Warbirds Over the Beach 5/19-5/21

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Warbirds Over the Beach 5/19-5/21

Post by AndyMedic » Wed May 17, 2017 8:38 pm

Welcome to the 2017 "Warbirds Over the Beach"!
Join us the weekend of May 19-21st, for a trip back in time to the memorable days of the Second World War. A time when everything was much simpler..

Travel to Virginia Beach, alongside the bright sunshine of the Atlantic shoreline, where German submarines once hunted merchant ships in the Gulfstream waters. Look up in the sky, where you will see fighters and bombers of our armed forces patrol the countryside to protect our homeland from the Axis forces.

You will experience all this and more during the weekend before Memorial Day with hundreds of re-enactors, actual warplanes of these times and entertainment reminiscent of the 1940s.


http://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/wotb/index.html


Always a good show packed with great exampled of flying WW2 aircraft
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Post by sdrice+ » Sat May 20, 2017 2:34 am

Excellent Friday prep day...
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Post by jcochr50 » Sat May 20, 2017 3:45 pm

BEAUTIFUL shot of the MAM Catalina, Steve!

8-)

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Post by F22Raptor_Ganoe2 » Sat May 20, 2017 9:27 pm

Due to strong cross winds the planes wasn't able to fly today. But they did taxi onto the runway for us to get some photos! Here are some of mine using my iPhone 7 Plus.
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Post by F22Raptor_Ganoe2 » Sat May 20, 2017 9:32 pm

Here is some more pictures I managed to get while there today!
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Post by sdrice+ » Sun May 21, 2017 1:16 am

Thanks Jim. And, nice iPhone photos.

This superb event started Saturday with ideal conditions. :) Then, at show time bad weather blew in with overcast, an excessive cross wind, and a brief rain shower. :( Crowd enthusiasm hung on. Airshow management quickly put together a ground taxi display of the super stars. That also gave us more time to take in the ongoing extracurricular activities.
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Post by Airshow4444 » Sun May 21, 2017 9:13 pm

Nice pictures all. Always a fun show. You get SO close on takeoffs!
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Post by AndyMedic » Sun May 21, 2017 10:43 pm

Got tons of pics to look at today. Everything was able to fly and even had the sun peaking out a few times.
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Post by AndyMedic » Mon May 22, 2017 12:59 am

ImageIMG_5456 by Andy Backowski, on Flickr

ImageIMG_5493 by Andy Backowski, on Flickr

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Good day today. Everything flew. The JU-52 broke during start up and they had some issues with the FW-190 so they were the only ones that didnt go up. weather was ok but love being so close to the take offs and landings.
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Post by sdrice+ » Mon May 22, 2017 3:05 am

This was a superb, full featured event.

Sunday weather was better, but still overcast.
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