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Post by Dan Gagnon » Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:50 pm

New confirmation Friday! Riddle me this!

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Post by yyz64 » Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:43 pm

Well they are showing a carrier deck laden with F-18's
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Post by Dan Gagnon » Fri Jul 28, 2017 4:02 pm

US Navy P-3 Orion confirmed for static display!

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Post by Dan Gagnon » Mon Jul 31, 2017 4:26 pm

New confirmation tomorrow. Tanker Tuesday is back. PS: It is not an SR-71 lol

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Post by theairshowdude » Mon Jul 31, 2017 5:12 pm

KC-135 seems like the only choice
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Post by yyz64 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:59 pm

Gerry always had a 135 show up in the past usually from Maine I believe
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Post by theairshowdude » Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:47 pm

yyz64 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:59 pm Gerry always had a 135 show up in the past usually from Maine I believe
Last year's was from Rickenbacker AFB in Ohio. Could really be from anywhere but Michigan (Selfridge), Ohio (Rickenbacker), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) and New York (Buffalo) are the closet based KC-135's. Hard to say where it'll be from really. I'm hoping for the special from New Jersey or Michigan but a Buffalo on would be nice since it's new this year.
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Post by Speedbird2706 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:15 pm

theairshowdude wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:47 pm
yyz64 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:59 pm Gerry always had a 135 show up in the past usually from Maine I believe
Last year's was from Rickenbacker AFB in Ohio. Could really be from anywhere but Michigan (Selfridge), Ohio (Rickenbacker), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) and New York (Buffalo) are the closet based KC-135's. Hard to say where it'll be from really. I'm hoping for the special from New Jersey or Michigan but a Buffalo on would be nice since it's new this year.
It would seem logical that it come from the North East or Midwest, but do bear in mind that if any demo team or statics need a -135 it seems more than likely that it'll be the one on display. Tankers and transports also come from certain bases for any show because they do the show circuit and are not needed elsewhere.
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Post by theairshowdude » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:26 pm

Speedbird2706 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:15 pm
theairshowdude wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:47 pm
yyz64 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:59 pm Gerry always had a 135 show up in the past usually from Maine I believe
Last year's was from Rickenbacker AFB in Ohio. Could really be from anywhere but Michigan (Selfridge), Ohio (Rickenbacker), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) and New York (Buffalo) are the closet based KC-135's. Hard to say where it'll be from really. I'm hoping for the special from New Jersey or Michigan but a Buffalo on would be nice since it's new this year.
It would seem logical that it come from the North East or Midwest, but do bear in mind that if any demo team or statics need a -135 it seems more than likely that it'll be the one on display. Tankers and transports also come from certain bases for any show because they do the show circuit and are not needed elsewhere.
You make a valid point. I looked it up and the F-35 will be coming from Luke so it could be dragging them to the show.
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Post by yyz64 » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:53 pm

Niagara is probably to new with the 135 and Selfridge doesn't seem to support a lot of airshows besides their own.We'll see
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