Thunder Over Michigan 2018: 20 Years of Thunder

[Bretten Bailey]

Thunder Over Michigan 2018
"20 Years of Thunder"
August 25th-26th, 2018
Willow Run Airport
Belleville/Ypsilanti, Michigan
www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow

Celebrating 20 Years of America's Favorite Warbird Show
Theme Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (381st Bombardment Group)

Headliners
-United States Air Force Thunderbirds

Participating B-17s
-Yankee Air Museum's B-17G Flying Fortress "Yankee Lady"
-Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing's B-17G Flying Fortress "Texas Raiders"


Participating Warbirds
-The Doc's Friend's B-29 Superfortress "Doc"
-Military Aviation Museum's Me 262-1a Schwalbe
-Scott "Scooter" Yoak in the P-51D Mustang "Quick Silver"
-Commemorative Air Force Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
-Commemorative Air Force Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
-Commemorative Air Force SBD Dauntless
-Brent Hisey's B-25J Mitchell "Super Rabbit"
-Liberty Aviation Museum's B-25J Mitchell "Georgie's Gal"
-Tennessee Museum of Aviation's (Neal Melton's) P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter XVI"
-Wes Stower P-51D Mustang "Ain't Misbehavin'"
-Tony Buechler's P-51D Mustang "PETIE 2nd"
-Tim Savage's A-26B Invader "SILVER DRAGON"
-Mike Gillian's Eastern Aircraft Division FM-2 Wildcat

Civilian Acts
-Sean D. Tucker & Team ORACLE

Military Statics
-German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Airbus A400M (ATW-62 - Wunstorf, Germany)
-US Air National Guard Lockheed Martin C-130H2 Hercules (179th Airlift Wing - Masnfield Lahm Air National Guard Base, OH)
-US Air National Guard Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker (127th Wing - Selfridge ANGB, MI)
-US Navy Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye (VAW-120 - NAS Oceana, VA)
-US Navy Grumman C-2 Greyhound (VAW-120 - NAS Oceana, VA)
-3x US Navy Beechcraft T-6B Texan II (TRAWING 5 - NAS Whiting Field, FL)

Static Warbirds
-Jack Roush's P-51D Mustang "Gentleman Jim"
-Tom Buck's TBM-3 Avenger
-Tim Savage's TBM-3E Avenger
-Commemorative Air Force's "RISE ABOVE" Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit including the Red Tail P-51C Mustang "ByRequest"
-Yankee Air Museum's Douglas C-47D Skytrain "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
-William Prifogle's North American T-28A Trojan
-Bruce Koch's SNV-1 Valiant
-Dave & Deb Groh's Boeing PT-17 Stearman
-Christopher Dackson's Boeing PT-17 Stearman
-Yankee Air Museum's WACO YMF-5C
-Robert Lutz's Aero Vodochody L-39ZO Albatros
-Ron Staley's Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros

Rides available in
-Yankee Air Museum's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Yankee Lady"
-Yankee Air Museum's North American B-25D Mitchell "Yankee Warrior"
-Commemorative Air Force's Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
-Army Aviation Heritage Foundation's UH-1 Hueys & AH-1 Cobras

[alexp2805-]

Just saw on TOM's Facebook page that they will be selling buy one get one free tickets tomorrow only (November 20th) for 25 dollars. So basically 12.50 a piece.

[Bretten Bailey]

Just saw on TOM's Facebook page that they will be selling buy one get one free tickets tomorrow only (November 20th) for 25 dollars. So basically 12.50 a piece.

It'll be the best ticket prices of the year! Won't want to miss out on it.

Many more WWII Warbirds will be a part of the show in 2018. The show will hit upon many favorites of the past 10 years.

[alexp2805-]

Sean D. Tucker has been added to the 2018 lineup!

[jcochr50]

SDT?? Well to each his own I guess.

Waiting for more information on what vintage warbirds will be attending and flying in the show. There have been some great Thunder Over Michigan shows in past years, but recently the warbird lineups have sometimes been a little thin.

Hope we hear something soon, and hoping for a great air show in August. Good to see it is NOT Labor Day weekend.

[kalamazookid]

SDT?? Well to each his own I guess.

Waiting for more information on what vintage warbirds will be attending and flying in the show. There have been some great Thunder Over Michigan shows in past years, but recently the warbird lineups have sometimes been a little thin.

Hope we hear something soon, and hoping for a great air show in August. Good to see it is NOT Labor Day weekend.

They've been quiet so far, which is weird for them. Hopefully that means a big warbird lineup or announcement is in the works.

I could do without the aerobatics but, worst-case scenario, that becomes nap time.

[RyanS]

I did see the show advertising suites for rent during the show with "indoor and outdoor seating". Hopefully these replace the tents and don't further crunch the GA show line.

I too am hoping for a big warbird gathering but it may have turned the corner to becoming a more traditional airshow. Unfortunately, with the crowd line the way it is, the gaps and lulls will continue to plague the show and aerobatics will only make it drag in more (for those of us who see them plenty elsewhere). Hopefully there is something else to make it worthwhile for us!

[alexp2805-]

You can add P-51 Quicksliver to the performers list!

[Huey]

I am pretty sure Fifi will be there: https://www.airpowersquadron.org/windsor-ontario That's about 30 miles to willow run.
AAHF will bring their Huey und Cobra, too: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/em ... a/New_York

[kalamazookid]

I'd be surprised if Fifi flew over from Windsor, but you never know.

Hopefully we'll get some announcements or updates to the website soon. The lack of announcements at this point is unusual for them.