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by chief4
Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:16 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022
Replies: 66
Views: 34241

Re: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022

Went down to Oceana for the practice show: the static display was dreadful, but what can you expect when you have to compete with Andrews for available assets? The flying was great though! Really cool to see the airborne change-of-command for VFC-12! That change of command yesterday was really inte...
by chief4
Fri Sep 16, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022
Replies: 66
Views: 34241

Re: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022

I do believe all arrived. Haven’t seen the C2 yet. I’m camped right of show center. Practice is mostly following the published schedule. Jus told f18 super hornet and F35 C demos are next..
by chief4
Fri Sep 16, 2022 1:05 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022
Replies: 66
Views: 34241

Re: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022

Statics on display this morning at 9am. Not sure if any more will arrive..
by chief4
Thu Sep 15, 2022 5:10 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022
Replies: 66
Views: 34241

Re: NAS Oceana Air Show 2022

Fridays practice day will be similar to saturdays schedule. Practice starts at 10 or so with the blue angels starting around 330. If you have normal base access, you can watch from on base..got the info from the the Facebook page and DM..
by chief4
Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:31 am
Forum: 2019 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Nellis AFB Aviation Nation 2019
Replies: 75
Views: 122272

Re: Nellis AFB Aviation Nation 2019

Hi Tracy I like to be at the crowd line around the centre one day to catch the aircraft taxying past you on their way to the runway and the other day at the northern end to catch the release of flares and aircraft starting to bank to the left to go round behind the crowd. I used a 70-200 on a full ...
by chief4
Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:20 pm
Forum: 2019 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Dyess AFB/Dyess Big Country Airfest 2019
Replies: 1
Views: 4847

Dyess AFB/Dyess Big Country Airfest 2019

Hello, First post here. Saw Dyess/Abilene is putting on an airshow 4 May at the Abilene Regional Airport. Link is here: https://www.bigcountryairfest.org/index.html Looking for any useful information regarding flight line locations, possible distance to aircraft as they fly past (focal length needed...