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I loves me some air show!

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  1. Gilles27

    Gilles27 F1 World Champ

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    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!
     
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  2. rollsorferrari?

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    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.
     
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  3. GuyIncognito

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    Bill Murray parachutes into the show! Cool.

    Anyone with pics of this event, please post
     
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    im going tomorrow
     
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  6. GuyIncognito

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    Man, those glasses of wine are HUGE!
     
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    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

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Got it. Will post pics later. Off to the beach we go.
     
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  9. Darolls

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    Wine....heck no. The Grand Poobah is Swiss, what they're drinking is what he calls Schnaps!
     
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  10. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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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

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    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

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    Anybody know why the Blues' C130 is a USMC aircraft? Aren't they a Navy squadron?
     
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  14. GuyIncognito

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    beautiful pics, Andreas! got any more of the F4 phantom? best plane ever
     
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    they use marine corps pilots to flight that only
     
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    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

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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

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    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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    Living proof even a brick can go fast given enough horsepower.
     
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    "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...:)
     
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    Love the P51, F4, F15, F22 shot.......

    Phantoms 4 ever.....
     
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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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    Best pic by far was of the 4 self replicating flying machines!
     
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