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  1. Gilles27

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    #1 Gilles27, Aug 15, 2008
    It's the 50th anniversary of the Chicago Air & Water show, so they added a third day. That means they were out practicing all day yesterday, and the jets are flying overhead right now. I LOVE it when the show is in town. We can see the planes from our deck, too!
     
  2. rollsorferrari?

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    #2 rollsorferrari?, Aug 15, 2008
    our air show was cancelled indefinitely, :(. however, the 82nd airborne was in town this week for their reunion, i was looking up and saw a bunch of parachuters, a cool site. however, i wish we still had a good airshow.
     
  3. GuyIncognito

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    #3 GuyIncognito, Aug 15, 2008
    Bill Murray parachutes into the show! Cool.

    Anyone with pics of this event, please post
     
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    #4 amenasce, Aug 15, 2008
    im going tomorrow
     
  5. tifosi12

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  6. GuyIncognito

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    #6 GuyIncognito, Aug 15, 2008
    Man, those glasses of wine are HUGE!
     
  7. David_S

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    #7 David_S, Aug 16, 2008
    B1 flew over me around an hour & 15 minutes ago inbound to Chicago...

    Nothing much in my skies other than apparently diverted civilian traffic (plenty of that).
     
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    #8 tifosi12, Aug 16, 2008
    Got it. Will post pics later. Off to the beach we go.
     
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    #9 Darolls, Aug 16, 2008
    Wine....heck no. The Grand Poobah is Swiss, what they're drinking is what he calls Schnaps!
     
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    #10 tifosi12, Aug 17, 2008
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    Thanks Emperor, but where I come from, they call that a Pfuemli. :)

    Here some shots from Saturday:
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    #12 ND Flack, Aug 18, 2008
    The "history of the air superiority fighter" pic with the P51/F4/F15/F22 is about the coolest thing I've ever seen.

    That being said - the B-1b has been one of my favorites since I was about 3 years old.
     
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    #13 ND Flack, Aug 18, 2008
    Anybody know why the Blues' C130 is a USMC aircraft? Aren't they a Navy squadron?
     
  14. GuyIncognito

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    #14 GuyIncognito, Aug 18, 2008
    beautiful pics, Andreas! got any more of the F4 phantom? best plane ever
     
  15. lids369

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    #15 lids369, Aug 18, 2008
    they use marine corps pilots to flight that only
     
  16. F1tommy

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    #16 F1tommy, Aug 18, 2008
    Nice shots. I saw 2 B1B's and a KC135R sitting by the hush house at O'hare this morning at work. The last one left ORD about 1PM this afternoon.
    Those things are loud. Just think how loud they are with full afterburners!!

    Tom Tanner/SD
     
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    #17 tifosi12, Aug 18, 2008
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    Thanks!

    Sorry, no. The Phantom is such an icon, but it made barely any passes. Mostly it was flying up high in the group of four. Just about 1 solo pass per day.

    Anyhow, my personal fav would be the stealth bomber. Also only a couple passes. Looks more like an UFO or something from a Batman movie. Unreal.
     
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    #18 Rifledriver, Aug 18, 2008
    The Blue Angels are a joint Navy/Marine operation. To the best of my knowledge at least 1 Blue Angel pilot is always a Marine. Lots of Marines have fought from carrier decks. Last I heard all Marine pilots are carrier qualified no matter what they fly.
     
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    #19 Rifledriver, Aug 18, 2008
    Living proof even a brick can go fast given enough horsepower.
     
  20. GuyIncognito

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    #20 GuyIncognito, Aug 18, 2008
    "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. " -Enzo Ferrari

    Except this is an airplane. And McDonnell Douglas didn't build the engines. Nevermind...:)
     
  21. Kds

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    #21 Kds, Aug 18, 2008
    Tifosi 12.....

    Love the P51, F4, F15, F22 shot.......

    Phantoms 4 ever.....
     
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    #22 Darolls, Aug 18, 2008
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    Ok, Pfluemli Schnaps then!

    Sheesh, you left out the first 'L', Großartiges Poobah.....:D

    As usual, great pics A!
     
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    #25 DrStranglove, Aug 19, 2008
    Best pic by far was of the 4 self replicating flying machines!
     
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