I visited Tokushima Air Station of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, 3 hours from my hometown by bus, with a group of veterans of the Japan Self-defense Force. The weather was clear and ideal for demonstration flights. Several kinds of choppers, a US-2 rescue flying-boat, a P3C antisubmarine patrol aircraft, and others were displayed.
There were lots of amazing things and what most impressed me was the movement of the AH-1 antitank helicopter. If once someone was targeted by them, he would never flee from them. Even John James Rambo, played by Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, would never conceal himself.
I was also permitted to get into the air traffic control room, where staff members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces were actually controlling not only military planes but also civilian planes. I learned that Tokushima Airport was used as both a commercial and military airport. I compared the actual radar screen just in front of me with the screen of an Android application of the Flightradar24 Pro on my smartphone. It was fun.
(Vocabulary)
rescue flying-boat 救難飛行艇
civil aircraft, civilian airplane 《航空》 民間機
commercial airport 民間機専用空港
There were lots of amazing things and what most impressed me was the movement of the AH-1 antitank helicopter. If once someone was targeted by them, he would never flee from them. Even John James Rambo, played by Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, would never conceal himself.
I was also permitted to get into the air traffic control room, where staff members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces were actually controlling not only military planes but also civilian planes. I learned that Tokushima Airport was used as both a commercial and military airport. I compared the actual radar screen just in front of me with the screen of an Android application of the Flightradar24 Pro on my smartphone. It was fun.
(Vocabulary)
rescue flying-boat 救難飛行艇
civil aircraft, civilian airplane 《航空》 民間機
commercial airport 民間機専用空港
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