serverandenforcer Posted March 13, 2010 Posted March 13, 2010 What I know that will definately not be showing are the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds. Apparently, at the last airshow we had, almost all the spectators left the base when the F-22 demo was done, and the Thunderbirds performance was after the F-22. So they were kind of pissy when they didn't have much of an audience to perform in front of. So when they found out that the F-22 was making another appearance for this airshow, they opted out. Too bad really. I kind of loved it when they buzzed our hangar at just a couple hundered feet AGL at mach. Pissed off our 1st shirt though... Quote
Lexx_Luthor Posted March 15, 2010 Posted March 15, 2010 (edited) The Thunderbirds will have to get some Rappers. Honestly, they need F-106. I'd like to see the Blue Angels upgrade to F4D. There's something un-earthly about a delta wing blotting out the sun, like a solar eclipse. I've seen the apparition before, long ago. ...almost all the spectators left the base when the F-22 demo was done,... We did the same thing, and for a far better reason. A friend and I saw one of the last flying apparitions of the F-106, back in Mississippie. It wouldn't fire up and the mech rolled out the aux cart to start it. After the F-106 landed, all the sheep herded over to await the Thunderbirds. We were the *only* ones to stay at the F-106 and we talked to the pilot and mech. Two men, one soul. They loved that plane no matter how old and squirly. After that, we left the show without waiting for Thunderbirds. Told the pilot/mech we had just seen everything. They got a kick out of that. When the F-106 lands, the air show is over. Never been to an air show since. If you haven't seen this, czech it out... ~1960 Flight Congress ~> Edited March 15, 2010 by Lexx_Luthor Quote
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