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jerslice
2009-08-30, 01:40 PM
I had my doubts about this show before I went. I had heard that the statics were a disappointment and the list of performers wasn't anything amazing. But boy did I end up surprised for the better!! All the acts were stellar - some of and in many cases, the best I'd ever seen. Here's some of my "A game" shots:

This F18 high speed sneak pass shot isn't my best and doesn't at all bear out the absolute hands down best F18 demo I've ever seen - and during pouring rain no less! This was beyond insane.
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OR ANG F15
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OR ANG F15
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Jelly Belly Kent Pietsch Cadet (fantastic performance)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3870675933_1741af7973_o.jpg

Sean Tucker and the Oracle Biplane
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Thunderbirds
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F18 touch and go
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3870676365_fdc154d5ee_o.jpg
cancidas
2009-08-30, 03:07 PM
nice shot of mr. tucker... i have a few very good friends working at that show.
MD-11
2009-08-30, 03:10 PM
Ok, after seen these pics, I'm eating my camera :o

Simply wonderful!!!!!
jerslice
2009-08-30, 05:03 PM
Thanks guys.

A couple more:

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-Hillsboro OR: In what can only be described as a bizarre policy decision via an unusual lapse of judgement, the Obama Administration has decided to crack down on the use of environmentally unfriendly cars via the reincarnation of Dick Cheney as Robosaurus. Now that's a bipartisan hiring policy!
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jerslice
2009-08-30, 05:26 PM
A link to the F18 demo - too bad he didn't include all of it.
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moose135
2009-08-30, 05:37 PM
Superb shots, Jeremy! I love the Thunderbird against the dark sky!
flyboy 28
2009-08-30, 09:39 PM
Judging by that landing, looks like the F-18 demo pilot just got off sea duty. :P Great shots!
Tom_Turner
2009-08-30, 10:44 PM
Nice shots Jeremy... What was on static display?

Tom
jerslice
2009-08-30, 11:09 PM
What was on static display? Not much really - a few A10's, a few F18's - F86, MiG, T6 2, Blackhawk?, B25, a few others that I forget. I mean it wasn't abysmal but for a military show it was sparse.
PhilDernerJr
2009-08-30, 11:35 PM
Very good quality, Jeremy! I love the Thunderbirds and that F-18 shot at the end of your first post. Killer.
Ychocky
2009-08-31, 12:35 PM
Sick, sick, sick.

Going to put down my vote for the first vapour filled F-15 photo, nice catch.

I need to get south of the border to one of these shows. I went to the Reading and Lehigh Valley Airshows when I lived in Pennsylvania as a kid, always good fun.

That youtube of the F-18 passes made me wet.

The Thunderbirds are flying F-16D's now correct?
jerslice
2009-09-02, 02:07 AM
F-16D's now correct
I believe so, yes. Though they may have a few C's?

My last little batch (promise!)

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Didn't know Dr Seuss designed an aircraft...
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