Grissom Air & Space Expo 2019

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Post by kalamazookid » Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:38 pm

I just downloaded the app and it appears to be much more up to date than the website. Performers listed:

USAF Thunderbirds
US Army Golden Knights
F-16 Viper Demo
KC-135R
A-10
Redline Airshows
American Champ Super Decathlon (Greg Koontz)
FG-1D Corsair Demo
P-51 Mustang Demo (I'm assuming it's Scott Yoak)
F-5A Demo
T-33 Shooting Star
UH-1 Huey/OH-6 Loach

I'm also assuming Billy Werth will be performing since he's been featured in the promo videos.

I'll be there Sunday. Interested to see what this ends up being like. Weather forecast looks great!
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Post by RyanS » Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:42 pm

Really wish it was a different weekend! Sucks having to chose between this and St Louis
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Post by RFDGuy » Tue Sep 03, 2019 6:03 pm

And Waukegan with the A-10 demo and WHF stuff the same weekend. :(
So many good shows so close on the same weekend.
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Post by kalamazookid » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:00 pm

Yeah, it's a real bummer to have all three on the same weekend. I had a hard time deciding what to do. St. Louis has a phenomenal lineup this year but being able to take a friend to Waukegan and meet up with a couple others at Grissom was the deciding factor for me. I loved the St. Louis show last year and hate to miss out, but this should still be a really good weekend.
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Post by bigt512 » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:40 pm

2 hours north to Waukegan or 2 hours south east to Grissom. Looks like Grissom won out but wish their rules were not so strict. I like listening on my scanners but they say that they are not allowed
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Post by kalamazookid » Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:55 pm

A couple new flying additions on the app:

Greg Shelton Airshows - Stearman Wingwalker
Rob Holland Airshows
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Post by bigt512 » Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:23 am

It was a very good show. Rob Holland was not there but there was enough flying that it was not noticed. Will try to have some pictures up in a couple of days.
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Post by kalamazookid » Mon Sep 09, 2019 1:34 am

Looks like I missed the day with the good weather. Still had a good Saturday at Waukegan at least, and even with the crappy weather today, there are worse ways to spend a Sunday.

Not a bad effort for their first show since 2003. The flying was very limited today due to rain and low ceilings, and the show obviously did its best with what it had to work with. The enthusiasm in the crowd was definitely high and it was disappointing the weather denied us any flying from the Thunderbirds. The flying included the Golden Knights, passes from a Corsair and Bearcat, a Redline teaser and performance, a KC-135 formation pass with two "Blacksnakes" A-10s followed by passes from the A-10s, Greg Koontz in the Super Decathlon and a few passes by the Super Tucano. The highlight of the static area for me was being able to tour both AC-130s.

It sounds like the flying on Saturday was very good and included a fly-by from a KC-46.

There are definitely some issues to sort through if there are going to be future shows. The layout was very odd as well. I'm honestly not sure I would go back unless I knew some of the issues were taken care of, but if they are it might be the start of a good show. I hope this becomes at least a semi-annual tradition for the base. The enthusiasm and support from the community were obviously high.

Here are a few pics from today.

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Post by bigt512 » Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:57 pm

1 of 2 KC-46's
1 of 2 KC-46's
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Viper demo
Viper demo
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