Thunder Over Michigan 2010

warbirdguy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:32 am

michael luther wrote:

Just added,

Dean Cutshall's F-100 Super Sabre! :wink:

(The F-100 will be flying in the show, from Willow Run!)

Excellent addition!

kalamazookid · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:29 am

WOW

I've seen it fly twice before, never seen it on the ground though. This is going to be awesome!

bmoran · **Joined:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 142

Man...

8-9 B-17s (and a few more parts!)

1 B-52 (fly over, plus the museum static display)

1 B-24

7 Mustangs

2 B-25s

1 Skyraider

1 C-47

1 DC-7

Handful of Trainers

Pairs of F-18s, 16s and A-10s

The one and only flying F-100!

Too bad about these

:
Bf-109, ME-262, FiFi (That would have been 3 generations of Forts)

TOM WALSH · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:57 am

From ASB:

Website has been updated today, with some nice new additions, including a few that haven't been mentioned yet. Gonna be a fantastic show this year!! Excellent news on the F-100, my first as well!

Paul

Cheers,

Tom Walsh.

Nathan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:24 pm

That gives me two chances to see a F-100 fly this year! Thank you airshow organizers!

Flyin Illini · **Joined:** Tue May 13, 2008 2:38 pm **Posts:** 148

Quote:

The one and only flying F-100!

There are two flying plus a few more soon from out west. The other one is for sale and was based in el paso, tx painted in tbirds colors now i believe.

seabee1526 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:18 pm **Posts:** 459

The 262 is still coming correct?

David Krull · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:33 pm

seabee1526 wrote:

The 262 is still coming correct?

Don't hold your breath :cry:

TOM WALSH · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:21 pm

From ASB Yesterday:

All,
We spoke with the Collings Foundation and their goal is to still get the ME-262 to Thunder Over Michigan. HOWEVER, they also said that as each day goes by the likelihood of it's appearance becomes less.
In the end, the only concern is the safe operation of this aircraft and if it is not ready in time, then we will press on knowing that the Collings Foundation did everything within their control to debut it at Thunder.
Regards,
Kevin

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Kevin T. Walsh
Event Director
Thunder Over Michigan Air Show
Yankee Air Museum
www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow

Cheers,

Tom Walsh

CrewDawg · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:23 pm

TOM WALSH wrote:

In the end, the only concern is the safe operation of this aircraft

This is true for Chuckie as well. Even though we ran all 4 engines on her last weekend, we found some issues with the landing gear last night when we jacked her up to do the gear portion of the 100 hour and those issues are regrettably going to prevent us from being B-17 #9 at Thunder. :cry:

We have not flown in over 2 years and working these gear issues is not going to leave us enough time to get everything else done on the airplane, and get crews recurrent, AND do a couple of shakedown flights before flying across the country to Michigan.

Trust me, no one is more disappointed that we are at the Vintage Flying Museum. We were really looking forward to making the Gathering of Fortress's our debut air show, what could have been better?

We are still pressing on towards flying, we just won't be ready before August 6th. I apoligize to everyone out there that was pulling for us, thank you for your support. Like Tom said, the only concern is the safe operation of this aircraft. Please keep checking our thread in the Retroaviation Maintenance Hangar for updates on when we will start flying again. Hopefully it will be very soon. We would really like to catch at least one or two shows in the local North Texas area this year.

CrewDawg the Disappointed

bmoran · **Joined:** Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:48 am **Posts:** 142

Thanks again for the update on Chuckie. It's sad that she won't get to visit her siblings at the family reunion, but comforting to be assured that she will take to the skies when she's ready.

On another note, any word on Fuddy Duddy from the Lyon Air Museum?

kidjim25 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:57 pm **Posts:** 72

Will the F-100 be participating in the airshow either day? I have seen a few over the years on display but have never had the opportunity to see one in the air (i'm only 29)
Also I am new to the forum and am a new member of one of the restoration groups bringing parts to the show.

Here's to good weather for the weekend

James

Flyin Illini · **Joined:** Tue May 13, 2008 2:38 pm **Posts:** 148

Yes its flying each day and a change per ASB the super hornet demo team is unable to make it so they are sending the F/A-18C East team instead.

TOM WALSH · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:13 pm

From ASB:

QUOTE(Kevin Walsh @ Jul 23 2010, 10:54 PM)
Added today, a KC-10A Extender from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
The KC-10A will be static. It's lineage extends back to a B-17 bomb group and squadron.
Regards,
Kevin

Your making it too easy for the Fighters Guys on the East Coast to attend.

The tanker can drag em up, and drag em back.

Cheers,

Tom Walsh.

Canso42 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:45 pm

Is the actual event at Yankee AF or Willow Run? I was just asked that by a B-17 vet who wants to attend. It's my first time and I didnt'' know the answer.

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