OT Westfield Air Show

[ctfjr]

If you have never been to one, the military air shows are really a lot of fun. With 200K + of my new best friends on Sunday we saw a great exhibition of not only the Blue Angels but the F22 Raptor.

I just started editing my shots but here is one I call, "The old & new"

 

[BroadwayVa]

If you have never been to one, the military air shows are really a lot of fun. With 200K + of my new best friends on Sunday we saw a great exhibition of not only the Blue Angels but the F22 Raptor.

I just started editing my shots but here is one I call, "The old & new"

View attachment 9566

Was at one at the Will Rogers OKC International AP---They had a huge Russian cargo plane , claimed it required 4 pilots, Flew it around the Air port like a fighter. The P/F-51 Those that fly it say you wear it like a suit, it feels like a part of you. They had a Stealth Fighter/bomber there but obviously I couldn't see it---it's stealth!! Lots of nice old and new ---don't miss the Westfield (old Army Air Corp WW2 base) Mass
show. This is not Westover AFB--it's in Westfield. I always mixed them up. Yes the Stealth was actually there.

 

[Woof 101]

If you have never been to one, the military air shows are really a lot of fun. With 200K + of my new best friends on Sunday we saw a great exhibition of not only the Blue Angels but the F22 Raptor.

I just started editing my shots but here is one I call, "The old & new"

View attachment 9566

Good post, air shows are not only a great wow factor but with Memorial Day approaching a great reminder or learning lesson for the young. Not wanting to rant on The World wars or our enemies at the time but the air superiority displayed at these shows are a large part of the equation of why our country speaks English. (OK for the most part.)

 

[ctfjr]

Here are a couple of the Blue Angels - an amazing team

 

[ctfjr]

and the original post in better size

 

[meyers7]

If you have never been to one, the military air shows are really a lot of fun. With 200K + of my new best friends on Sunday we saw a great exhibition of not only the Blue Angels but the F22 Raptor.

I just started editing my shots but here is one I call, "The old & new"

View attachment 9566

Just on edit, it wasn't the Westfield air show. Although they've had them there before. It was at Westover. Which is in Chicopee. Other side of the river.

150K on Sat, 225K on Sunday. Didn't go this year, have been in the past, but did see many of the planes flying overhead all weekend.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Just on edit, it wasn't the Westfield air show. Although they've had them there before. It was at Westover. Which is in Chicopee. Other side of the river.

150K on Sat, 225K on Sunday. Didn't go this year, have been in the past, but did see many of the planes flying overhead all weekend.

I guess I wasn't the only one mixing up Westfield (the old Army Air Corp Westfield Field) Just north of there is a Park in NorthHampton named for a relative in WWII. Just North of EastHampton is a great Civil War Yankee Cemetery , most killed the Near Richmond "Wilderness". Virginians aren't the only ones who have memories

 

[CharlesE]

For information, the Quonset Rhode Island National Guard Air show is coming up May 30, 31st, at Quonset Rhode Island at a naval air station on the coast. The show will feature the Blue Angels, as well as many other aerial performances and static displays of many military aircraft. The gates open at 9 AM, flying starts at 10 AM, and the flying ends at 4:30 PM each day. Admission is free, but there is a $ 10 donation requested to help a local childrens hospital.

There is plenty of parking available for this well attended event, however there is little shade, and no public seating. You might want to bring a hat, and a lawn chair.
You should be able to google Quonset Air Show for more info.

 

[meyers7]

For anyone down that way interested.

http://www.riairshow.org/

 

[BroadwayVa]

For information, the Quonset Rhode Island National Guard Air show is coming up May 30, 31st, at Quonset Rhode Island at a naval air station on the coast. The show will feature the Blue Angels, as well as many other aerial performances and static displays of many military aircraft. The gates open at 9 AM, flying starts at 10 AM, and the flying ends at 4:30 PM each day. Admission is free, but there is a $ 10 donation requested to help a local childrens hospital.

There is plenty of parking available for this well attended event, however there is little shade, and no public seating. You might want to bring a hat, and a lawn chair.
You should be able to google Quonset Air Show for more info.

Quonset Point (formerly NAS) is a good spot for a Blue Angels Air show. Also not too far from the Old Davisville Sea Bee Base (Bees of the 7 Seas)
Too bad the old Charlie town (really Charlestown NAF R.I) is now a development.

 

[ABachelor6CR]

For anyone down that way interested.

http://www.riairshow.org/

Thanks Meyers!!! The wife and I are planning on going........maybe bring the old man with us, since he use to fly......