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Title: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Bob Hudak on March 06, 2013, 08:16:07 PM: Made me laugh.
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: wwwarbird on March 06, 2013, 08:18:47 PM: Ouch. I wish that was funny.
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Steve Helmick on March 06, 2013, 11:01:24 PM: I know there aren't anymore 'flyovers' at NASCAR and other outdoor sporting events, but does this mean that the "Blue Angles" (sic) and USAF's "Thudnerbergs" (sic) are no longer? Anybody heard for sure? :'( Steve
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Paul Wood on March 07, 2013, 07:20:23 AM: I believe the Thunderbird shows are cancelled after April. Haven't heard about the "Blues"

Paul
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Gene O'Keefe on March 07, 2013, 07:49:02 AM: Yes, all "Blues" and "T-Birds" shows are cancelled.
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Matt Colan on March 07, 2013, 08:15:45 AM: Quote from: Steve Helmick on March 06, 2013, 11:01:24 PM
I know there aren't anymore 'flyovers' at NASCAR and other outdoor sporting events, but does this mean that the "Blue Angles" (sic) and USAF's "Thudnerbergs" (sic) are no longer? Anybody heard for sure? :'( Steve

The Thunderbirds were here for the Daytona 500, but the ceilings were too low for a flyby (1200ft if I remember correctly)
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Avaiojet on March 07, 2013, 08:40:49 AM: Anybody got one of these? ;D

1978, took a bunch of CAP Cadets.

We all got a brochure and meet some of the Pilots.

Breathtaking for the young Cadets! Well OK, me too. #^

Charles
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Phillip Kenney on March 07, 2013, 08:46:18 AM: Having been to the Las Vegas race several times I would bet they will still do the flyover this weekend since Nellis is next to the Speedway. Hopefully Fox will show more of the fly over than they do sometimes.
Last weekend in Arizona the flyby was done by a Confederate Air Force B-17.
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: peabody on March 07, 2013, 09:29:16 AM: I thought the CAF was the "Consolidated Air Force"?
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Phillip Kenney on March 07, 2013, 01:11:06 PM: Ok, I missed the memo about the name change. Shows my age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: James Mills on March 07, 2013, 01:35:08 PM: Quote from: peabody on March 07, 2013, 09:29:16 AM
I thought the CAF was the "Consolidated Air Force"?
Yep, political correctness in action HB~>

James
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: peabody on March 08, 2013, 10:13:51 AM: Lefty Gardner flew his P-38 into Cleveland (Burke) once....my father and I went down to meet him...
Title: Re: Blue Angles Airshow this weekend
Post by: Paul Smith on March 09, 2013, 05:46:48 AM: As an X-Air Force pilot I know that every squadron has a monthly flying time budget that it meets to the last tenth of an hour. If they can do a stadium flyby within the budget it doesn't cost anything. At Reese AFB Texas they did flybys for Texas tech football games and it didn't change the budget a penny.

But the T-Birds and Angels road trip is another thing altogether. Those road shows cost huge money. In a time of belt-tightening to bounce the budget, air shows are a good place to cut. Also a round trip to Hawaii in a 747 for a round of golf.