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Offline rogwar

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« on: September 28, 2003, 09:03:14 PM »
Went this Sunday....

All in all excellent but you could tell a reduced military presence. Blue Angels were great as always. Has anyone seen the historical commerative flight. Was a P38, P51, and F16 in formation....almost brought a tear.

That ORACLE plane was way cool as well. Had tickets to the Flight Line Club which is a great place to watch the show.

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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2003, 10:37:04 PM »
Rogwar,

Had a commemorative flight at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson this year. There was an A10, P51 and a F15. The stang sure looked small up there with them. They made the formation flying look easy for 3 passes. :)
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2003, 12:01:11 AM »
Was "Gunfighter" the -51 in either show?

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« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2003, 12:34:04 AM »
We were there Saturday. Loved every bit of it. Especially the F18 demo. We had a Flightline table as well only way to go.

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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2003, 10:56:21 AM »
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We were there Saturday. Loved every bit of it. Especially the F18 demo. We had a Flightline table as well only way to go.


Did the F-117 make it on Saturday? It didn't on Sunday.

I am thinking of going to Dayton next year.

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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2003, 10:57:17 AM »
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Was "Gunfighter" the -51 in either show?

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There was a P-51 from somewhere but I don't remember where from....

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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2003, 12:09:13 PM »
Was it this one?

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« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2003, 12:59:37 PM »
I dunno Rogwar, we missed the first hour of the demonstrations, and the schedule saturday seemed to be running ahead about an hour.

Toad, it was a Cavanaugh Flight Museum 51 I do believe.

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« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2003, 01:35:48 PM »
I believe the P-51 was this one...

http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/Aircraft/P-51/Page1.html


I talked to a friend who went on Saturday and the F-117 didn't make it then either. They didn't have a B-52 this year as well.

How did you like the 777? I fly on those a lot!