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Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:35 pm

What kind of maneuvers do they perform besides formation for skytyping?

And what is a "belly flop"? :?

The West coast Skytypers use Grumman Tigers now, but I don't think they do airshows.

Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:03 pm

bdk wrote:What kind of maneuvers do they perform besides formation for skytyping?

And what is a "belly flop"? :?

The West coast Skytypers use Grumman Tigers now, but I don't think they do airshows.



Formation flying. Some of the same flying cadets were trained in WWII. Pretty cool bunch of guys. Ya gotta love the SNJ-2.

Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:49 pm

I'm very sorry to learn that Jan perished in this accident... my thoughts are with his teammates and family. I plan to visit the show tomorrow, and would like to offer my thanks to them for their efforts to provide a safe and entertaining performance, year after year.

As someone else astutely pointed out, this has been a really rough year. :(

Lynn

Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:08 am

This year can end now PLEASE!!!

Jan, Blue Skies sir, See you on the flip side, bless you and your family in this time of your loss.

May you be remembered in our hearts and our prayers.
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