Cleveland National Airshow 2017 - Sept 2-4

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Cleveland National Airshow 2017 - Sept 2-4

Post by RyanS » Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:57 am

Cleveland is always one of my favorites and usually the last great hurrah of summer on Labor Day. This year it will be a bit tricky with Thunder Over Michigan taking place on the same weekend. I will do my best to hit both!

Current lineup:
US Air Force Thunderbirds
US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet
US Army Golden Knights
Prowlers of the Pacific (Corsair/Kate dogfight)
Vampire
Shockwave
Sean D Tucker
US Coast Guard SAR demonstration
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Post by alexp2805+ » Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:55 am

Cleveland National Airshow 2017 Performers (as of 8/14/17)
*Pending

Military Performers:
-USAF Thunderbirds
-USN F/A-18 Super Hornet
-USN Golden Knights
-C-130 Hercules Fly-By
-USCG HH-65C SAR DEMO

Other Performers:
-De Havilland Vampire Jet
-WWII Dogfight
-Shockwave Jet Truck
-Sean D. Tucker
-Bill Stein Airshows
-Twin Tigers Airshows
-Pyrotechnics

Military Static Displays:
-A-10 Thunderbolt
-U.S. Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin Helicopter
-U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules
-U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III
-MH-53E Sea Dragon
-U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook
-T-6B Texan II*
-P-8A Poseidon*
-F-5N Tiger II*
-U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota*
-UH-60 Black Hawk*
-NASA T-34 Turbo Mentor*
-CP-140 Aurora
-CT-156 Texan*
-CT-155 Hawk*
-CF-18 Hornet*

Civilian Static Displays:
-C-123K “Thunder Pig”
-B-25 “Champaign Gal”
-United Airlines Boeing 737-800
-T-34B Mentor, 1950*
-DeHavilland Chipmunk
-Piper PA-18 Supercub
-Convair SVN-1 Valiant, 1942
-(3) ¾ Scale Replica P-51’s (T-51)

Other Attractions:
-Experimental Aircraft Association’s Mobile Experience
-Go Army Interactive Display
-U.S. Air Force Interactive Experience
-Drone Display
-Kiddie Koncourse
-Kidz Kone
-Meet A Hero
-Tuskegee Airmen Display
-NASA Glenn Research Center

Aircraft Rides:
-Metro Flight
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Post by BigWonton » Thu Aug 31, 2017 3:07 pm

It's been a few years since I've been to the show but I always like hitting Voinovich Park to watch some of the practice sessions. Anybody going this year?
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Post by dzirzow » Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:30 pm

If you park at the muni lot across the street from the airport (along the shoreway) you're not going to get chased out by police to watch practice.
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Post by RyanS » Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:35 pm

Here's a live look at the airport! There have been two Super Hornet practices plus a Legacy Flight(!!) Sean D Tucker, Bill Stein, the Corsair and Kate, and the Vampire have all flown also. The C-130 demo was about as good as could be expected from a line crew.

Really pumped to see the Legacy Flight, as far as I can remember this is the first one flown in years. Certainly it's the first I've seen in a long time and it was a total surprise!
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Post by RyanS » Fri Sep 01, 2017 7:04 pm

Thunderbirds just wrapped up practice, a full high show with a couple bonus low show maneuvers. They really seemed to blaze through the routine! Probably some statics yet to come in this afternoon
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Post by MattEv14 » Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:06 pm

When I watched that Legacy Flight today I was thinking the same thing Ryan. To my knowledge that is the first "official" Legacy Flight involving a hornet since the pre-sequester days. It was certainly a pleasant surprise. That view looks awesome from the top of the building, but you should have stopped down at the pier at Voinovich Park today. They let us all the way out to the end of the pier for the first time in forever. The Rhino high speed passes along with the T-Birds sneak pass were some of the most intense I have ever seen at an airshow ever and I have been at my fair share over the years. It was a great day by the lake for sure.

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Post by RyanS » Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:25 pm

MattEv14 wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:06 pm When I watched that Legacy Flight today I was thinking the same thing Ryan. To my knowledge that is the first "official" Legacy Flight involving a hornet since the pre-sequester days. It was certainly a pleasant surprise. That view looks awesome from the top of the building, but you should have stopped down at the pier at Voinovich Park today. They let us all the way out to the end of the pier for the first time in forever. The Rhino high speed passes along with the T-Birds sneak pass were some of the most intense I have ever seen at an airshow ever and I have been at my fair share over the years. It was a great day by the lake for sure.

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I was noticing that it wasn't restricted down there with as much surprise as the legacy flight! I wish I had one day to spend in each place. One year I was able to do that and it was great.
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Post by RyanS » Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:00 pm

Sitting here on the flightline, I notice that there are NO FLAGS towards the left end of the show line! Might be a good spot to setup!
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Post by RyanS » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:55 am

I've only been home for a few hours and the first video is done!

https://youtu.be/HeClUu15JBU
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