Thunder Over Michigan 2023

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Laskow2
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Post by Laskow2 » Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:09 am

just curious how would you guy say the crowd was on all 4 shows ? do you feel like the shows were sold out crowds or?
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Post by archaic34 » Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:05 pm

Time for me to chime in. I have not gone through all of my images yet, but here are some that I have liked so far:
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Post by Xray » Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:45 am

Preliminary report released - Pilot says he was not ready to eject and was taken by surprise when the ejection sequence was initiated

Pilot and crew disagreed on ejection in MiG-23 air show crash: NTSB

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 14.article


actual report

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/ ... 192855/pdf
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Post by ClickJ » Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:12 am

I've given up hope of making it through 2023's photos in any kind of timely manner so here are a few I picked out to take a closer look at. I think I got some of my personal best photos yet at this show.
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Post by ClickJ » Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:15 am

Last handful.
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Post by CultOfTheWyvern » Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:40 am

ClickJ wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:15 amLast handful.
That MiG-23 head-on image is absolutely stunning.
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Post by ClickJ » Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:29 pm

CultOfTheWyvern wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:40 am That MiG-23 head-on image is absolutely stunning.
Thank you!
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