OT: Buckley AFB "Thunder over the Rockies"

[Skopro_PL]

Well i plan on attending both days if i am able.I was trying to see which of you

were planning on attending,i know theres a few of you guys on here that live in Colorado.Oh the show is june 2/3. Dont know what displays they will have.

[hitman]

Hmm...Ill be at Ozzfest in Denver whenever that is...lemme check dates with you cuz I want to see an airshow too.

[Skopro_PL]

I think I'll be there for one of the days anyway. I'll see what I can find out about who and/or what will be there.

 

that would be nice, cant seem to find anything on their website that even suggests there is a show.

[Skopro_PL]

yeah i sent n email to the PA at Buckley wanting to find out if theres anything going on,havent gotten a response yet.

[Maximus]

there's rockford air show going on (about an hour west from chicago) on this weekend, blue angels will be present.

[Skopro_PL]

there's rockford air show going on (about an hour west from chicago) on this weekend, blue angels will be present.

 

yeah i know,was supposed to go to that actually,but $$ got in the way,some of the VBA guys r going..

[Maximus]

I'll be there at sunday morning until around 2pm.

[Skopro_PL]

sweet..thnx. Hoping that somethings going on,otherwise im gonna be upset at some site for posting BS "and no thats not Black Shark" :D

[Arthonon]

I did a search over at fencecheck.com and found nothing. They're usually pretty good about getting that sort of thing posted, and the only references I can find online are from air show sites listing it, but none have a link to an official page.

 

Searching the Buckley site turns up nothing as well, so I wonder if they canceled it this year. I know Elmendorf's Arctic Thunder show has not been scheduled for this year, and is only going to be held every other year.

[hitman]

With the Air Force Academy Graduation coming up here shortly, theres bound to be a few airshows nearby since the Thunderbirds will be here. Ill look into some here shortly.

[hitman]

Suggested routes to Peterson Air Force Base air show

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 28, 2007 - 1:10AM

 

 

If you're headed to the Peterson Air Force Base air show Saturday, air show and airport officials suggest the following routes to keep traffic snarls to a minimum:

Front Range Air & Space Day

When:

Today

Where:

Peterson Air Force

Base Times:

Gate off Marksheffel Road will be open 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; the west gate, off of Powers Boulevard, will be open 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Performances will be 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Activities:

Air show featuring the Air Force Thunderbirds, F-18 Hornet Demo Aerobatics Team, F-15 Eagle Demo Team and other airborne entertainment; children’s activities, country music and food booths.

Cost:

Admission and parking are free

Traffic:

Heavy traffic is expected; allow plenty of time to get on base — or around the base if you are traveling through the area.

Airport:

The Colorado Springs Airport will remain open and flights are expected to leave and arrive on schedule.

 

 

Guess that means the air show is over.... :( and to think I was wondering why there were T-38's flying strange formations here the other day...

[Skopro_PL]

thnx for asking around..its a shame,would have liked to see a show.Some of the sites that have it listed need to do a better job of checking before posting.

[hitman]

There will be a fly in at the Rocky Mountain Regional Airport this saturday...I found this out from the Redstone College campus there, and I will be attending this weekend.

[Skopro_PL]

it says that this will be the 23 & 24 of june not this weekend.

[hitman]

I could be wrong, but the administrator I talked to said it was the 10th.

[Skopro_PL]

Well,i thought this was appropriate without posting a new topic,anyway,i just came back from the front range airshow out by DIA,was nice, had some nice planes there,west coast demoe team was there with a 15,CO ANG had one of their vipers there along with a couple ofther older jets, http://www.rmrfi.org/airshow.htm im probably gonna end up going again tomorrow if any of you in the area wanna go,the airport is 6 miles SE of DIA..let me know if you guys r interested in going..

[Skopro_PL]

no,i dont recall seeing that bi-plane,lthough i did get there an hour after the show started,and saw a bi-plane,but it wasnt the one you talk of.I did see the DA40,but just passing it by,i did check out some new twin engined aircraft i havent seen before,looked like a 4 seater-twin engined Katana of sorts,don't remember the manufacturer though,one surprise,i can say,was a cf-41 (ct-114) "tutor" i think the serial was 336-337 or something like that,dont really remember,but i can tell you that it had the snowbirds paint scheme(minus the actual snowbirds name,logo) but everything else was the same,maybe a former snowbird?,who knows i may have been seeing things as i was out in the sun for a while(got sunburned),overall there were some cool things to see,like the DH-112 "venom" flying with a t-33a,can tell you that the venom was way cooler then the t-33, although they are quite some years apart of course,but the venom did some really nice high speed passes.B-25 was nice to see along with a pony that did a heritage flight with the 15,they did say there was gonna be a viper demo from CO ANG,but they didnt do it today,tomorrow,they said,so i might have to check that out as well..would have taken pictures,but i dont have a camera..

[Skopro_PL]

no,it had a very pronounced serial number,also it didnt have the snowbirds written on it.I didnt end up driving out there today,had to help friend move,by then i was already tired from being out in the sun,and i dont think that i could have handled being in the sun since i already pretty burned.