spiplane From UK - England, joined Jan 2005, 101 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 12880 times:
Waiting at Changi Beach at 6:30pm for the Air Niugini 767 to arrive, suddenly a group of 5 F15's started to circle the airport. They made about a half dozen circles, during which time no civil airline action took place (no landing or departure). This lasted about half an hour after which operation was resumed. Does anyone know what happened?
initious From Singapore, joined Dec 2008, 1011 posts, RR: 16 Reply 3, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 1 day ago) and read 11519 times:
If I'm not wrong, the airspace above Changi will be closed for a short period of time for NDP rehearsals and such to allow the flying display to go on. Some flights were retimed to allow for this to happen.
cjpark From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1220 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 9123 times:
Last year I was in Singapore staying at the Swiss Hotel on the 47th floor, my room faced the War Memorial Park. Just got into town that day from the States and did not make it to the evening before falling asleep. When they let loose with those cannons in the park I came off that bed thinking all hell was breaking loose. I had no idea it was a rehearsal for the National Day. Went to the sliding glass window for the balcony and looked out side and all I could see was the tanks and APCs about that time the F-16's and F-15's cut across the sky. Eventually realized it was a military parade. Pretty good show, especially the fireworks in front of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. The best part of the flyover was on the second or third pass when the F-15 pilot stood his plane on its tail and tail slid across the sky.
"Any airline that wants to serve the [region] can go to DFW today and fly anywhere they want," WN spokesman Ed Stewart
fiscal From Australia, joined Oct 2009, 288 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 9045 times:
Quoting cjpark (Reply 8): The best part of the flyover was on the second or third pass when the F-15 pilot stood his plane on its tail and tail slid across the sky.
I was there a few years ago, same hotel and up towards the top like you, when a jet thundered toward the hotel and then suddenly went 90 degrees up, it was phenomenal.
Asiaflyer From Singapore, joined May 2007, 1019 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 8090 times:
Think they could do this smoother without affecting air traffic at Changi. Use Paya Lebar and keep fighters away from Changi Airport.
Routes at NDP could be done differently.
Asiaflyer From Singapore, joined May 2007, 1019 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 7905 times:
Quoting Cysafan (Reply 12): Well , the C-130 aircraft was conducting training flights as well that day so it was not possible for the F-15s to fly around that area
That's what planning is for.
Maybe do the C130 training some of the other 360 days, as not to have to close whole Changi.....
aviasian From Singapore, joined Jan 2001, 1452 posts, RR: 16 Reply 14, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 4091 times:
Singapore's airspace is so tight that it does not matter whether Changi or Paya Lebar was involved. In any case, the F15SGs for the flying display were indeed deployed from Paya Lebar ... the formation of F15SGs were above to cover the distance between Changi and downtown Singapore in a minute or so.
Whichever base these aircraft are deployed from, the entire Singapore airspace is closed.
Besides the F15SGs, the helicopters involved were a formation of one Chinook (bearing the huge flag) and two Apaches, one Sikorsky S-70B and another Apache.
Majula can, Majulah also can ... (sorry, for those not familiar, this is Singlish).
This closure will take place same time around 6pm over the next few Saturdays until the actual National Day on 9 August.
Asiaflyer From Singapore, joined May 2007, 1019 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 3480 times:
Quoting aviasian (Reply 14): Singapore's airspace is so tight that it does not matter whether Changi or Paya Lebar was involved. In any case, the F15SGs for the flying display were indeed deployed from Paya Lebar ... the formation of F15SGs were above to cover the distance between Changi and downtown Singapore in a minute or so.
The normal approach into Paya Lebar does not interfer with Changis traffic, and the NDP area is further south. This is only about how the flying display is planned, and apparently consideration has not been one of the priorities here. Enuf about this now.
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