2010 Dayton Air Show (Click on pics for larger images)
Saturday I took my family to the Dayton Air Show. I had been there with my parents before, but it was a long time ago. This is the entrance gate.
This is the four AeroShell Aerobatic Team planes during there performance.
Another picture of the AeroShell Team doing one of there tricks.
This is the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster. It is one B.F.P.
Looking into the front of the C-17.
Kyle Franklin in the Waco Mystery Ship with his wife on the top. Someday I would like to get a plane like this and put my finance on the top :)
And another one of Kyle and his wife.
In this shot you can actually see his wife getting back into the cockpit. Blue Angels in the foreground.
The 6 Blue Angels lined up before their performance.
Blue Angel #6. This jet actually had some sort of trouble when they were taking off and they swapped it out for another Identical one.
Blue Angel #5 shortly before takeoff.
Backup jet #6, preparing #6 after the original jet had some sort of problem.
Video - The Blue Angels have a specific way that they board their jets, this video shows the procedure of boarding, firing the engines and the tests that they do before pulling away - 10 Minnutes
Finally they are in the air
Blue Angels performing, 2 inverted jets.
One of my best pictures of the day..
Jet #2 splitting off from the pack.
My other best picture of the day.
Video #2 - Blue Angels Performance - 4:35
Jets returning after performance.
Jet #1 pulling in after performance.
Jet #3 after performance
Jets lined up after performance.
Video #3 - Fastrax Skydiving, This was really cool, it was actually the first performance of the day - 6:00
Fat Albert, the support plane for the Blue Angels.
Fat Albert in flight over backup Blue Angel #6
One of the static planes that was on display. There were a LOT of planes that you could get right up to. The big ones let you walk through them and some of the fighters let you get up into the cockpit.
I don't know who this is, but this pic was taken right after this guy performed.
The MV-22 Osprey, half chopper, half plane.
Note the people standing under the wing, where there was a wing, there was shade, and where there was shade there was a glob of people.
Note the people standing under the wing, where there was a wing, there was shade, and where there was shade there was a glob of people.
The Flagship Detroit, one of the first commercial airliners from the 1930's.
Heart in the sky
One of the other static aircraft that were on display.
And another
Video #4 - Haven't had enough video yet? Ok, Ok, here is one last video. Various planes and jets performing. 8:11
One of the jets in flight.
Back In Time
An overview of a small fraction of the static planes.
The Dayton Airshow, Osprey in foreground, and performance going on in the sky.
Performer in background, Blue Angels in foreground.
This looks like fun. I'm a big fan of roller coasters.. this would be like creating your own coaster as yo go along :)
Another performer behind the Blue Angels.
There was no shortage of people even though it was 90 degrees outside and there was virtually no shade.
A State Patrol Plane
And one final picture of the Predator. One of the most valuble planes in the war against terror. Unmanned and deadly.