Northern Illinois Airshow 2021

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Northern Illinois Airshow 2021

Post by kalamazookid » Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:53 pm

Northern Illinois Airshow
September 11, 2021
Waukegan National Airport (UGN)
Waukegan, IL

http://www.northernillinoisairshow.com

Performers
Quad City Jumpers
Warbird Heritage Foundation - A-4, T-2, L-39, FG-1D, A-1, P-51D
Skyraider
Dragon's Fyre Jet Truck
Jeff Kaney - F-5, MiG-17
Mike Vaknin - Extra 300
Bob Richards - Pitts
Phillips 66 Aerostars
T-33 Shooting Star
L-29 Delfin
T-37 Tweet
PT-17 Stearman
T-6 Texan
Yak-52
T-28 Trojan
T-34 Mentor
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Post by kalamazookid » Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:21 am

Tentative list of performers for this year. Pretty typical lineup for Waukegan that includes the home debut of the new WHF Corsair. Also nice to see Jeff Kaney in the lineup with both the F-5 and MiG-17.

http://www.northernillinoisairshow.com/performers.html
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Post by kalamazookid » Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:47 pm

TBM Avenger scratched. There will be a second Skyraider taking its place.
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Post by RyanS » Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:52 pm

I will be at this one! It worked out where they could help me with some good access and I will help them with some videos. Excited for a day of warbirds :)
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Post by RFDGuy » Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:20 pm

kalamazookid wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:47 pm TBM Avenger scratched. There will be a second Skyraider taking its place.
I like TBMs......but I feel like this is a win! Unless they could've had both! :lol:
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Post by kalamazookid » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:22 pm

This is always one of my favorites. Looking forward to Saturday!
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Post by Have Blue » Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:57 pm

Also one of my favorite shows - with so many other regional shows having gone away, it's nice to have the WHF continuing to be the backbone for this one. And hey, new Corsair!
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Post by IDF783 » Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:22 pm

Nice little show. Awesome to see the TBM Avenger and Corsair. Jeff Kaney, although listed with his F-5, Mig 17 never showed up. Same as previous years. I don't know why they keep adding him to the schedule. A-4 Skyhawk was cool to see and flew in heritage flight fashion with the Corsair.
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Post by Blazer1 » Sun Sep 12, 2021 5:58 pm

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Post by kalamazookid » Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:14 pm

Fun day at Waukegan yesterday. It was great to see the Corsair fly multiple times, including with the A-4. I also really enjoyed the jet warbird flight, as well as the Avenger and Skyraider flight. I thought the A-4 demo was lacking compared to other years - kind of stupid to launch it an hour early for minimal fly-bys. Other than that small complaint, it was another good year.
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