AirVenture 2017 - Airshow
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| I watched the airshows Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon. The first day is always good because I haven't seen an airshow in awhile. Especially a formation of 22 T-34s. |
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| Or even more, including a B-17. |
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I always like the "flying farmer" routine. It's a normal airplane doing crazy things close to the ground. I try to imagine flying like that. No way, jose. I'm nowheres near that good. In this case Kyle Franklin imitates a drunken spectator who runs out onto the ramp and goes joyriding in a Super Cub. At one point while flying, his wingtip scraped the ground!
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It's not often you see a regular airplane in a steep dive like this so close to the ground.
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| Bill Stein cartwheeling in his Edge 540. |
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| The Twin Tigers sporting a neat paint scheme in their Yak 55Ms. |
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| Now those are two wild and crazy guys! |
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| John Klatt's Screamin' Sasquatch Jet Waco. |
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He's going vertical!
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So how does one mount a jet engine on to a Waco?
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A heritage flight dedicated to the late, great Bob Hoover made up of the planes he flew the most: an F-86, P-51, T-28 and Shrike Commander.
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| People would stake our their spot on the flightline well ahead of the afternoon show. |
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| This was new to me -- the new big screen on the flight line. |
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| The AeroShell Aerobatic Team performs an overhead break. |
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The great Sean Tuckler taxiis by in his Oracle Challenger III.
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| Sean Tucker goes by after doing his show. He is retiring from performing his solo aerobatic routine this year. |
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A few people watched the airshow from these inflatable couches. I bet they didn't last too long; must be hard seeing through your closed eyelids.
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| One of two RV-8s in the Redline Aerobatic Team. |
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| There's the other one. |
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The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team at the top of a formation loop.
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Gene Soucy and Teresa Stokes doing their wingwalker routine in the Grumman Showcat.
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Better picture of Teresa on top of the wing from the EAA website.
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| T-28s looking good in a formation pass. |
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Wednesday night featured the night airshow and I must say, it was the best I have ever seen.
It started out with the Paradigm Aerobatic Team consisting of six powered paragliders. They really put on a show at twilight, weaving in and out of pylons on the ground or wifferdilling up higher.
Someone not knowing there was an airshow must have thought sure they saw UFOs.
I don't have the equipment (or expertise) to take pictures at night but I must say the Jon Thocker in the RV-8, Bob Carlton in the SubSonex, and the AeroShell Aerobatic Team were spectacular
with their pyrotechnics lighting up the night.
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Just at the end, the rain started coming down, so we watched the finale fireworks from underneath the awning at the homebuilt headquarters.
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| Better picture of the fireworks downloaded from the EAA website. |
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| Friday airshow spectators were on hand in abundance. What were they waiting to see? |
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It's the Blue Angles! First time ever at AirVenture.
Notice how the flight show line is moved back from what it normally is.
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Yeah, I actually took this picture.
It never fails to impress me how close the Blue Angels fly.
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| That's just crazy close. |
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Do you know how hard it is to keep a straight line flying line abreast like that?
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I really liked the way the Blues broke for landing. Each one would pull up 20-30 degrees or so, hold it for a second, then really break hard and up to the right. We'll have to try that in the RVs next
time we fly. |
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I downloaded this great pic off the EAA website.
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| Cool shot of two Blue Angels flying with a B-29. |
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| Blue Angle formation flies directly over the Airshow announcing booth. |
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| Now this is a great place to watch the airshow from! |
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