This air show runs April 2-7. Today the Blue Angels (US Navy exhibition team) arrived to practice. The first practice was to get all the ground landmarks they needed, then a few hours later a full routine practice.
It was sunny and about 80 degrees; a great day to sit in the grass and watch high performance airplanes for a few hours!
We also met a couple from Bangor ME, Pete & Mary. Mary grew up in Jonesville! One of the Lavanway family, we know some of her relatives, her father did some work for us once.
Smith came down from Homosassa and went to the show with us. It was a fine day all around.
The show was Awesome!
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| This is a prop plane, the jet version was in a 007 movie |
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| An early attempt at vertical take off. It didn't work out really well. |
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| Two photos of a twin P-51 Mustang. A late WW II innovation. |
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| The Army Golden Knights parachute team |
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| This C-47 "That's All Brother" was the first airplane across the English Channel on D-Day June 6 1944. And I mean this individual airplane! There is a plan to have her and 30 more C-47s fly to Normandy for the 75th anniversary |
AeroShell Aerobatic Team, flying T-6 Texans
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| At times the sky was full of airplanes! |
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| Julie Clark's T-34. This is her final season after 41 year career. She has over 34,000 hours of flight time, was the first female airline pilot. |
The Blue Angels, F-18
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| In this tight diamond formation they are just 18" from wingtip to the canopy of the adjacent airplane. At 400 mph! |
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