MI EXPERIENCIA FAMEX 2021 😱 ESPECTÁCULO AÉREO 😱 F5 SUPERSÓNICO 😱 C27-J SPARTAN 😱
Video from the channel Diego Barri about FAMEX 2021 (Feria Aeroespacial México), linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 8:27. Language: Spanish. Video type: Air show.
Event and team
Personal account of a visit to the Mexico Aerospace Fair 2021 on Thursday, 23 September. The event was held at Santa Lucía Military Air Base, north of Mexico City, where the future Felipe Ángeles Airport was being built. The author notes that the fair is biennial, that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador opened it the day before, and that 47 countries took part. According to the account, the air show was free with prior registration, and entry to the exhibition cost 350 pesos.
What you see
The video follows the trip to the base, the static display and the air show. Before take-off, C-27J Spartan aircraft and Mi-17 helicopters of the Mexican forces are shown. The display includes flying manoeuvres and paratrooper drops by the Mexican Army. At the end, the author walks around the ramp and mentions the presence of industry companies and educational institutions such as the IPN, the UNAM, the Monterrey Institute of Technology and the Conalep.
The aircraft on display
The author focuses on the Mexican Air Force's F-5, a supersonic fighter. He also shows the C-27J Spartan, whose main role is troop transport and paratroop drops, and a C-130 Hercules landing. Of the Mi-17, he recalls that it was built in the Soviet Union, that Mexico acquired it in the mid-1990s, and that it remains in service with the Air Force, the National Guard and the Navy for transport, medical evacuation and firefighting.