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 Jun 13 2008, 06:57 AM
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Here are a few from yesterday. HAZER
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Jun 13 2008, 10:38 PM
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I was upset that the formation of the T-Birds, Blues, Snowbirds and Red Arrows for tonight's show made their pass before the gates were even opened.
The Red Arrows did an evening show for us tonight which I thought was amazing! Fat Albert, CF-18, Skip Stewart, Gene Soucy, Skyhawks, Les Shockley, Dan Buchanan all put on great shows as well. I left before the fireworks, but watched them as I drove back to my hotel.
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Jun 13 2008, 11:11 PM
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So how about that mixed formation pass? I guess they wanted it to be kept a secret even from the paying spectators.  Other than that it was a very enjoyable show. Even after being at the rearmost gate and having it open a while after the other gate, I was able to run and get a spot on the (surprisingly short) fenceline. We wanted to leave just before the fireworks so we could beat some of the crowd, but every time we got ready to go a new act would pop up! French narration and chatter on the scanner didn't clear much up. We ended up walking back while the fireworks were going off. I hope that the videos from tonight will come out as good as they appeared when I took them. For anyone going tomorrow, look for the AIRSHOWSTUFF.COM CAMERA CREW t-shirt. Ryan
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Jun 13 2008, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE(pawarrant @ Jun 13 2008, 10:38 PM)  I was upset that the formation of the T-Birds, Blues, Snowbirds and Red Arrows for tonight's show made their pass before the gates were even opened.
The Red Arrows did an evening show for us tonight which I thought was amazing! Fat Albert, CF-18, Skip Stewart, Gene Soucy, Skyhawks, Les Shockley, Dan Buchanan all put on great shows as well. I left before the fireworks, but watched them as I drove back to my hotel. If you think you were upset about that 4 team formation pass, you should have seen the other guys with the press passes. They wouldn't let us out on the field to photograph it. To make up for it though, they did take us in and had all 4 jet teams pose with one plane each. Photos of a lifetime. I was caught with my wide angle lens in the car and only a long telephoto on the camera, so the most teams I got in one shot was two of the four. Several of the other guys did get all four teams in one shot and I am sure they will post if they ever make it back to the hotel. No offense to Quebec, but they need to learn better large event traffic management. They only had one lane of traffic exiting the airport.
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Jun 13 2008, 11:49 PM
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QUOTE(BigRedDogATL @ Jun 13 2008, 11:11 PM) Several of the other guys did get all four teams in one shot and I am sure they will post if they ever make it back to the hotel. Here is the one you are talking about...
It is getting late and I must wake up early again in tomorrow. I will go to bed from now...
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Jun 13 2008, 11:57 PM
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That picture is amazing. Thanks for sharing! And of course no surprise the tbirds look the most professional 
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-Matt Sorensen
---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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Jun 13 2008, 11:59 PM
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they look professional on the ground but they are going to have to do something special in the air to catch up to what the red's did today!
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Jun 14 2008, 12:05 AM
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QUOTE(beech1994L @ Jun 13 2008, 11:59 PM) they look professional on the ground but they are going to have to do something special in the air to catch up to what the red's did today! Nah they look professional on the ground, in the air, anywhere! The Reds may have the best over all demo but the birds are damn good ambassadors for the U.S. I tell ya! And amazing pics threewire keep em coming.
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---2010 Air Shows---
May 22 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
June 26-27 St. Cloud, Minnesota (Blue Angels) (Completed)
July 17-18 Duluth, Minnesota (Thunderbirds) (Completed)
---2011 Air Shows---
July 25-31, 2011 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
August 13-14, 2011 Fargo, North Dakota (Blue Angels)
September 10-11, 2011 Lincoln, Nebraska (Blue Angels)
**Planning on a lot more shows for 2011 as well and hoping to make it a big year!
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Jun 14 2008, 12:05 AM
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It was a slow day for me photowise as I only took 1370 photos today. Here are the individual team photos I took: Snowbirds
Blue Angels
Thunderbirds
Red Arrows
Air Show Officials with Lt. General Watt of the Canadian Air Force
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Jun 14 2008, 12:17 AM
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Thanks HighFlyer! A couple more -- like I said, very preliminary. Need to get home and work on some (noise, specks, etc.)....
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