Thunder Over Louisville 2022

[Nate_Burrows]

Here’s the link to the news station that will be live steaming the show tomorrow afternoon.

https://www.wlky.com/amp/article/how-to ... y/39795994

Like to see review also. Had yesterday afternoon off of work to drive down for the show from CLE. Instead, Wednesday night, someone decided to crash me from behind on the highway. So no show for me. Guess will try to stream live tomorrow. Usually one of the local TV stations streams live.

[dzirzow]

Thanks for the live stream link!

[Nate_Burrows]

Airshow schedule for today.

15:11 Nick Coleman T-Craft Aerobatics
15:20 123rd ST HALO Jump/Flags/Anthem
15:30 F-16 x 4 (112th FS, OH ANG)
15:45 B-2 (13th Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB)
15:57 Matt Younkin Twin Beech
16:07 KC-135 (72nd ARS, Grissom, IN)
16:15 C-130) x2 (165th AS, Kentucky ANG)
16:23 107 FS Selfridge A-10
16:33 F-100 Super Sabre
16:38 BREAK
16:43 AC-130J Gunship (4th SOW, Hurlburt Field)
16:51 A-1 Skyradier Demo
16:56 BREAK
17:04 UPS 767 Flyby
17:12 BREAK
17:24 P-51D Moonbeam McSwine
17:32 B-25 Passes
17:40 B-24 Passes
17:48 B-29 Passes
17:56 WWIi Victory Pass (B-29/B-25/8-24/P-51)
18:06 Navy CH:53
18:11 BREAK
18:31 Raptor Demo
18:41 Heritage Flight
18:49 F-15E x2 (4th FW, Seymour-Johnson AFB)
18:56 C-17 (167th Airlift Squadron, WV ANG)
19:03 KC-46 Flyby
19:08 BREAK
19:12 US Army UH-60s (8-229th Ft. Knox)
19:19 9th RW T-38 x2
19:27 176th FS (WI ANG) F-16 x2
19:39 Acemaker Demo
19:51 USMC Osprey Demo
20:11 Navy EA-18G Demo
20:21 Navy Legacy Flight(2x E/A-18G & FAU)
20:26 BREAK
20:51 Carbon Cub Float Plane/Barge Transition
21:06 Magic by Moonlight (Younkin night act)
21:11 "God Bless America" Flag Tow
21:21 Drones
21:30 System Check: Clear Airspace
22:00 Thunder Over Louisville Fireworks

[Grunt087]

The airshow overall was pretty good mainly due to rarity of the planes and numbers. The B-52 was a no show and so was the F-86. I hope the organizers might read this review of the show so they could put on a better show next time. I was on the City side with the sun behind me. The biggest complaint I had was the fact most of the flyby's were so high up and the crews had no idea how to do airshow photo passes. I like to see topside views of the planes. Many of the pilots would fly straight and level or worse bank towards the opposite bank of the river. Nothing worse to me is getting only getting pictures of the underside of the planes. I know they have restrictions. A simple slow wing wag to the crowd would have been better than the T-38's doing three passes where they were high up and climbing straight and level showing nothing more than the outline of a plane. The F-15's only did one pass high up and stayed straight and level. For all the time cost and effort to fly there you would think they would do more than just flyby once. The planes seemed to stay closer to the north bank of the river and more times than not would do more curving flight paths giving more topside views there. Next year I think I will try over there. The CH-53 did a great show and hovered in front of each section of the crowd line on both banks of the river but the V-22 only did high speed passes with the rotors in both positions. He could have hovered for the crowd but didn't. The other problem was the slow pace of the planes. It would often be twenty minutes between planes. It would have been nice to shorten the gaps and then leave more time for dinner or lunch but you never knew when the next plane was coming so you did not want to leave to get food. There were not any food vendors on the west side of the Kentucky side of the crowd line. The crowd line wasn't that deep and you could get a good view from most anywhere because the planes were flying so high up. If you got there before 10 am you could get front row seats. Parking in the city was plentiful but $6 dollar garages were charging $20-$30 for "Event" parking. Getting out of the city took forever 90 mins in bumper to bumper traffic with lots of blocked off streets. It would have been smarter to have signs with directions to get to the highway entrances since the police blocked off roads your GPS would not give you a good route out. I don't mean to bad mouth the show but I hope by pointing these things out they might improve them for next year. Hopefully people here will be able to plan their show attendance and make better choices by knowing what to expect next year. Overall it was a good show but it could have been a lot better with a few small changes. The Drone light show and fireworks were really good. I hope my review might help you if you plan on going.