World of Leion

This is the first time I have paid money for a visit to a exhibition.

This aerospace exhibition let me gain some insight on the cool technologies behind the flying men and heavy metals.

Me and my father left for the exhibition quite early and got to the Pasir Ris interchange to find a long long long long long long long long long long queue already formed up for the bus ride to the exhibition location. Though the queue was long, there were plenty of buses to load and cary the people over to the location.

The bus traveled along the same way to the Tekong ferry terminal. At Changi village, there was a road block. I see many huge tents set up and the bus was signaled to detour into the vacant carpark. All the standing passangers on bus had to alight while the policemen board the bus and inspect. The inspection was speedy and soon we continue on our way.

The bus went all the way to somewhere near the ferry terminal and made a U turn and we alight and need to walk quite a distance to get to the entrance, which is just opposite the ferry terminal. As expected, there was a long queue again to get in. This time, we need to be scanned for metal objects and bombs.

Though on map, the place seemed small, on the ground, the place is quite big. There were many tents for exhibitions. I saw many many planes here at the static display. Though there were some friendlier pilots around who talked to the public, there were also many not so friendly looking people within their own areas who shut themselves out from the public. Maybe they did better during the trade days. I don’t know. There were also many “shops” already closed and packing up or already gone when I saw them in the tents.

A big draw for the show is the flight display. I was looking forward to some nice synchronized air flight display by 3 or 5 planes . There was none. The planes came out one by one. I managed to get some pictures of the A380 airbus after nearly one hour of standing. This is the newest taxi by SIA. It is said to be able to carry 555 passangers.

After that, we went to the exhibition tents and collect some picture shoots.

It was a pity that I was too shy to talk to a Singaporean pilot when my
father requested him to take a picture with me. I should ask him about
his training…

My face is red. Think I am slightly sun burnt. There wasn’t much sun in this cloudy-going-to-rain day. I am surprised when I see myself in the mirror.

We went home around 3. After about 5 hours in there. This was to avoid the leaving crowd at 6. I must say the Singapore has done a good job in maintaining the secruity.
Hope I can get to see some pictures from the next airshow in November at China.