Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA, Skyfest 2010

rontront Registered Users Posts: 1,473 Major grins
edited July 29, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
This last weekend, I headed out to Fairchild AFB (about 5 minutes from home) for the Skyfest 2010 airshow. They have gone to a every other year schedule so I have been looking forward to this show for some time now.

It was a really hot day there with the temps being around 100 degrees. So I say it was miserably fun out there.

I took way to many pictures and am working on getting through them all and deciding which ones to keep and which ones to discard:(.

I will start out here with a few of the static pictures that I took. They are not near as exciting as the aerial display photos, but are all part of the event.

I hope you enjoy them and as always, comments are welcomed.

Ron

Not really a static display. I tried to keep moving:).
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This is what we saw as we entered the airshow through a big hanger.
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Rest easy, our Air Force is on it:). This kind of reminds me of Barney on The Andy Griffith Show.
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This puppy was fast!!
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I liked this little boys expression! Look at that HUGE airplane dad!!
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These worked very well for shade!
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One of my favorite fighters!
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Kind of like a big shade tree:D.
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The business end of something I have never seen before. All I can say is INCREDIBLE!! What keeps this thing on the ground I am not sure. You will see it again in another thread!
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One of the performers. You have to love the P-51!! One you have heard one, you will never forget it.
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The rest can be seen here; http://ront.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Skyfest-2010-Fairchild-AFB/Static-Display/13083203_JhYju#950762311_ZVCin
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Comments

  • Kyle DKyle D Registered Users Posts: 302 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2010
    The shot of everyone standing under the B-1's wings bring back memories of the last time I was at an Air Show. I believe it was the 1995 show in Hamilton, Ontario and an awful lot of people were using the ample wing span of a B-52 as shade.
    Kyle D.

    Not allowed to enter Henry's alone anymore...

    Kyle Derkachenko Photography
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,703 moderator
    edited July 29, 2010
    Looks like you had a great time!

    The Rolls-Royce engine in the P-51, has a very distinctive sound, you are correct.
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    Moderator of the Technique Forum and Finishing School on Dgrin
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