Thunder Over Michigan Airshow 7/7/07 *Pics added* 56K NO!

[nwafan20]

Well, I made it out to Thunder Over Michigan, 95,000 people there. It was AWESOME!!!! Blue Angels were great!

But for you WWII warbird fanatics, there was a 15 (yes... 15) B25 formation flight! All in all there were 16 B25's!

Have any of you seen Sean Tucker and the Oracle Challenger? He was amazing!

I have a whole bunch of photos, (831 to be correct, the most photos I have ever taken at one time), I will post a 56K warning when they are uploaded and worked on a bit... It might be a day or so

And NYC was very well represented, with American Airpower Museum bringing some birds, as well as Warbirds Over Long Island... Good job to both!

I also plan on attending tomorrow, so be ready for even more photos!

Here were the aircraft there:


US Navy Aerial Demonstration Squadron "Blue Angels"
United States Navy
ACC F-16 'Viper' East Coast Demonstration Team
United States Air Force
North American Aviation B-25D Mitchell "Yankee Warrior"
Yankee Air Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Hobbes"
Tom Reilly
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Briefing Time"
Mid Atlantic Air Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Betty's Dream"
C&P Aviation Services
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Lady Luck"
C&P Aviation Services
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Pacific Prowler"
Jim Terry
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Miss Mitchell"
CAF/Minnesota Wing
North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell "Miss Hap"
American Airpower Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Martha Jean"
David Wheaton/Blue Yonder Inc.
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell
Tom Duffy
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Axis Nightmare"
Tri-State Warbird Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Show Me"
CAF/Missouri Wing
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Yellow Rose"
CAF/Yellow Rose Wing
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Tondelayo"
Collings Foundation
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Panchito"
Rag Wings and Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Wild Cargo"
Fighter Factory
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Special Delivery/Doolittle Raider"
Lone Star Flight Museum
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Excaliber" [Aerobatic]
Pilot: Dale Snodgrass/Owner: Indiana Aviation Museum
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Shangrila" - Heritage Flight
Brad Hood
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Checkertail"
Nathan Davis
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Glamorous Gal"
Warbirds Over Long Island
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Petie 2nd"
Tony Buechler
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Gentleman Jim"
Jack Roush
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
Warbirds Over Long Island
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "No Guts No Glory"
Tom Duffy
Republic P-47N Thunderbolt "Jacky's Revenge"
American Airpower Museum
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hairless Joe"
Butch Schroeder
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter"
Neal Melton
Chance Vought F4U-5NL
Collings Foundation
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Yankee Lady"
Yankee Air Museum
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle"
David Tallichet
Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse
Marine Helicopter Squadron 361 Veterans Association, Inc
Douglas AD-5W Skyraider
Dr. Brent Hisey
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Tom Buck
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Paul Keppeler
North American Aviation F-86F Sabre
Warbird Heritage Foundation
North American (Rockwell) T-2B Buckeye
Warbird Heritage Foundation
Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-17F [Aerobatic]
Will Ward
Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros
Tim Brutsche
Douglas DC-3 American Airlines"Flagship Detroit"
Flagship Detroit Foundation
Douglas C-47D Skytrain "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Yankee Air Museum
North American Aviation LT-6G Texan "SCREAM 'N REBEL"
Jim Greeson
North American Aviation SNJ-5 Texan
Dan O' Connor
North American Aviation SNJ-5 Texan
Dan Schiffer
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Bob Pingston
North American Aviation T-6 Texan "MissTLC/Precious"
John Feldvary
North American Aviation T-6 Texan "Little Texan"
Ron Staley
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Chuck Marshall
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Roger & Margaret Schlueter
Vultee SNV-1 Valiant
Bruce Koch
Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper
Yankee Air Museum - Saginaw, MI Division
Stinson OY-1 Sentinel
Paul Draper
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
Chris Dackson
Boeing N2-S Stearman
Larry Barrett
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
Dave & Deb Groh
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
Pete Chestnut
Boeing N2-S Stearman
Joe & Fran Szymanowicz
Cessna 0-2 Superskymaster
Tom Wrench
Stinson V-77 Reliant
Yankee Air Museum
Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon - HM-15
United States Navy
Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II - 172 FS
United States Air Force
Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II - 172 FS
United States Air Force
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon - 127th FW
United States Air Force
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon - 127th FW
United States Air Force
Raytheon (Beech) T-1A Jayhawk - 71st OSS
United States Air Force
Raytheon T-6A Texan II - 8th FTS
United States Air Force
McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk - VT-9 "Tigers"
United States Navy
McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk - VT-9 "Tigers"
United States Navy
Oracle Challenger [Aerobatic]
Sean Tucker

[nwafan20]

Alright, I am going to add them as I edit and upload them.

DC-3 Flagship Detroit
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-6.jpg

Oracle Challenger:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7.jpg

Its FAAAAAAAAT Albert!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-1.jpg

T-6 formation:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-5.jpg

P47:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-4.jpg

Blue Angels, 1-4
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-7.jpg

Heritage Flight
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ThunderOverMichigan7-8.jpg

[hiss srq]

There is Celmers bud Sean Tucker!

[nwafan20]

There is Celmers bud Sean Tucker!

Yes sir, Sean was a cool guy, got to talk to him for a few minutes afterward.

[hiss srq]

Did you get to meet his assistant? He is pretty cool too.

[lijk604]

Great shots Matt! It looks like the sun was in the right spot and you had a great sky too. Looking forward to seeing more.

[nwafan20]

Well, I went again today!

I got to go up in a FedEx A300-500. That was pretty sweet, pics will be up shortly. I also sat in the engine, it was awesome!

[USAF Pilot 07]

Looks sweet! Where in MI was it? I was in MI the whole last week, just south of Detroit...

[nwafan20]

It was at Willow Run Airport, about 10 miles west of DTW.

http://www.willowrunairport.com

http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow/

[nikon50bigma]

I was at the show Friday and Saturday, IT WAS AWESOME!
Especialy on Saturday when I was in the photo pit/ photo tour.
I'll post pics later.
But it was great!
3k+ shots.

[nikon50bigma]

Here they are.
Note one of the Blue's planes didn't have a number for Friday.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan115.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan372.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan512.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan1051.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan158.jpg

[nwafan20]

Good shots! I will have to upload even more later.

You should have given me a call or something! I was there Saturday and Sunday

[nikon50bigma]

Yeah I should should have.
It was a nice show, were you in the photo pit?

[nwafan20]

Nope, not in the photo pit... I did not pay a cent to get into the airshow at all... :D

[nikon50bigma]

So how did you manage to get all those good shots?

[nwafan20]

Mad Skillz! :D Haha no, what photos are you wondering about?

Did you make it out to the FedEx A310?

[Derf]

Wow, I could only dream of being there....thank you for posting these great shots guys!!! Well done!

[727C47]

my wife flew the lead B-25 during saturdays show,my C-47 ,unfortunately was static display only this year.

[nwafan20]

my wife flew the lead B-25 during saturdays show,my C-47 ,unfortunately was static display only this year.

Whoa!!! Sweet! If you want, I have a picture of your wifes plane, I will just have to dig it up... If you could give me the Reg, that would help

And that was your C-47???? Thats sweet! I think I have a picture of it.

[nikon50bigma]

Yeah, what is the reg?
There were two C-47's there, there was AA DC-3 and another one.
I was about to make it to the A310 Fedex but I I decided to check out the Mig-17 and the F-86.
In general for all those shots nwafan, were you just in the general publuic area, or did you go on the other side of the airport?

[nwafan20]

Yeah, what is the reg?
There were two C-47's there, there was AA DC-3 and another one.
I was about to make it to the A310 Fedex but I I decided to check out the Mig-17 and the F-86.
In general for all those shots nwafan, were you just in the general publuic area, or did you go on the other side of the airport?

Technically the DC-3 wasn't a C-47, it was cavilian...

I was in the general public area, right next to the "Upgraded seating" for Saturday, and further down later.

[nikon50bigma]

Here is a couple more:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan2701.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan2813.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan1370.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z211/nikon50bigma/TerrorOverMichigan559.jpg

[nikon50bigma]

It was a great show, were you in the photo pit?

[nwafan20]

This was about where I was, where were you?

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p75/nwafan20/ScreenHunter_01Jul1422.29.jpg

[nikon50bigma]

The photo pit on Saturday. On Friday I was neae the A-10s

[nwafan20]

Where was the photo pit?

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Nice shots from the show. All those B-25's must have been amazing!!! Anyone looking to go to this show will be pleased to hear that they are returning to the old format next year which provides a more intimate experience and better photographic opportunities. I've done the Photo Tour and Photo Pit (green outlined upgraded seating) each time the past 3 years and just could not swing it with my trip to Europe 2 days after the show. I actually had a picture of the Seahorse I took published in this years program.

[nikon50bigma]

Here are four more shots on fencecheck.
http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... #msg151673 (http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php/topic,7082.msg151673.html#msg151673)