allis-challmers Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I am in Evansville IN and we are having our freedom fest this weekend. The Navy has a team of pilots that are awsome. There is six of them in this group. they put on a show for an hour and they are nuts. they have a formation that puts them 18 INCHES away from each other. they are going 400 miles an hour and only 18 inches apart. there was another one when they were only going 160 mpr. that is as fast as some cars go in Europe. I didn't know that you could go that slow in a plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinnieR Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 how 'bout the thunderbirds [img]http://www.highgallery.com/thunderbirds/Thunderbirds-unusual/Thunderbirds-unusual-LakePowell.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dspen2005 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 every year we used to have an air show during the Azalea Festival and the BAs would be in the air show.... now, we dont have an air show at this Festival... but in the fall, they come to Oceana Air Base and show off their skills... the TBIRDS are cool too, they've been here as well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I've seen the Blue Angels before during fleetweek in San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban711 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 yeah the blue angels are pretty sweet. i think i have seen them a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp2_rules Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 in Dayton, OH, there's a cool airshow every year. a year or two ago, they were celebrating 100 years of flight, and since Dayton is the birthplace of aviation (the wright bros lived there), it was a big deal. the USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels and the Canadian Snowbirds were all there. the French team was also supposed to come, but they couldn't. so yeah, it was really sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eremite Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Sounds cool. I went to the Air and Sea show once in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSW Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Yeah the blue angels are amazing. Usually they perform here in B.C. Canada at the Abbotsford International Airshow but last year they were absent. I don't think they'll be here this year but the Thunderbirds will be performing so that should be sweet. Never saw them live yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinnieR Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 i've never seen teh blue angels nor the thunderbirds i heard the blue angels are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picchick Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I saw them a few times. They're pretty awesome. Rei, are you wanting to join the Air Force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidei Defensor Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Ive seen both groups. We have an annual airfest here, and the blue angels or thunderbirds always perform. I live right by the airport (down the road) so i get a good view Our airshow was just last weekend, as a matter of fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinnieR Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 [quote name='picchick' date='Jun 26 2005, 03:05 PM']I saw them a few times. They're pretty awesome. Rei, are you wanting to join the Air Force? [right][snapback]624546[/snapback][/right] [/quote] i'm already in the air force i seem to get that a lot around here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionarybelle Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I've seen th blue angels and the thunderbirds and they are awesome!!!! they make me want to be a pilot and do cool stuff like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 The Chicago Air and Water Show alternates each year between the BlueAngels and theThunderbirds. Anyone who works downtown does not have a productive Friday afternoon before the show because they are at the windows watching them practice (I should know, as I had a window cube in the Merchandise Mart last year). Of couse, one of the coolest things was hearing them fly overhead at Mass one year right after communion - sort of a "fly-by for Jesus". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullnaChinaShop Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I saw them couple years ago at Pensacola Naval Air Station. That is where they are based and they always do a homecoming airshow in November. I also saw the Thunderbirds last year at Eglin Air Force Base. I thought both groups were fun to watch but without watching one right after the other I couldn't really say which one I tought was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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