Air Show

This is a group picture that was taken at two different times, but I wanted to give you an idea of the crew that we had. Our backyard has a mostly unobstructed view of the valley to the West and South. We're about a mile from the Hill AFB runway by line of sight and if it means avoiding a half a million people this is a great alternative to going on base.

In the morning we went on base and enjoyed the static displays.

Even though this was an Air Force party, the Army showed up with their Apache Helicopter. Most of the aerial stunt planes were on display too. We saw this Dragon plane a few hours later doing loops and twirls!

We walked through the cargo hold of a C-5! That's a sight to see. That thing is HUGE! And here I am next to my favored A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthog". I lived on a military base in Japan exactly 10 years ago. While I was there I decided for and later against a career in the Air Force. I decided that I wanted to be a pilot, and my favored craft was the A-10. There were several F-16 pilots that were church members that I was able to spend some time with. I gained an admiration for them and sought after that career. Anyway. Then I decided that military life wasn't for me.

Then we went back to the house and watched the remainder of the show from there. The Thunderbirds were an obvious high point, since they were the main event. Other note worthy points was the cargo plane flyover - right over. It shook the rafters. I'm not sure what it was, but it was too close to take a picture with David's zoom lens.

We also had a F-22 Raptor buzz our house two days in a row. That was something else too. You can't understand how a plane like that can sneak up on you until it does.

Thank you everyone who was able to come and enjoy the show!

NOTE: I didn't try to take any pictures of any aerial borne planes because I knew I couldn't do it justice. My bro did though and I hope to get them soon!