Hello everybody. Just found this site today when doing my annual look for any & all info on the Jones Beach airshow :D There is going to be a Coney Island show as well?! WooHoo!
I was REALLY hoping to see the F-22 again this year... that show was amazing when it was here in '08. To me, it's not the prettiest plane to look at, but man can it perform/maneuver! And its' LOUD!! I want to hear more 'Thunder' at this show :borat:
I live very near to AAM/Republic & pass by frequently. I volunteered one summer at AAM back in '05, it was a great experience. I often wonder what it would have been like 60 years ago to hear squadrons of freshly built planes flying overhead... sigh. I miss the F-14 as well, I lived out in Baiting Hollow briefly & was right in the flight-path of when they would test planes from the Grumman facility in Riverhead... I loved that :).
You guys have some amazing pictures posted here & in the links you've provided. It sound like some of you are the pilots on some of the warbirds hosted in the area? I want to learn to fly, and have taken a few lessons, but I never seem to have both the time & the money at the same time, lol. Someday I hope to have the extra $$ to get a B-17 flight, that would be awesome!
Anyway, nice to read all of your posts & hope to see you around!
Bill
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