Some of you have requested some pictures from last weekend’s Dayton Airshow, so I thought I would oblige you all.
In spite of the horrible ending to the day, it was a truly impressive airshow.
First off is the P-51/F-4/F-15 Heritage flight. The big celebration was to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the USAF
Next is my type of heritage flight, a F4 Corsair and Hornet.
The Osprey, and this is the CV-22 USAF version, put on an impressive demonstration.
There was a B2 flyby.
Another shot of the USAF heritage flight.
This is Jim LeRoy performing in his Bulldog biplane…
Unfortunately, here was his aircraft 2 minutes after I took the previous picture.
The show was stopped at this point and the Thunderbirds did not perform on Saturday. On Sunday, there were a number of tributes to Jim. He was an incredible performer and I have seen him every year for the last 3 (including at the beginning of April). I offer his family my condolences.
RIP Jim.
One interesting thing – notice that in the USN heritage flight, the Corsair is having to dive slightly, and the F-18 is having to mush a bit for them to fly in formation, whe it appears the P-51 is keeping up with the Rino and the Hen
do our B2s even bomb anymore, or do they just do flyovers?
Now that’s a great heritage flight!! I love the phantom in there….and ya, the P51 seems to be nosing a little, but then again, doesn’t he have to be b*&ls out just to stay above the others stall speed? (Hey, what do I know, I only flew M1′s hehehehe…okay, maybe 10ft but it was airborne)
The crash was sad, Godspeed Jim…my best to his family.
http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=10&page=181
B-2′s were definitely used in Afganistan
For each of those heritage flights, the prop guy was the lead. The picture of the Corsair/Hornet was as they were circling back around for another pass. The Hornet appeared to get a little fast as they banked around, but I did not have the best angle…
That Phantom resides here at Tyndall AFB Fla. I see it and there is another one painted up the same way flying around here alot.(the others have orange tails and wings) It belongs to the drone program at Tyndall,