THUNDER OVER MICHIGAN 2011

[michael luther]

Just added,

Will Ward's MiG-17 Fresco & MiG-21 Fishbed.

Flying or static?

Mudge the curious

Mudge,

Will will be flying the MiG-17 in the show this year (the MiG-21 will be on static display only).

[michael luther]

All,

We will be presenting two dogfight routines, from two different time frames this year.

WWII Dogfight,

The Fighter Hangar 1's A6M2 Zero.
The Commemorative Air Force's A6M3 Zero.

vs.

Tom Duffy's FG-1D Corsair.
The Fighter Hangar 1's FG-1D Corsair.
The Military Aviation Museum's FG-1D Corsair.
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum's FG-1D Corsair.
The Commemorative Air Force's FG-1D Corsair.
The American Airpower Museum's FG-1D Corsair.

Vietnam Dogfight,

Will Ward's MiG-17 Fresco.

vs.

The Warbird Heritage Foundation's A-4 Skyhawk.

[Mudge]

All,

We will be presenting two dogfight routines, from two different time frames this year.

WWII Dogfight,

The Fighter Hangar 1's A6M2 Zero.
The Commemorative Air Force's A6M3 Zero.

vs.

Tom Duffy's FG-1D Corsair.
The Fighter Hangar 1's FG-1D Corsair.
The Military Aviation Museum's FG-1D Corsair.
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum's FG-1D Corsair.
The Commemorative Air Force's FG-1D Corsair.
The American Airpower Museum's FG-1D Corsair.

Well, that doesn't seem very fair. Can't you get a few more Zeros to even it up a bit?

Mudge the benevolent

[Mudge]

Hey...that just might work. I'm sure a lot of the media folks wouldn't know the difference.

Mudge the harsh

[kevin walsh]

Hey THUNDER Fans!
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Remember the offer expires at 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Day.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Regards,
Kevin

[michael luther]

All,

The following aircraft will be offering flight experiences during the show this year,

B-17G Flying Fortress "Yankee Lady", Yankee Air Museum.
B-25D Mitchell "Yankee Warrior", Yankee Air Museum.
PV-2 Harpoon "Hot Stuff", American Military Heritage Foundation.
P-51D Mustang "Man O' War", The Ward Family / Commemorative Air Force - SoCal Wing.
SB2C-5 Helldiver, Commemorative Air Force - West Texas Wing.
SBD-5 Dauntless, Commemorative Air Force - Dixie Wing.

[krlang]

Thank you for bringing the Parking Ticket issue to our attention.
I have been told by the ticketing company that the issue has been resolved.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you encounter any further problems.
Regards,
Kevin

I placed my order and the parking passes were available again.
I guess this means I have plan our trip out there now.
It is tempting to go around the corner to OSH after.

[TimAPNY]

Thank you for bringing the Parking Ticket issue to our attention.
I have been told by the ticketing company that the issue has been resolved.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you encounter any further problems.
Regards,
Kevin

I placed my order and the parking passes were available again.
I guess this means I have plan our trip out there now.
It is tempting to go around the corner to OSH after.

I'm confirmed to be there again this year (photo tour and pit both days). I guess it is also time to start thinking of a place to rest my head for those couple hours between some beer and getting out to the flight line at dark-thirty.

I'd love to continue to OSH this year. but I'm not sure if that is possible.

Tim

Thunder Over Michigan 2011's website updated their aircraft list on January 7 and it is looking good. It does appear that Will Ward's MiG-17 (planned flyer) and his MiG-21 (planned static) are omitted from the list.

Looking forward to more great vintage Navy/Marine/Coast Guard warbirds being added to the list in future months. Also hopefully we can get a clearer idea when the show is closer and more aircraft are added, as to which ones are definite planned flyers in the show and which ones may possibly be coming just as statics (hopefully not too large of a percentage of the total).

[BK]

Via the shows FB page: From Naval Air Station Fallon, NV, VFC-13 has committed an F-5 Tiger II for static display.

[wendovertom]

off topic I know, but it looks like you guys will be busy in 2012! Not only Thunder over Michigan but Thunder over Utah as well. Guess I need to make reservations now. . .

[TOM WALSH]

60% of the Friday Taxiway Photography, and the Saturday & Sunday Photo Tour/Pit spaces are sold!

We e-mailed this information to everyone last week who were on our registered lists for 2009/10.

We are letting the rest of you know about the availability of these limited photographic opportunities.

As an aside, Photographers that are coming to T.O.M. this year are from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand and the United States.

Cheers,

Tom Walsh.

[michael luther]

Just added,

Dave Folk's F4U-5N Corsair.

[michael luther]

Just added,

Tom Patten's P-51D Mustang "Sweetie Face".