Thunder of Niagara Airshow 2018

[RyanS]

I made a comment about the organizer (Ben Canetti) on a Facebook thread and apparently I'm now banned from attending this and other military airshows. It's a shame that this show is run by such an immature clown.

Best of luck everyone, I'll be curious to hear how it goes. For the fans' sake, hopefully everything goes smoothly.

[Chuter]

ARRIVALS as of June 8th (10:00am):

- USAF F-22 Raptor Demo (x2 FF F-22’s; callsign RAPTOR 1&2)
- USN F/A-18 Super Hornet Demo (x2 VFA-106 F-18’s; callsign EMPIRE 11)
- USMC Ospreys (x2 USMC MV-22’s; callsign ELVIS 11)
- USAF KC-135 (x1 Altus AFB KC135; callsign PAWN 60)
- USAF Thunderbirds Demonstration Team
- USAF C-17 (x1 McGuire AFB C-17; callsign THUNDERBIRD 14)
- USAF C-17 (x1 Charleston AFB C-17; callsign TURTLE 8)
- USAF C-17 (x1 Stuart AFB C-17; callsign POLO 04)
- USAF KC-10 + T-Birds (x1 Travis AFB KC-10 + F-16’s; TOGA 79)
- USAF B-52 (x1 Barksdale AFB B-52; callsign SCALP 99)
- USAF F-15C (x1 Nellis AFB F-15C; callsign SKULL 01)
- USAF C-130 (x1 Youngstown ARB C-130; VADER 02)
- C-47 (x1 C-47 Skytrain; callsign WHISKEY 7)
- WC-130J (x1 Keesler AFB; callsign TEAL 16)
- Snowbirds 10 & 11

1338:

- CAF Snowbirds (arriving from CFB Trenton)
- CT-133/Vampire (x2 Waterloo Warbirds)

[Zombiel3]

- CAF Snowbirds (arriving from CFB Trenton)

Arriving? Or there already?

[Dan Gagnon]

ARRIVALS as of June 8th (10:00am):

- USAF F-22 Raptor Demo (x2 FF F-22’s; callsign RAPTOR 1&2)
- USN F/A-18 Super Hornet Demo (x2 VFA-106 F-18’s; callsign EMPIRE 11)
- USMC Ospreys (x2 USMC MV-22’s; callsign ELVIS 11)
- USAF KC-135 (x1 Altus AFB KC135; callsign PAWN 60)
- USAF Thunderbirds Demonstration Team
- USAF C-17 (x1 McGuire AFB C-17; callsign THUNDERBIRD 14)
- USAF C-17 (x1 Charleston AFB C-17; callsign TURTLE 8)
- USAF C-17 (x1 Stuart AFB C-17; callsign POLO 04)
- USAF KC-10 + T-Birds (x1 Travis AFB KC-10 + F-16’s; TOGA 79)
- USAF B-52 (x1 Barksdale AFB B-52; callsign SCALP 99)
- USAF F-15C (x1 Nellis AFB F-15C; callsign SKULL 01)
- USAF C-130 (x1 Youngstown ARB C-130; VADER 02)
- C-47 (x1 C-47 Skytrain; callsign WHISKEY 7)
- WC-130J (x1 Keesler AFB; callsign TEAL 16)
- Snowbirds 10 & 11

1338:

- CAF Snowbirds (arriving from CFB Trenton)
- CT-133/Vampire (x2 Waterloo Warbirds)

Thanks Nick. Did anymore statics show up? Curious if the F-16, A-10 and F-18C showed up. Also decided to attend tomorrow as the weather got way better in the last couple of days. Getting excited!

[Chuter]

ARRIVALS as of June 8th (10:00am):

- USAF F-22 Raptor Demo (x2 FF F-22’s; callsign RAPTOR 1&2)
- USN F/A-18 Super Hornet Demo (x2 VFA-106 F-18’s; callsign EMPIRE 11)
- USMC Ospreys (x2 USMC MV-22’s; callsign ELVIS 11)
- USAF KC-135 (x1 Altus AFB KC135; callsign PAWN 60)
- USAF Thunderbirds Demonstration Team
- USAF C-17 (x1 McGuire AFB C-17; callsign THUNDERBIRD 14)
- USAF C-17 (x1 Charleston AFB C-17; callsign TURTLE 8)
- USAF C-17 (x1 Stuart AFB C-17; callsign POLO 04)
- USAF KC-10 + T-Birds (x1 Travis AFB KC-10 + F-16’s; TOGA 79)
- USAF B-52 (x1 Barksdale AFB B-52; callsign SCALP 99)
- USAF F-15C (x1 Nellis AFB F-15C; callsign SKULL 01)
- USAF C-130 (x1 Youngstown ARB C-130; VADER 02)
- C-47 (x1 C-47 Skytrain; callsign WHISKEY 7)
- WC-130J (x1 Keesler AFB; callsign TEAL 16)
- Snowbirds 10 & 11

1338:

- CAF Snowbirds (arriving from CFB Trenton)
- CT-133/Vampire (x2 Waterloo Warbirds)

Thanks Nick. Did anymore statics show up? Curious if the F-16, A-10 and F-18C showed up. Also decided to attend tomorrow as the weather got way better in the last couple of days. Getting excited!

All three showed up.

2 A-10’s from Moody AFB
2 F-16’s from Vermont ANG
1 F-18C (Don’t know base)

[BruceK]

I was at the Swift National Fly-In today in Athens, TN when the CAF P-63A Kingcobra stopped in for a fuel stop on her way to Niagara. The CAF p-63 doesn't have drop tanks and is limited to an hour of flight time. He was going to make several stops en route and I imagine it was late in the day when he made his destination. It was a nice surprise for a small airport and the plane got a lot of attention from those on the field.

[Airplanefreak2000]

Looked like Taylor was flying the p-63. He’s a cool dude a land a great pilot.

[Dan Gagnon]

Attended the show today. Line-up was steller. Overcast and a tad cool. Lots of jet noise! Here are some static pics. An interesting tidbit of information I found out today; the Vermont ANG will begin transitioning to the F-35 starting in March of next year.

[Dan Gagnon]

Some more:

[yyz64]

Attended the show today. Line-up was steller. Overcast and a tad cool. Lots of jet noise! Here are some static pics. An interesting tidbit of information I found out today; the Vermont ANG will begin transitioning to the F-35 starting in March of next year.

Correct they are one of the first if not the first ANG to get them.
https://combataircraft.keypublishing.co ... s-on-f-35/


Was a good show , we also went Saturday shuttle worked well and the show was pretty good.Now I have seen the T-Birds , I can skip the CIAS .
To get both the T-Birds and the F-22 was a good job as well as one of the last F-18F demos of the year. I thought the V-22 demo was a little short but always nice to see one fly.It's pretty amazing how fast the props transition from hover to flight.