[flyXwire]

Heads up to fellow Sacramentans. http://www.californiacapitalairshow.com/

Partial list of aircraft:

Airbus A-300
B-1 bomber
C-130 Hercules
C-5 Galaxy
EA-6 Prowler
F-15 Eagle
F/A-18 Hornet
KC-10 Extender
U-2 Dragon Lady (Wooohoooo!!!)

United States Air Force "Thunderbirds" to perform!

[STARMAN 352ND]

That is going to be a blast......I just might go on Saturday ......Love the Thunderbirds too.
I wish a F-22 show up during the airshow.
JP

[PappyB]

I'll be there one of the two days, if not both -- and the f-22 is on the demo list (never seen one fly!)

http://www.californiacapitalairshow....performers.php

[flyXwire]

Just got back home from the airshow. What a wonderfull time me and the family had! Got to see my favorite a/c the U-2 Dragon Lady do the fly-by as well as the usual suspects: F/A-18, F-15E Strike Eagle (and a P-51 Mustang which flew side-by-side with the Eagle - an amazing sight to behold!), a couple of black T-38s,
and the biggest surprise visit by a B-2 Stealth bomber....wooohooo!!! To bad the F-22 Raptor was towed back in the hangar due to some problem. The Airforce Thunderbirds flew for about 15 minutes but had to return back and cancel their demonstration! I don't have any of the details yet so I'll update accordlingly. That was a bummer.

[Black 6]

Originally Posted by flyXwire

Just got back home from the airshow. What a wonderfull time me and the family had! Got to see my favorite a/c the U-2 Dragon Lady do the fly-by as well as the usual suspects: F/A-18, F-15E Strike Eagle (and a P-51 Mustang which flew side-by-side with the Eagle - an amazing sight to behold!), a couple of black T-38s,
and the biggest surprise visit by a B-2 Stealth bomber....wooohooo!!! To bad the F-22 Raptor was towed back in the hangar due to some problem. The Airforce Thunderbirds flew for about 15 minutes but had to return back and cancel their demonstration! I don't have any of the details yet so I'll update accordlingly. That was a bummer.

Hey Fly! Sorry to have missed you as PappyB and I were there too. Did you miss the the Raptor? I did an amazing display early in the show. As for the T-birds, their show was interrupted for about 30 minutes as one plane made an emergency landing due to a bird-strike. They got the show going again after bringing in one of the stand-by planes.

A good show overall (but it would be better if more Warbirds were included).

[PappyB]

The Raptor was indeed there -- and it was sure tough to keep in the viewfinder. Learning a new lens, most of the Raptor pics came out soft but here she is...

I took scads of photos, most of 'em went straight into the recycle bin -- air shows are tough to shoot (particularly for me) and yesterday's conditions were challenging -- hazy, hot, spots of overcast mixed with bright blue skies... did I mention hot (had to toss all my shots of the birds taxiing as the heat shimmer (that I couldn't seen in the view finder) distored 'em all...

I'll put all the shots online somewhere when I can for anyone interested, but here's some of the better pics I had of the Raptor .





gadzooks, sorry about that first file size

[STARMAN 352ND]

The F-22 pictures look great Pappy....I was going to go but forgot that my granddaughter was being baptized this weekend and had family up...
So it looks like i missed s good show....A bird strike on a Thunderbird ?? which plane got the bird strike ?
JP

[Black 6]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

....A bird strike on a Thunderbird ?? which plane got the bird strike ?
JP

I believe it was T-bird 6 Star. Also, it was the only female pilot flying that day too (correct me if wrong Pappy). After landing she took a standby plane up to finish the show.

[PappyB]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

The F-22 pictures look great Pappy....I was going to go but forgot that my granddaughter was being baptized this weekend and had family up...
So it looks like i missed s good show....A bird strike on a Thunderbird ?? which plane got the bird strike ?
JP

Thx Starman, was wondering if you were there (sorry we missed ya Fly!)

It was T-Bird 6 that got the strike -- was just starting a slow roll at show center and ended up just flying straight through and then going up to have a fellow t-bird check out her ride... Apparently there was no damage from the strike at all, just a "visibility" issue -- apparently hit the windscreen somewhere... rumor has it, anyways.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by Black 6

I believe it was T-bird 6 Star. Also, it was the only female pilot flying that day too (correct me if wrong Pappy). After landing she took a standby plane up to finish the show.

I thought T-Bird 3 is also a female pilot..
JP