Airshow Bucket Lists

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Airshow Bucket Lists

Post by Nick » Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:30 am

Airshow Bucket Lists

Any air show, fly-in, or exercise in mind to attend? Here's the new topic for General Airshow Discussion Thread: "Airshow Bucket Lists". Type Down any shows and/or performers that you long to see or want to discuss with others about. Type down in replies if you have any bucket lists you would like to discuss. The Bucket list can be anything from 2020 and beyond.

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Post by Nick » Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:38 am

Guess I'll start off.

Airshow bucket list for 2020!

Airshows Planned To Attend in 2020
1). September 18th, 19th & 20th: "The Great Pacific Airshow"
2). October 3rd & 4th:" NAS Ventura County - Point Mugu Airshow"
3). October 10th & 11th: Edwards AFB - Aerospace Valley Airshow"

Performers Planning To See in 2020
- USAF Thunderbirds
- ACC F-22A Raptor Demo Team
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Post by kalamazookid » Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:13 pm

I don't have one by year, but I have a short list of shows I'd like to attend and a long list of specific aircraft types I would like to see fly some day.

Shows
Chino - Was going to go this year, but the pandemic had other plans.
Flying Legends
RIAT
Reading
Nellis

Aircraft
P-61 Black Widow
MiG-29
P-47 Razorback
Late-Mark Spitfire powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon
FW-190 powered by a BMW 139
Hawker Tempest or Typhoon
P-35 or related derivative
P-26
P-36
Polikarpov I-16
Fairey Swordfish
C-97
Heinkel He 111 or Casa 2.111
JAS-39 Gripen
MiG-21

I would also really like to see a Constellation, a Bf109 powered by a DB 605, Tornado, Lysander, F9F Panther and F-4 Phantom fly again someday. I'd also say a F-14, but that's probably beyond the realm of possibility.
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Post by Nick » Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:08 pm

RAIT (Royal International Air Tatto) & Chino are the best shows to see. I've been having thoughts of attending RIAT in 2021 or 2022. And I believe the P-61 will be ready for airworthiness by either or next year in 2021 or year after that in 2022. Will be Cool to see the P-61 Black Widow "In-Flight" at WWII Weekend. Maybe see it at EAA possibly.
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Post by Ken91 » Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:03 pm

Shows:
RIAT
Nellis
Some Eastern European (Poland?) show

Aircraft:
Mosquito - I planned on seeing one at SunNFun this year. :(
Gripen
B-1B Lancer
P-61 Black Widow
Any Russian modern fighter (MiG-29, Su-27, etc)
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:07 pm

Here's my bucket list for 2020.

Airshows I Plan To Attend in 2020*
1). September 12th & 13th: Baltimore, MD - "Air Show Baltimore" ft. USN Blue Angels, USAF A-10 Demo and USAF F-16 Demo
2). September 19th & 20th: NAS Oceana, VA "NAS Oceana Airshow" ft. USN Blue Angels, USAF A-10 Demo and USN F/A-18F Demo
3). September 25th: Washington, D.C. "Arsenal of Democracy Flyover"
4). October 2nd thru 4th: Virginia Beach, VA "Warbirds Over The Beach"
5). October 17th: Leesburg, VA "Leesburg Airshow"

* = Subject to Change Due To COVID-19

Here's my bucket list of shows in the long run.

Shows I Would Like To Attend
1. Chino, California "Planes of Fame Airshow"
2. Oshkosh, Wisconsin "EAA AirVenture"
3. Nellis AFB, Nevada "Aviation Nation"
4. Duxford, United Kingdom "Duxford Flying Legends"
5. Radom, Poland "Radom Airshow"
6. London, Ontario "Airshow London"
7. Sacramento, California "California Capital Airshow"
8. Houston, Texas "Wings Over Houston"
9. Zeltweg, Austria "AirPower"
10. Ostrava, Czech Republic "NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days"
11. NAS Pensacola, Florida "Blue Angels Homecoming"
12. Virginia Beach, Virginia "Warbirds Over The Beach"
13. Reno, Nevada "Reno National Championship Air Races"
14. MCAS Iwakuni, Japan "Iwakuni Friendship"
15. MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina "MCAS Beaufort Air Show"
16. Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona "Thunder & Lightning Over Arizona"
17. Barksdale AFB, Louisiana "Defenders of Liberty Air Show"
18. Athens, Greece "Athens Flying Week"
19. Avalon, Australia "Australian International Airshow"
20. NAS Key West, Florida "Southernmost Air Spectacular"

Shows I Would Like To Come Back To
1. MCAS Miramar, California "MCAS Miramar Air Show"
2. Abbotsford, British Columbia "Abbotsford International Airshow"
3. Fort Worth, Texas "Fort Worth Alliance Air Show"
4. Chicago, Illinois "Chicago Air & Water Show"
5. Atlantic City, New Jersey "Thunder Over The Boardwalk"

Performers/Aircraft I'd Like To See
Swiss AF Patrouille Suisse
Polish AF Biało-Czerwone Iskry
Polish AF Team Orlik
Turkish AF Turkish Stars
Finnish AF Midnight Hawks
Croatian AF Krila Oluje (Wings of Storm)
JASDF Blue Impulse
RoKAF Black Eagles
RAAF Roulettes
USN Leap Frogs
Estonia's Baltic Bees Jet Team
Austria's Flying Bulls
Austrian AF SAAB 105 Demo
Romanian AF IAR 99 Soim Demo
Polish AF Su-22 'Fitter' Demo
Slovak AF MiG-29 'Fulcrum' Demo
Pakistan AF JF-17 Thunder Demo
USMC F-35B Lightning II Demo
Italian AF Tornado Demo
Italian AF AMX Demo
Croatian AF MiG-21 'Fishbed'
USN F-5 Tiger II Flybys
JASDF F-2
Hellenic AF F-4 Phantom II Static
Turkish AF F-4 Phantom II Static
A-4 Skyhawk
A-20 Havoc
A6M Zero
F6F Hellcat
F7F Tigercat
P-38 Lightning
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-39 Airacobra
P-61 Black Widow
OV-10 Bronco
F-86 Sabre
FJ-4 Fury
Fairey Swordfish
Jeff Boerboon [Yak-110]
Phillips 66 Aerostars
Vicky Benzing [PT-17 Stearman]
Jim Peitz [F33 Bonanza]
Shetterly Squadron
Brad Wursten
Buck Roetman
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:11 pm

Nick wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 4:08 pm RAIT (Royal International Air Tatto) & Chino are the best shows to see. I've been having thoughts of attending RIAT in 2021 or 2022. And I believe the P-61 will be ready for airworthiness by either or next year in 2021 or year after that in 2022. Will be Cool to see the P-61 Black Widow "In-Flight" at WWII Weekend. Maybe see it at EAA possibly.
I've been to RIAT twice (2015 [Final Year of the Flying Vulcan] and 2018 [RAF's 100th Anniversary]). Absolutely one of the best airshows in the world and one of the best shows I've ever attended. Depending on the health situation, I would recommend attending in 2021 as It will be RIAT's 50th Anniversary.
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Post by Nick » Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:45 pm

Thats infinite things that you want to see Chino is like the best warbird show you'll see in America, EAA Air venture is a diffently for me, I'm planning to see that show sometime soon. P-61 seems to be on everyone's minds we all need to see the P-61A Black Widow fly. However thats not the only so-called "Rare Restoration Airworthy Projects", Planes Of Fame is as of right now finishing the worlds oldest jet to be airworthy: YP-59A Airacomet. It's schedule to be ready by early 2022. We'll most likely see these exact two aircraft mentioned at airshow across the US since most organizers want to see if they can get these two aircraft on display or Flying.
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Post by kalamazookid » Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:58 pm

Nick wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:45 pm Thats infinite things that you want to see Chino is like the best warbird show you'll see in America, EAA Air venture is a diffently for me, I'm planning to see that show sometime soon. P-61 seems to be on everyone's minds we all need to see the P-61A Black Widow fly. However thats not the only so-called "Rare Restoration Airworthy Projects", Planes Of Fame is as of right now finishing the worlds oldest jet to be airworthy: YP-59A Airacomet. It's schedule to be ready by early 2022. We'll most likely see these exact two aircraft mentioned at airshow across the US since most organizers want to see if they can get these two aircraft on display or Flying.
Chino is at the top of my list. I had originally planned on going this year, but unfortunately the pandemic and cancellation made that impossible. My primary interest is warbirds and there are a lot of regular participants at Chino and in the museums that I really want to see. The Sakae-powered Zero, the P-51A and Voodoo would be major draws in addition to some of the types found on my bucket list. I also understand that they have acquired the Gloster Meteor that was at Oshkosh a couple years ago. I'm hoping to incorporate Chino and Nellis into a big airshow year in 2022.

The Black Widow restoration is one I have been following for years. Whenever Mid Atlantic Air Museum gets it into the air will be a tremendous accomplishment after the decades of work they have put into it. I will certainly be at Reading the first year it flies and that's another show I'm hoping to get to in the next 2-3 years.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:04 pm

Nick wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:45 pm Thats infinite things that you want to see Chino is like the best warbird show you'll see in America, EAA Air venture is a diffently for me, I'm planning to see that show sometime soon. P-61 seems to be on everyone's minds we all need to see the P-61A Black Widow fly. However thats not the only so-called "Rare Restoration Airworthy Projects", Planes Of Fame is as of right now finishing the worlds oldest jet to be airworthy: YP-59A Airacomet. It's schedule to be ready by early 2022. We'll most likely see these exact two aircraft mentioned at airshow across the US since most organizers want to see if they can get these two aircraft on display or Flying.
Apologies if I overdid it. Just a lot good airshows and planes to see that it's hard for me to come up with a shortlist. I do agree with you on the Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino. Would like to go there someday and see some of the warbirds I don't get to see on the east coast.
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