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Author: | Dave Hadfield [ Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:22 pm ] |
Post subject: | Anybody at Thunder of Niagara? |
I'll be standing beside the Spitfire for the next 2 days. Drop by. |
Author: | Dave Hadfield [ Sun Jun 10, 2018 9:22 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anybody at Thunder of Niagara? |
Tremendous success! It was a wonderful Airshow, and also the biggest crowd I have ever seen. They closed the gates, and denied people entrance, at 150,000 -- that was the rumour I heard. I didn't fly -- the new Spitfire was static-display-only -- but a Mustang and a Corsair did, and I was very impressed. They did individual air displays and formation display and a heritage flight. Extremely professional, competent work. I don't know the names -- I never did get a Program. I was parked beside the P-63. A very pleasant young fellow named Taylor Stevenson was the pilot. He opens the nose cowl so you can see the huge 37mm cannon rounds in their magazine. Bright brass, and very unusual, eye-catching, racks. (Bigger rounds than in the Warthogs beside both of us!) And I got to sit in the P-63. Small cockpit, but I love the roll-up windows -- just like my Fairchild! BTW, a couple of Wixers said hello. I hope they chime in. Dave |
Author: | PropsRule [ Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:09 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Anybody at Thunder of Niagara? |
It was nice to meet you today, Dave. It was a great show with fantastic weather. To your point above...if anyone is thinking of going next year, show up early! I hopped on the shuttle bus at 0830 and had a short wait to get in. Right in the middle of the flying displays, my kids suddenly became hell bent on seeing the upstairs part of the C-5. That was the longest we waited for anything and even then it wasn't too bad. (I now have a photo of my kids in the pilots' seats of a C-5, pretending to fly somewhere. My seven-year-old seemed to intuitively know that the FMS is what you use to tell the big beast where you need it to go. Scary.) After I returned home, I had an email with a photo of a DHC-1 and Spitfire parked nose to nose. Go figure! |
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