Indianapolis Airshow 2007 Options

[hishow]

Just got back from Indy's Friday practice show. I arrived about 2 and nothing really happened until the Blue Angels at 3, which started with Fat Albert's demo, based directly out of Mt. Comfort. The Blues flew in from Indy Int'l and they looked sharp. They performed the high show, even though there were a few clouds under the top sides of their loops, but those cleared out about halfway through the show. Winds were also steady at 45 throughout the show. The Diamond looked really tight despite the high winds. The #4 jet did not fly, replaced by the 7 jet. I thought there was a rider along, but couldn't tell for sure. JB had to depart before the Delta Pass in Review at the end of the show because he was low on gas.

After the Blues, the Sky Soldiers did their demo, but it kept getting interrupted by the arrival of static display a/c, including a T-45 and two Ospreys (one was a demo a/c). Overall it was a good practice show, was really pleased with the Blues, and good to see the Ospreys arrive. Looks like there might be rain for Saturday's show. I don't think I'll make it back up there this weekend but I'm glad I got to see the practice. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Best,
Mike.

[Rob Reider]

Mike -

Sorry you got there so late. We started flying at about 11:30. Tim Weber, Mike Wiskus, and the Tuckers flew. Eric Tucker's doing a great job. Yesterday I did a photo flight with Brian Norris with a photographer from the Indianapolis Star with Sean and Eric doing some GREAT formation work. What a team thos guys are. pretty darned amazing.

There'll be a lot of good stuff tomorrow IF tonight's rain doesn't ruin the parking lot or anything on the ramp. Weather might not be great until noon or so but if the organizers are good, they'll swap things around to make things work.

BTW, I'm told that the Boeing Tech Rep was in the back of #4 (7).

The best weather for the show will probably be on Sunday.

See you all there?

Rob

[Flyin Illini]

i wont be there now, i coach high school football and all this rain and thunder cancelled our game until tomorrow and i cant go sunday cause of house cleaning:(. So ill see some of you in Terre Haute and Columbus! Oh and get some great shots of the Helldiver for me, i love that bird:)

[Texas Birds]

i wont be there now, i coach high school football and all this rain and thunder cancelled our game until tomorrow and i cant go sunday cause of house cleaning:(. So ill see some of you in Terre Haute and Columbus! Oh and get some great shots of the Helldiver for me, i love that bird:)

Mike

I too like the Helldiver and hope to see some pics posted. It doesnt fly very much these days and is a real treat to get to see. Hope the weather holds out for you all!!

Dave in Texas

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[blueangelsfan]

I love the Helldiver.

[curly]

I wanted to get to the show but I am about 6 hours away. If anybody gets any good shots of the V-22 Ospreys, could you share them as that is why I wanted to go.
Thanks

[Tomcatboy48237]

Well I'm watching the webcast (couldn't make it this year ) and I just saw ASBer hotreds!

Ryan

[Nate Burrows]

I'm really liking this webcast, the simulated scream during Greg Shelton's act made me jump since i had the volume up.

[Andy NIxon]

Sean Tucker and Eric Tucker flying a formation flight very cool

[Nate Burrows]

Im glad to see the Virtual Army Experiance is back up after the little problem they had in the Quad Cities that costed $100,000+ in damages.

[Nate Burrows]

Good show going on right now, the selection of warbirds i awsome. I'm going to try and make it to Indy next year.

[thomas laskowski]

where can i get the live feed at??

[Tomcatboy48237]

Click the banner at the top.

http://www.wthr.com/

Ryan

[Nate Burrows]

even though it happened a while ago Rob great job putting that plug for airshowbuzz right before David Martin, right now sky soilders flying.

[thomas laskowski]

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man this sucks....and i tried gettign the media player 11 but the link to tthat down...man!

[warthog]

Great to see Fat Albert/JATO back in action . . . . even if it's only on the NET from Tampa, FL!

[Nate Burrows]

What ever is causing the audio to sound like someone is making farting sounds into the mic, i wish i would stop. If its the mic acting up for the blues i think they should switch to the Green Mic.

[Nate Burrows]

Blue Angel 4 is missing Edit: I guess Blue Angel 4 was missing just for the Dirty Overtake, but is back for the double farvel.

[warthog]

yeah, the static during the Blues' performance was unbearable! It wasn't there prior to their show. Hey, they even stayed with one of the solos and got the sneak pass all the way through. Nice!

[richard7]

Not bad for a streaming air show! The warbids were a great sight - like that German JU craft. Other than the Blues, no real modern day military. I noticed the Blues flew in, but didn't take off right at the airport - I guess the runway isn't long enough? Similar to Quad City - saw an airshow there one year and the Blues came in from another airport. One of the best parts of the Blues' performance is seeing them take-off right in front of you in formation and then seeing the solos doing their thing.