NAF El Centro Airshow '09 pictures

[Babalonian]

Took a long drive to El Centro today for the airshow.  Took a few pictures, not a ton, but enjoy.



























(I failed to get closer and better photos of these two, srry)

[Babalonian]

Ok, now im done uploading.

[Yossarian]

Very nice pictures, thanks for posting them 

[Babalonian]

Thank you & your very welcome.

[AAJagerX]

Great callsigns on the F-18...  Oompah and Eeyore.   

[TheZohan]

i remember CAF airshows back in the 80's got to meet pappy once

[Shuffler]

Still the Confederate Air Force to me though. That name only irritated weak minds.

Thanks for the pics. Always enjoy their shows at Ellington Field.

[Babalonian]

You're all welcome.  I dug up some youtube videos for the El Centro airshow this year and linked them at the bottom of my post (I haven't had a chance to check out their audio quality yet). 

I love going ot the airshows here in California, El Centro is the first one of "the season" out here and if I feel up for the drive (480 miles round-trip and dealing with a Border Patrol checkpoint... which is a helluva long line if the BP don't properly staff it after the airshow lets out), and it's not a zoo like the big ones located more centraly in metropolitan-SoCal (those are the ones I actualy avoid or only go to acompany some friends). 

Since it's now the start of the season and I'm already itching for another I need to start looking into and planning which airshow to attend next out here that would make a good day-trip in the spring/summer.

Further north in the state and twords the end of the season, I'm planning on attending the one in Redding this year too (my first time to the one there), take a week or so off and head to Trinity County and then take a day outa that to head over to the air show.


And now, more from NAF El Centro '09:

F-15E Strike Eagle Demonstration -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNhykSdLeyc

2009 El Centro B 1 + Fat Albert + 2009 Blue Angels Introduction -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT97UdYQhF8

Blue Angles 2009 El Centro First Show of the Year (this is some short clips from the actual show, see below for a more (and better) complete video from an earlier practice.) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGYFLOgia-I

Blue Angels Afternoon Practice - NAF El Centro 2/21/09 (insane and pretty much shows most of the manuvers they performed at the Air Show) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHPZhTwvWo

Random El Centro F/A-18 nerd stuff:
F/A-18 Super Hornet Fs (two-seat model, flown by VFA-211) and Gs (two seat electronics-warfare(jammers) model, flown by VAQ-129) recovering at El Centro on 2/21/09. 
F/A-18F - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDYUG_hf7Mw
F/A-18G - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4MpVlFDx9I