Pilots are rehearsed, ready for Saturday’s Children’s Day air show
Sky above Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport was the backdrop for exciting air shows on Thursday as the Royal Thai Airforce conducted a rehearsal for perfect performance in front of a crowd coming to celebrate National Children’s Day at the airforce’s Wing 6 Don Muang on Saturday.
From 8.15am to 9.05am, it was rehearsal time for the F-16 Fighting Falcon show, AU-23 Peacemaker show and Eurocopter EC725’s search-and-rescue mission show. Rehearsal time for the JAS 29 Gripen fighter aircraft show arrived at 2.30pm-2.50pm.
On the ground there was an equally exciting scene of “Fancy Drill” (or marching with the music) and a martial art performance rehearsal by students of the Air Technical Training School.
The air shows, “Fancy Drill” and martial art performances will all be held for the Children’s Day celebration at Wing 6 on Saturday from 8am to 3pm.
National Children’s Day is celebrated annually on every second Saturday in January to let children have fun and to create public awareness about the youths’ significant role in the country’s development. For the occasion, government offices including Government House, Parliament House and major military installations are open to children and their families. At military bases, children get to watch parades and shows and explore military vehicles on display.
