The airshow opened with a fly-over of a large flock of RVs | The formations are lots of fun to watch | ’copter | Arrow formation | Getting a little raggedy in the middle ☺ | Biplanes, including a Staggerwing |
The showplane flight line | Eurocopter EC120B | Yak taxis for its performance | TravelAir tail (the biplane, not the twin) | Another angle of the Staggerwing | Lockeed 12A taxis past the judges stand |
VariEze | Aviadesign A16 amphib light-sport airplane | The Rutan flight line | Navion with Canadian registry but USAF markings | Howard DGA-15P | We found a friendly wing to shelter under during the air show |
Loop | Coming back down | Low pass | Flynn and Guinness watching the near-miss maneuver | Flynn uses the binoculars to get a better look | Rolling around each other |
Low pass, no smoke | The helicopter demonstration team is very impressive | Moving into position | Zooming back up | He’s on a roll | Flynn and Guinness weren’t the only kids around, of course |
All the performances fun to watch, but the two-aircraft shows are especially exciting | Downhill | Formations between dissimilar airplanes are particularly challenging for the pilots | Solo | Alpha Jet | Slow, low approach |
Innaias and frisbee | A pair of Cessna O-1 “Bird Dog” observation planes | Ryan Navion | Nanchang CJ-6A “NOT A YAK” | On the other hand, this one is a Yak | T-6 Texan |