Updating as it appears there may have been some miscommunication by BBC. The pilot “intercepted” the drones, but it’s unclear if any were downed. https://www.twz.com/air/marine-corps-av-8b-harrier-pilot-downed-seven-drones-report https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2024/02/27/the-marine-fighter-...

Does anyone know why this show skews so heavily on civilian acts, whereas Yuma is more the opposite? Is there no MAGTF demo at this show? I was under the impression every major Marine base does one for their airshow. Believe that is the second “performer to be announced” as that’s a 2 hour block. F...

Found on Facebook, this will be Hubie Tolson's final air show.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 3650176758

Update:

https://defence-blog.com/first-east-coa ... apability/

Does this sound doable (other than we will be tired), and are we missing somewhere or could do with replacing a stop with another? Thanks in advance One other thing you could do if you're spending some time in the Virginia Beach area is the Battleship Wisconsin in Norfolk. Not much plane stuff, but...

Top gun maverick wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:43 pm Let's hope the Blue Angels fly Fat Albert again. Was awesome seeing a Bert demo again at Oceana last year

In general, Bert is a Saturday only performer. I wish shows did a better job advertising that. But yeah, it has flown at every show I've seen them at since they went to the C-130J.

According to Facebook comments, the airport at Addison refused to renew their lease as they want the real estate for more aircraft hangars. According to the website, the aircraft are being moved to North Texas Regional Airport (formerly Perrin AFS) in Sherman, TX. It looks like they plan to reopen t...

Dan Gagnon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:42 am One event added:

August 21 - Norfolk, VA

It will be interesting to see what that event is.

That's a Wednesday. Doubt that will be a public event. Perhaps they meant NAS Oceana, September 21, but I don't think so. Mystery for now.

Announced on FB today. Not sure what will happen to the aircraft.

Follow up to Van's story

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/van ... -deposits/