The weather was very chilly and with the wind constantly gusting, it made for a rather uncomfortable show (I felt sorry for the vendor I noticed selling snow cones, as I bet they didn't have any takers). It finally sort of warmed up around 2:00 PM or so.
The sunlight was very harsh for most of the day and it was tough for me to get anything in the way of a photograph on this trip that I was very happy with. The speaker system had some major issues for the better part of the show, too. The echoes were horrible (they didn't need to say, "Tora, Tora, Tora" as just saying "Tora" would get it repeated numerous times) and the speaker system seemed to have several connectivity issues, also.
The vendors were very reasonably priced at this show, which was a very pleasant change from most air shows I attend. Bottled water was $1.00 (at the gate as you came in, they were giving free bottled water for each attendee as we entered), large hot dogs were $1.00 and cheeseburgers were $2.50. They had plenty of vendors and the wait for food and drinks were not long. Plenty of Porta-pottys and no waits there, either.
The show was pretty good, also. Noise makers were the B1's, F15 and "Tora, Tora, Tora". Raggz put on a great show as usual, along with a couple of other aerobatic performers, too. I enjoyed the C17 and C130 demonstrations, too. I did feel like we were a bit further back from the flight line than normal, but if I had my way, I'd be standing at the edge of the runway.
Here's a few shots from yesterday.
