KROC 7/16 - Rochester Airshow 2011
Hi guys, I don't post very often, but I had the opportunity to attend this past weekend's airshow at ROC and thought that I would share some of my pictures.
It's about a 3 1/2 hour drive from the Albany area to ROC so my six year old son and I headed out Friday after work and stayed in a hotel so that we could get to the show as the gates opened.
Here are some of the acts from early in the show
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We had purchased the preferred seating so we got to watch the Blue Angels perform the pre-show routine.
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Blue Angel #2 up close
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Lighting conditions got worse as the show progressed. The show was conducted over rwy 4-22 and the seating area was to the SE of the runway. By the time the blues flew, much of their show was back-lit.
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Number 1 pitches up to land
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Taxiing in after the demonstration
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As always, the blues did a great show. I don't know that I'll be back to ROC in the future though - it's a long drive and I wasn't too happy with the back lit conditions.
In the future, I'll have to look for a different airshow to get in my airshow fix.
Thanks for looking,
Dan
