weekend of 6 and 7 November:
Last weekend, on the basis of a meeting was held Lackland Air " Air Fest 2010 ". So we spent our Saturday at the base, to attend performances. Numerous aircraft were also exposed as the C-5, a huge transport plane as you can see below:
Last weekend, on the basis of a meeting was held Lackland Air " Air Fest 2010 ". So we spent our Saturday at the base, to attend performances. Numerous aircraft were also exposed as the C-5, a huge transport plane as you can see below:
There were demonstrations 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. non stop. We saw fighter jets like the F-22 Raptors or F-18 Hornet, but also aerobatic planes, or a reconstruction of the attack on Pearl Harbor with Zero Japanese cons of P 51 Mustang.
course we had to blend in and it's nothing like watching the rally by drinking a "Bud" and eating a small packet of popcorn (which we still have not managed to finish d Moreover !!!).
Otherwise the highlight here was the "Thunderbirds." It's the army patrol the U.S. Air (USAF), composed of six F-16. We could just compare the Patrouille de France, their performance lasts not less than 45 min, but there's still a lot of downtime and figures, without being chauvinistic, are generally much less technical than the Patrouille de France. They make simple things but they do them well here is their philosophy. Here are some photos taken during the Amanda show:
Sunday afternoon we went to test the base Golf: Gateway Hills Golf Course . Being student on the basis I have the right to a discounted rate. After 14h, it is $ 16 for 18 holes and cart from Monday to Friday now that's given! Especially since golf is very well maintained. The holes are very large and forgiving the bad things (I speak for beginners course ...).
As the meeting was about 2 days we could see the Thunderbirds, but since golf this time.
Wednesday, November 10 we went to see a match of the San Antonio Spurs at the AT & T Center. For non-sports, the Spurs basketball team is the San Antonio and participates in the NBA championship. The best basketball player I plays French named Tony Parker. As you can imagine the stadium is huge and has a capacity of 18,500 people. The match lasted 4 quarts originally time of 12 minutes but there are so stop playing it finally lasted 3 hours. At each break, or downtime, there is a competition of shooting, a distribution of t-shirt, the band plays at the university, or on the Pom Pom Girls. Is more than a basketball game, it's really a show to America. We had
tickets at $ 5 through the DLI (school). At that price we were well on top but all our surprise we still saw a beautiful field. Finally, the Spurs have won against the Los Angeles Clippers 107-95.
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