The Thunderbirds were supposed to fly at 3:00. We were thrilled to hear that they were starting the show 10 minutes early! Sadly, that early start ended in an hour delay after #6 had a hot start engine failure. They finally got it running, but after taxiing to the South end of the runway, the EGT's (exhaust gas temps) were not coming back down. They went for the backup F-16 but it had a fuel leak! The decision to fly with 5 planes was made and we were underway at 4:00.
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| Fire trucks racing to the South end of the runway! Not show, the brand new fire station built since we were last on base complete with 16 bays! |
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| Liftoff! |
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| Diamond formation. |
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| View from a 7 year old. |
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| Coming from the Southwest! |
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| Hard to see, but #3 was an F-16D (two place) and he was flying with a drop tank! |
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| It was an absolutely perfect day to have an airshow, temp was in the low 80's. |
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| Up. |
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| Over. |
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| #5 solo upside down. |
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| Perfect blue sky. |
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| Classic diamond formation. |
The pile of shit site also know as Blogger, won't let me upload any more photos today. Sigh... Let's try for part 3 tomorrow.
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