This Air Show featured some great acts. Unfortunately, the
photographer was having a tough day, so I didn't get good shots of everyone
involved.
Gene Soucy has quite a varied show. Not
only does he fly the custom built Showcat, a modified Grumman Ag Cat biplane, with Theresa Stokes walking the wing, but he also
flies aerobatic performances in the Showcat and an Extra 300.
The
cold weather and high winds made this a tough day for wing-walking (like
there's an easy day for wing-walking??). In the photo on the right
you can see Gene fighting the crosswind to land.
A C-130 JATO launch is always an awesome sight. While this
is often a standard part of the show when the Blue Angel's Fat Albert is in
town, it was nice to see a front line C-130 perform one.
This was the third performance of the East
Coast F-16 Demo Team since returning to the air show scene in 2000. It's good to
have them back, and this was a great performance.
Here is a more conventional C-130 takeoff.
A shot of the air-crew featured in The Perfect Storm
simulating an aerial refueling.
The New York Guard also performed a cargo
air-drop.
The Iron Eagles are one of my favorite civilian
aerobatics teams. Although high winds prevented them from flying in as
tight a formation as I've seen in the past, it was still a great performance.