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Inside the cockpit of the Atlas A400M (Photo: Noel McKeegan/Gizmag.com)
Head through to the gallery for a taste of the aerial treats on offer at the biggest airshow ever staged in Australia.
Noel McKeegan joined New Atlas as a founding member in 2002. He has travelled extensively throughout our long history, covering major science and technology events around the globe and helping build our exceptional editorial team.
3 comments
Lewis M. Dickens III
With more and more prop driven planes showing up with multi blades of 5 to 8 on the heavy lifters apparently more blades means more power usefully deployed. Hence the opposite would be true. To reach the Betz limit we have to get away from the 3 bladed fans into having more "resisters" extracting more power from the wind. b
EH
The most efficient propellers actually have a single blade with a counterweight. Two blades is next best, and is more weight-efficient since it is balanced without a counterweight, but when mounted near a wing there is a partial loss of thrust every time the prop is aligned with the wing, creating noise and vibration. More blades evens out the variations from blade-wing alignment. Adding more blades gives greater thrust for a given prop diameter, which is the main constraint on what sort of prop can be fitted to a plane, but efficiency is somewhat lower and drag is higher.
Antony Borlase
Like how it mentioned about the 'F-35 Static Display'. Will be static for a few years more I fear.
Hence the opposite would be true. To reach the Betz limit we have to get away from the 3 bladed fans into having more "resisters" extracting more power from the wind.
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