AZ Airshow
18 March, 2007



Today was fun. I found a new game to play! It's called "Let's make Hagen turn green with envy". It's very easy to play but endlessly entertaining. All you have to do it go to an airshow while Hagen goes to work. It's even better if you can call at 7am and wake him up with the sound of a Viper going past in the background! In other words, I spent a day out at the 2007 Arizona Air and Space airshow at Davis-Montham Air Force base. The show itself was fantastic, one of the best that I've been to. The airline was busy all day, the Blue Angels were there, the A-10's based at DM did a bombing and straffing run and even the static displays were impressive. All in all, it was a good day!

Sorry Hagen!



Movies:


These are all pretty simple and were just taken on my digital camera without sound. They at least give you an idea of what it looked like!
NOTE: Be warned that these files are HUGE and may take a while to download.
Acrobatic Bi-Plane 1
Acrobatic Bi-Plane 2
F-117 taxing out (sorry about the kid's head interuption - she jumped up and hit me)
F-117 fly by
Heritage flyby taxing out and F-117 fly by



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All airshows should have screens like these -
they make watching the show so much easier and much more enjoyable!
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The Blue Angels!
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The Air Force Reserve Bi-Plane acrobatic display.
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My favorite shot of the day!
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The Golden Knights Army parachute team
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The Red Bull acrobatic display
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The "Double V"
as flown by the Tuskagee Airmen
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There were 2 F-117's there - one static and the other one did a flying display.
Yes, I have a thing for them.
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Getting ready to taxi out.
It spent longer going through pre-flight checks than it actually spent in the air!
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Yep, they look even better in the air!
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A refuleing flyby
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Part of the historic flyby
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The A-10's did 2 straffing runs . . .
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. . . and a simulated drop of a 500 lb. bomb!
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A smoke ring made by the straffing runs.
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Let's start the static displays with my christmas wish . . .
an Apache Longbow
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I'm yet to go to an airshow without a Hornet!
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One of the DM A-10's
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The "business end" of an A-10
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My feet look fine, right?
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Until you see them without shoes on . . .
that's what an AZ airshow can do in a single afternoon.