Air Fest 2007 - part 2: statics

[beaky]

Quite a few interesting residents and visitors- all operational, as far as I know...

Never seen a V-22 before; seems to be a helicopter that, in its shame, has tried to become an airplane.  It's not fooling anybody.  ;)

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One of several KC-135s based here... I didn't go inside this one.

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I was tickled to find a T39 here... love these things.

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Another one I didn't enter... a helicopter so enormous it demands respect. ... the mighty Super Stallion.

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Good to see a capable old Hawkeye that is not a crusty museum piece:

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Likewise one of two sun-bleached Buckeyes.

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A F-5 done up in Cold War "adversary" colors:

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A helicopter that doesn't assume it's worthy to carry human beings aloft: the  unmanned Boeing A160 Hummingbird.

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A "gummint" King Air- not sure what it's used for, but it sure is a nice one.

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And oh yeah, they had one of these things lying around... guarded by a USAF security guard with an M16... must be of some importance.

Tragically, boys and girls, this exotic beast did not fly in the show... too bad.

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BTW, whirlybird lovers: I will be giving the humble helicopter its due later in this series...



Next: Let's tour some statics!!

[Willit Run]

Great shots, Sean in the first two of many posts of Air Fest 2007 Air Show I hope!!

[beaky]

Great shots, Sean in the first two of many posts of Air Fest 2007 Air Show I hope!!

 But, that was a cruel, cruel thing you did to me!!
 Calling on the phone and to say " Hey listen to this " as the Blue Angel's F/A-18's goes over!!

 
Admit it... it made your day.

Oh, did you meet up with Kevin?

 Cory

No... he and the kids had to turn back. By the time they got parked, there was a line about 1/2 mile long to get in... I think they hung around in some shady spot outside the fence for a while... I was going to call as I was leaving, to try to meet up at least for a handshake, but I had to drive the crew back to the hotel, etc... totally forgot.  :-[

[Mobius]

Nice Raptor.

[C]

Nice King Air...

[Serpent_6]

Nice series  8-) So many great planes over there in the USA
Looking forward to the rest.

[Hagar]

Excellent stuff. Well done old chap.

[Omag 2.0]

Fantastic variaty! Great shots... I've got to admitt that the Super Stallion looks amazing!

A great day out for you Sean! Thanks for sharing...

[Willit Run]

Yeah, your right!!  Hearing the sound of them going over ( even though it was over the phone ) was pretty cool!! 8-)

Shame you didn't get to meet up with Kevin.

[Roughrider]

Great shots Sean, I fell asleep waiting  for them last night.  ;D

[ATI_7500]

Nice Buckeyes and T-39.

[F3Hadlow]

Some very interesting types there. 8-)

[Tom...]

Nice shots,but i think that is the F-5s normal painscheme as the Naval Aggressor Squadrons have paint schemes like that

[F3Hadlow]

Nice shots,but i think that is the F-5s normal painscheme as the Naval Aggressor Squadrons have paint schemes like that

Correct indeed.

[beaky]

Nice shots,but i think that is the F-5s normal painscheme as the Naval Aggressor Squadrons have paint schemes like that

Correct indeed.

Isn't the red star a little outdated for that?
Or is it supposed to be a Chinese red star?