April 4, 2025 - Sun 'N Fun 2025
Airshow
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| The F-35's routine was awesome. That single engine puts out some serious thrust (and noise). |
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The F-35 did a descending turn in a way I've never seen before. I think the computer allows the pilot to fly the jet on the edge of the envelope in a way that manual control never could.
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| The Redline Team put on an excellent show. |
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Ken Reider and son Austin put on quite a show. Look how close the two RV-8s are! Their wings are overlapping -- a lot closer than the formation flying I'm used to.
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| The Redline airshow including some ground pyrotechnicals. |
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| Both RV-8s are doing aileron rolls in close trail. |
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I rarely use my telephoto lens but it is great for shooting airshows.
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Nice!
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| The showpass finale; looking good! |
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| It's pretty amazing a show like this is done using homebuilts. |
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| Our seats were right at show center. |
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| Then it was time for the Viper Demo F-16 to fly. The F-16 was sporting a "throwback" paintjob -- how the protoype YF-16 looked when it flew against the YF-17 50 years ago. 50 years ago! |
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| While no jet does a bad airshow, I must say that the F-16 show looked dated and tired compared to the F-35. |
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