Disclaimer I don't own Winx club and all the aircraft that are mentioned belong to the company that manufactured them
set 2 weeks after Ancientix chapter 10
As Bloom and Selina arrive at the Gardenia aviation museum for the air show and head inside and activate their cameras
"Woah this place is huge," says Selina.
"Yeah it has to be for what is on display," Bloom jokes.
They reach a 4 engined freighter.
"The Boeing 377F stratocruiser is a cargo version of the Boeing 377 stratocruiser passenger plane that entered service on April fools day 1949 and was retired in 1963 and this one is wearing the livery of Epsilion airways that used it as a freighter in 1950," reads Bloom and she takes a picture.
As the pair walk through the museum and Bloom spots an 8 engined jet.
"The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an 8 engined heavy strategic bomber that replaced the B-36 peacemaker and this model is a B-52D," Bloom reads and Selina takes a photo of the heavy bomber.
The pair head over to a delta wing aircraft
"The Convair B-58 Hustler was a strategic supersonic bomber that could go mach 2 and which set the world record for the longest supersonic flight from Tokyo to London in 8hrs 35 minutes and 20 seconds, this record still stands today, this one is a TB-58A jet used for training" reads Selina who then takes a picture of the jet, the pair head over to a 6 engined jet bomber.
"The Boeing B-47E Stratojet was the 1st strategic jet bomber in the USAF and was retired in 1977 and this aircraft is wearing the livery of a RB-47E," Selina reads and after Bloom takes a photo of the plane.
"Now let's head outside" says Selina.
The pair head outside and see a line of Aircraft
"So what to look at that jet" says Bloom.
"Sure," says Selina as the pair head over to the first jet.
"The De havilland dh-106 comet passenger was the World's first jet airliner, This is the most built version of the comet, the 4c model, it could seat between 74-81 people but some with charter seating layouts could seat 119 passengers and the comet 4c wasn't retired until 1997" reads Selina who steps back and takes a picture.
As the pair head to a 2nd large jet
"The Vickers Super VC-10-1154 four engined jet airliner which entered service on the 29th of April 1964 and wasn't retired until the 20th September 2013, set the transatlantic record from the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a passenger jet of 5 hours and 1 minute which still stands today" Bloom reads from the info stand.
"This one is a type 1154 model which was a Passenger/Cargo plane operated by Paradise intercontinental airlines in 1969" Bloom reads as she gets a picture of the aircraft.
As the pair walk to a 4 engined turboprop aircraft.
"So what is this one?" asks Selina.
"The Vickers Viscount was the first turboprop commercial airliner that entered service in 1950 and was retired in 2008 and this variant is the type 810 which is a longer range version of the aircraft and this one is wearing the livery of United airlines," reads Selina who then takes a picture.
They walk over to the plane standing next to it
"The Bristol Britannia was a long range turboprop airliner that entered service in 1957 and this aircraft is a 321F model and is painted in the livery of RAF transport command" reads Selina and Bloom takes a picture.
The pair head over to the next external aircraft display
"The Lockheed C-121G Constellation is a military transport designation of the Lockheed l-1049 Super constellation Airliner, which came into use with the us military in the 1950's and wasn't retired until 1993" reads Bloom as she looks up to see a light aircraft flying overhead.
"So this Aircraft is a commercial airliner used as a Military transport" says Selina.
"Yeah" Bloom replied looking at the constellation airplane.
"What is this N121CP" says Selina.
"This aircraft is wearing the livery of Californa Pacific airways" reads Bloom who takes a picture of the aircraft.
Bloom then goes over to a taildragger transport plane as Selina leans on the info board
"The Handley page Hastings was the replacement for the Avro york transport plane and it is developed from the Handley page Halifax heavy bomber, this variant is the C3 model which can carry 50 troops or 20,000 pounds of cargo" Selina reads and Selina takes a picture of the Aircraft and notices Bloom near a large engined jet, Bloom heads over to the info board as Selina tries to find the perfect angle to get a photo.
"The Boeing 747SP is a shortened version of the 747-100 model which could carry up to 400 passengers with a range of 6710 miles and did 3 long endurance flights with the longest being 54 hours, 7 minutes and 12 seconds long" Bloom reads
"so who owned this one?" Selina asks.
"It's in the livery of Asian Pacific Airways, hey there are some stairs attached to the aircraft" Bloom spoke as she had an idea.
Bloom walks up the stairs connected to the door of the 747SP, with a brush filled with magic her outfit changes into a dark blue/light blue/white gown with a tiara in her hair and navy blue elbow gloves
as Bloom walks down the steps, keeping the camera floating next to her with magic.
She reaches the bottom of the steps.
"Konichwa Princess Bloom and welcome to America" says Selina smiling and bowing to Bloom
"Thank you Selina," Bloom says as the camera takes a picture of the 2 in-front of the 747SP.
"So this is your Black and white camera" Selina says as Bloom puts the special camera away in her magic.
"Yeah that photo we just took would look better in Black and white" Bloom said as she returned her outfit back to normal.
As the pair walk towards an area of Russian aircraft
They see a Tupolev Tu-114 and head over to it and Bloom reads from it's info board.
"The Tupolev Tu-114 Cleat was an Airliner developed from the tu-95 long range bomber and this model is tu-114D which was a long range version designed for flights to Cuba and it was the fastest propeller driven aircraft ever designed with speeds and had an excellent safety record for its 30 year service career until it was retired in 1991" Bloom reads, She snaps a picture of the Tu-114.
As she and Selina walk over to another 4 engined Russian turboprop
"The Ilyushin Il-18 was a 4 engined long range airliner which entered service in 1957 and is still in service today and this variant is an il-18i which can carry up to 122 passengers" Bloom reads as Selina snaps a picture of the Ilyushin Il-18i.
as the couple walk to a narrow-body Russian t-tail jet
"So what is this one?" asks Selina.
"The Tupolev tu-134 Crusty is a development of the Tu-124 airframe with its engines mounted on the tail and this model is a Tu-134a-5 and is wearing the livery of Aeroflot from the 1980's" reads Bloom.
"Something bothers me about this plane's tailplane," Selina says.
"Yeah what?" asks Bloom.
"The size of the tailplane is bigger than the tail of the 727's that I've seen fly over Gardenia every week" Selina groans.
"Ahh here it is" says Bloom looking through the info board
"The tu-134's tail was increased by 30% because on the 22nd of October 1963 a Bac 1-11 crashed during Stall testing and Tupolev made the design change in an attempt to prevent the deep stall condition that had downed the 1-11." Bloom says as Selina snaps a picture of the Tu-134a-5
As they walk to a Russian tri-jet and Bloom asks "so what is this then?"
Selina looks at the plane's info board
"The Tupolev tu-154 is a 1960's Soviet 3 engined medium range airliner that has a top speed of 606mph and this is a Tu-154m variant is in the livery of Paradise airlines which replaced their tu-154m with the Boeing 757-200's in 1999 and the Tu-154m was introduced in the early 1980's with more efficient turbofan engines and improved aerodynamic wing and had a range of 4100 miles when fully loaded with fuel" Selina reads as Bloom snaps a picture of the Tupolev Tu-154m
Bloom walks towards 3 widebody Russian jets with Selina following close behind
"I wonder how the museum managed to fit all these aircraft in over the Airfield" Selina spoke sounding a little confused.
"Well consider this was a former B-52, B-36 base in the 1950's it would have to have been big" says Bloom smirking.
As they walk over to the first widebody soviet jetliner
"So go on Bloom tell me a bit about this one then" says a smirking Selina
"The Ilyushin Il-96 is a shortened and upgraded long range version of the 1970's Il-86 passenger jet with more efficient engines and it can carry up to 437 passengers or 92 tones of cargo in its cargo configuration," Selina reads as Bloom stands behind her
"So what variant are we looking at?" Bloom asks
"This model is an Ilyushin il-96-400 aircraft configured to be a combi aircraft and belong to Epsilion airways until 2008 when the airline went bust and this aircraft was donated to the museum" reads Selina as Bloom snaps a photo of the jetliner
As they walk over to a large 4 engined jet freighter
"The Ilyushin il-76 Candid is a jet powered military airlifter designed to replace the An-12 cub turboprop and could carry 42 tonnes of cargo and is in the Livery of Infinity air cargo who operated the aircraft until 1998 when they replaced it with a Lockheed L-500 galaxy in 2002 and this model is an il-76TD the civilian variant of the Il-76md military transport" Selina read aloud while Bloom takes a photo of the aircraft and they head to the last widebody jetliner of soviet Russia
"So what can you tell me about this aircraft," says Selina as Bloom walks over to the info board
"The Ilyushin Il-86 was a short to medium range 4 engined soviet jetliner and the 2nd 4 engined widebody behind the Boeing 747 and was retired from civil service in 2011 but it remains in military service and could seat up to 350 passengers in economy class and it was said that Boeing traded podded engine design for titanium," reads Bloom
Selina snaps a picture of the Ilyushin il-86
"Well I'm getting hungry," says Bloom.
As the 2 fairies eat their lunch while listening to a group of singers in 1940's clothing
"So what are they going to play I wonder" Selina said as the singers start to sing bugle boy from company B
after eating their lunch
Bloom and Selina find the best viewing spot
the B-17, B-24, B-25, p-51d, bf-109g start their engines and taxi towards the runway as the Announcer says "for the 1st display the B-17, B-24, B-25, P-51 and Bf-109 will be recreating a Bomber intercept,"
The B-17, B-24, B-25 join up with P-51 and approach the airfield when a bf-109 comes in from the 10o clock position and the P-51 gives chase
"these 3 bombers a flying memorial to all the air crews lost during WW2," the Announcer says.
The 3 aircraft bank to the right and open their bomb bays and
after circling for ten minutes, the 3 aircraft each land, taxi back to their parking spots when the bf-109G roars across the airfield with the P-51 mustang right on its tail and as the fighters turn right when the Spitfire takes off from the grass and flies to the west end of the field
as the Bf-109 lands on the grass and taxies back to it's parking spot and the P-51 lands and taxis to it's parking spot.
The Spitfire roars across the field at 500 feet and pulls up to 5000 feet and starts to dive and rolls out of the dive and races past the crowd and climbs to 3000 feet and levels out and turns around and performs a barrel roll and after exiting the roll climbs again and performs an alieron roll and after performing the roll and circles and the Spitfire lands and taxis past the crowds who are clapping
"Now we have some Airliner fly bys and here comes 2 of them now" the announcer says
Bloom and Selina watch as a Douglas dc-6b and Douglas dc-7c Seven Seas flying in Formation come over the Field and the 2 aircraft turn around and the dc-6 lands and after it taxis off the runway and then the dc-7 lands and follows the dc-6 to its parking spots.
"Now form the Right side." says the announcer
a Lockheed L-1649A Starliner flies over the field and banks to the left and comes into land at the airfield
"Well we have 2 classic jetliners for you," says the announcer.
A Pacific airways Boeing 707-420 freighter flies in from the left side and then a dc-8-73cf flies form above and behind the crowd and banks to the right and continues it's journey.
"I wonder what airliners we'll see next." says Bloom taking a drink from a bottle of water.
The pair watch as a Douglas DC-9-14 & Douglas DC-9-32CF overfly the airfield in formation and turn to the left and head towards their destination.
They turn their heads and see an Asian Pacific Cargo A300B4-600RF fly over and it turns south.
Bloom and Selina watch as a Boeing 727-200 of Sierra pacific airlines comes in from the left side of the Airfield.
Just after the 727 has cleared the field
"I've heard form the tower that 4 Infinity air aircraft have been routed over the field and here comes the first of those now," the announcer says.
Bloom and Selina watch as an Infinity air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 overflies the field and it turns to the right and climbs away as an Infinity cargo dc-10-30f and 5 minutes later an MD-11F comes in form the left and after overflying the airfield they split off and return to their scheduled routes.
"Now the pinnacle of aviation technology so look to your right," says the announcer.
Bloom and Selina look to their left as an Infinity cargo Boeing 777F flies over the field and banks to the left.
A C-47 and C-54 taxi and take off and after circling and turn back towards the field.
"Now these 2 aircraft were used in the Berlin airlift and are flying as memorial to the 101 who lost their lives during the airlift," says the Announcer
As the C-47 and C-54 land as a set of trucks are moved into position on the grass
"Next up is a flyby from a Paradise airlines Boeing 757" the announcer says.
a Paradise Airlines Boeing 757-200er flies across the field and banks away to the right as Bloom spots a 4 engined heavy bomber coming in from the Right side
"Now it's our B-29 bombing run demo for you ladies and Gentlemen" the announcer says.
A B-29 flies and drops ordnance and the trucks are destroyed as Bloom whispers "fire come to me," and the fire leaves the burning trucks and heads over to where Bloom and Selina are and is absorbed by Bloom
"So I see there is a fairy in our audience today, I hope the fairy is enjoying the airshow and
an An-12BP approaches form the right and a parachute deploys from the back when a Military SUV jeep on crash pad hits the ground and skids to a stop and drives off
"So next up is an aeiral firefighting demonstration" the Announcer said as an Il-76TP waterbomber streaks in across runway 30L deploying a massive spray of water and it climbs out to the right.
"Now the Aircraft that has never needed any introduction, form your left side, now Parents cover your children's ears this will be loud" says the announcer.
The pair turn their head and a Concorde on runway 30R and the Concorde starts to roll down the runway with the roar of 4 rolls royce Olympus 593 turbojets, as it passes Bloom and Selina, the afterburners ignite and the Concorde shoots down the runway and the nose raises and the Concorde lifts off the runway and starts to climb out with a smoke trail behind it as it turns to the right and climbs out
They hear the roar of a jet and turn around and see a B-52H which makes 2 passes and turns towards home
"Well that was impressive now the final aircraft of the airshow" continues the announcer.
"What is Concorde?" Selina asked.
"according to the guide it's an Anglo-French supersonic airliner that could go Mach 2.04 at 60,000 feet but it was retired in 2003 but Tecna told me that some Zenith fairies were able to get one airworthy for this show" Bloom said as the Concorde roars in at 3000 feet and climbs away to the the left wherein it does a tear drop turn and lands on the runway and after decelerating to taxing speed, turns off the runway and heads to it's parking spot as the piston fighters and bombers all taxi to the runway and take off with the transport planes taking off a few minutes later and all the planes head south to form up as People begin to pack up their things.
"So what are they doing?" Selina asks as the sound of aircraft engines can be heard.
"I believe this is called the Balbo," Bloom says as the P-51, bf-109g and Spitfire leading the formation with the B-17, B-24, B-25, B-29 following behind with the c-47, c-54, dc-6b, dc-7c and l-1649a following behind the bombers.
Bloom and Selina head to the museum's restaurant for some dinner then after eating dinner
"I'm going to the gift shop" Bloom said.
"Okay I'll meet you outside when you're done" Selina says as she heads to get a picture of the Concorde
At the Museum gift shop
as Bloom looks around the dvd section when she spots a DVD about Jfk and Miami then she picks up a dvd which has highlights from airshows that happened in 1997, a airshow dvd from 1993, a dvd of the 1995 paris airshow and Bloom heads over to the counter and hands the 5 dvds to the cashier
"How much do I have to pay?" Bloom asked the cashier.
"That's 67 Dollars and 48 cents" the cashier says.
After Bloom pays the money and puts the dvds in her bag and heads outside where she finds Selina leaning against the rail
"So how much did you spend in total on that?" Selina says
"$67.48 Dollars," Bloom says sheepishly.
"Note to self never let you out of my sight when shopping" says Selina.
"So what did you get?" asks Selina as Bloom stores the dvds in her magic.
"I got 2 dvds which are about JFK and Miami and 3 airshow dvds from the 1990's" Bloom says as the pair transform into their Ancientix and Super Serpentix forms and launch into the air.
Later at their Gardenia home
Bloom and Selina sit at the table and Bloom and Selina looks towards the pacific ocean.
"It's moments like these that are nice," says Bloom.
"yeah" says Selina.
"So what did you think of the Air show?" asks Bloom stroking Selina's hair.
"It was great" says Selina sipping her Drink as the pair watch the sunset.
A/N
next time on the Winx club Ancientix
the Winx will meet the mysterious figure and learn his story but is he Friend or Foe
now this chapter is based on an experience of mine when I went to the Scampton air show in September 2017 with my dad and I spent 50 pounds on dvds
now to clarify the terms that featured in this chapter
the turboprop is basically a jet engine with a propeller on the front
a Freighter is basically the proper name for a cargo plane and a combi is basically a passenger plane and cargo plane in one
thanks to sani2341 for helping with this chapter
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