That was my thought as well. You'd think the move is to accommodate a jet team being that they didn't have one booked when the 2024 preliminary schedules came out last December. That timing could coincide with a team from across the pond as well if those rumors are true. Also, as a Western Pa native...

Couldn't have said it any better. I don't want to come off as one of those people that reminisces constantly about "the good old days", but in this case when you compare the Rhino demo to the Raptor, F-35A, F-35C, and Growler demo teams it's literally like checkers to chess at this point. ...

A prior post mentioned something lacking this year. I honestly couldn't agree more. I attended Saturday and watched off base and from the beach Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. To me the biggest thing is how the Fleet Air Power Demo has deteriorated over the years. It used to be so interesting not just...

"Strange day" is certainly an interesting way to describe the most entertaining practice day at Cleveland that I have ever seen and honestly I don't think it's even that close. From 10am-1pm and 1:45-3:15 it was literally non-stop action. Most of which were fast movers. We were out on the ...

F-35C demo team has been removed from the performers page and all the verbiage on the website. Ouch.. that's a big loss and makes the lineup now seem pretty vanilla with the other stacked lineups around the country this year.

Matt

Glad the Bayou boys are finally confirmed. That was the unnamed performer I referenced recently. Talked to the pilots at Dayton and they said they would be there. Was surprised how long the show waited to announce that. They said they were bringing at least two jets and hoping for four. Not sure whe...

I was going to post some insider info I got directly from a pilot at another show last month saying they would be at Cleveland, but I didn't want to jinx it or appear I was making it up. Now that we are only two weeks away from the show and it's still not listed under the performers it makes me wond...

I will try my best to answer your questions based on my experience as a semi local from the Pittsburgh area that has been to every one of these shows over the last 30 years. In general the communication on specifics related to this show on their official social media page have absolutely been piss p...

As someone that has attended well over 100 airshows over the last 30 years, I have to say that this is easily the most idiotic layout/set-up I have ever seen. You literally need the old John Madden telestrator to make sense of the diagram they created. Not to mention it appears all general admission...

I found that disappointing as well. This show used to always open with a 4 ship flyover of the based aircraft usually followed by pattern work. I understand there is a Raptor demo, but this is one of the few AF fighter bases where their own aircraft don't do a multiple ship performance in some capac...