We reported last week about the possible impacts sequestration could have. One possible contingency plan is stop all military involvement in airshows. This includes the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds and Single Ship Demos. Parachute Teams and Open Houses at bases may also be affected. Non-essential flying will be cut and since the military deems airshows as non-essential to [...]
For weeks, we’ve been wondering how sequestration may impact the airshow industry. To sum it up, after April 1st, all military participation in airshows may be forced to end if a deal can not be reached.This includes performances by the USAF Thunderbirds, Navy Blue Angels, static displays and single ship demo teams. These plans are [...]
We recently got a question from one of our fans regarding the F/A-18C Hornet demo. Louie wrote:
What is the opening speed of an F/A-18C when it starts the min radius demo? Is there a standard weight the plane needs to be?
Well, we reached out to two of our friends and former VFA-106 [...]
Date Team 1 Team 2 Apr 20-21 Enterprise, AL Open Apr 27-28 Maxwell, AL Open May 4-5 Manassas, VA Open May 11-12 Open Auburn, AL May 18-19 Jacksonville, FL Baltimore, [...]
2013 US Navy TacDemo and Harrier Demo Schedule
VFA-122 F/A-18F
Mar 16 El Centro, CA
May 8-9 Billings, MT NAS Corpus Christi
May 24-26 Columbia, MO
June 1-2 Rockford,IL
June 15 Denton, TX
June 22-23 Davenport, IA
June 28-29 Cape Girardeau, MO
July 13-14 Olympia, WA
June 20-21 St. Cloud, MN
July 26-28 Hillsboro, [...]
2013 United States Navy Blue Angels Schedule
March 2013 Mar 16 NAF El Centro, CA Mar 23-24 NAS Key West, FL Mar 30-31 Easter (Weekend Off)
April 2013 Apr 6-7 MacDill AFB, FL Apr 13-14 NAS Corpus Christi, TX Apr 20-21 Vidalia, GA Apr 27-28 MCAS Beaufort, SC
May 2013 May 4-5 [...]
Kingston, Ontario holds a very unique place in the hearts of the pilots of the RCAF. As the home of the Royal Military College, Canada’s sole remaining military university, most of the pilots have spent some time here as students. This has lead to a tradition of pilots making flybys over the university [...]
Check out this amazing on board video of the Brazilian national aerobatic team, the Esquadrilla Da Fumaca, or Smoke Squadron, by Christiano Pessoa. Christiano wrote an article about the team for a previous issue of AirshowStuff Magazine.
The Smoke Squadron has so far announced three appearances in the US this summer:
Dayton, OH – [...]
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