Sean Tucker Oracle Airshow

One item. It is one thing to do aerobatics. It is another to do them in
close formation with other planes. It is spoooky.

"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote

I don't know about the Thunderbirds, but there was a guy in the base ops
men's room at Nellis one afternoon with a magazine with some pictures of
Spears in it, and from what we were hearing outside the stall (and
laughing
like hell while we were in there) ,he was "performing" really well!!! :-)
DH


I don't know about this one, Dudley. How did you know it was a Magazine of
Spears?

You were there in the stall? Hmmm. BFG
--
Jim in NC

Dudley Henriques wrote:

"Chris Colohan" wrote in message
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The Thunderbird show seems to emphasize "look at how cool our planes
are", and not "look at how skilled our pilots are".)


You obviously know little about the Thunderbirds my friend :-)


It's been a few years now, but I remember seeing the Blue Angels and
the Thunderbirds in different air shows. I was impressed by the skill
required by both groups, but I felt that there was a significant
difference in the "showiness" of the two groups. The Thunderbirds were
very precise, sort of like a top band marching in a parade. The Angels
were (IMO) "flashier", like a band doing a football half-time show.

"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote in message
hlink.net...
I agree with you about the music. I don't like it for several reasons
mostly
involving the noise level attainable during the performance by the F16
both
in and out of burner and this interface with the crowd.
I have known several airshow demonstration pilots who used music to great
effect however; Scotty McCray coming immediately to mind as a perfect
example.

Think of it as a ballet.

"Maule Driver" wrote in message
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Hoover is my favorite. An "ultimate expression of the possible" is a
good way of describing it.

Second that.

Another would be the old "Flying Perfesser" (?) who did amazing stunts in a
J-3 Cub (haven't seen that one in YEARSSSS.)

OTOH, the TB's and BA's are not only demonstrating flying skills, but
aircraft performance at the other end of the scale.

"Doug" wrote in message
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One item. It is one thing to do aerobatics. It is another to do them in
close formation with other planes. It is spoooky.

Especially at high speed.

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote

I don't know about the Thunderbirds, but there was a guy in the base ops
men's room at Nellis one afternoon with a magazine with some pictures of
Spears in it, and from what we were hearing outside the stall (and
laughing
like hell while we were in there) ,he was "performing" really well!!! :-)
DH


I don't know about this one, Dudley. How did you know it was a Magazine
of
Spears?

You were there in the stall? Hmmm. BFG
--
Jim in NC

Nope. We saw him reading it before he went in.
D

"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote

Nope. We saw him reading it before he went in.
D
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Jeeze, D, you're no fun! I thought that would at least get a rise out of
you! :-)))

Oh well. I'll have to go heckle Montblack, or Jay. ;-)
--
Jim in NC

"Rich Lemert" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:

"Chris Colohan" wrote in message
...


The Thunderbird show seems to emphasize "look at how cool our planes
are", and not "look at how skilled our pilots are".)


You obviously know little about the Thunderbirds my friend :-)


It's been a few years now, but I remember seeing the Blue Angels and
the Thunderbirds in different air shows. I was impressed by the skill
required by both groups, but I felt that there was a significant
difference in the "showiness" of the two groups. The Thunderbirds were
very precise, sort of like a top band marching in a parade. The Angels
were (IMO) "flashier", like a band doing a football half-time show.

Hmm, from my observations over the past three years (Blues twice, T-birds
twice) I came away with the opposite opinion.

I wonder how much depends on how they "click" on a certain day. A
significant amount, I'll wager.
--
Jim in NC

On 2005-07-12, John Clear wrote:
To me, the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels fly an incredible and
amazing routine that is positively boring.

Standard Thunderbirds/Blue Angels routine:

Diamond takes off, disappears into next county.
snip next county

One of the best air force displays I've seen wasn't the Blue Angels, the
Thunderbirds, the Red Arrows or $OTHER_MILITARY_JETS.

It was the Jordanian Air Force display team. They came to our airshow a
couple of years ago.

They fly Extra 300s, IIRC. They remain within the airfield boundaries
and it's easy to see the entire display, and it is flown with great
precision.

The Thunderbirds would impress me much more if they did their big
display using Decathalons.

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