Can anyone confirm this??

FutureThunderbird · Post by **FutureThunderbird** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:41 pm

Alright, now if i counted right the t-birds have had 4,043 performances. Can anyone tell me if this is correct or can anyone correct it? Also is there a site that has the number of performances listed on it.

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:04 pm

I am not sure.

It depends how they count performences.

Is it which show they go to, or how many demos they have done. (Saturday and Sunday would = 2 demos)

Not sure, but it sounds pretty close...

...wait,.I dont have the answer and I posted

Anybody else know?

Post by **Lawndart** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:18 pm

Sorry, can't verify either; however, they did perform their 4,000th show recently (and counting)!

Grab, do you have an official answer?

Tailhook · Post by **Tailhook** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:06 pm

wheres that grab dude or w/e when u need him lol. he will tell you considering he is one!

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:36 pm

He would know cause he is the #6 crew cheif ( <

I think)

But, yeah, they had thier 4,000th show and what LD said, its counting! It will get close to 5,000 show in about,..100 years

Convertible · Post by **Convertible** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:42 am

Airshow fan wrote: But, yeah, they had their 4,000th show and what LD said, its counting! It will get close to 5,000 show in about,..100 years

Uhmmmm. In a little over 50 yrs they hit 4000 shows. Not sure your math is correct.

Convertible

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:01 pm

Convertible wrote:
Uhmmmm. In a little over 50 yrs they hit 4000 shows. Not sure your math is correct.

Convertible

Oh, I cant belive I messed up that!!! That is Common Sense! lol

Convertible · Post by **Convertible** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:50 pm

No problem man. They fly so many shows each year that it is hard to keep up. One good thing about them flying so many shows is that you are bound to catch one sooner or later somewhere close to where you live.

Convertible

Post by **Lawndart** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:50 pm

I just added up the shows since the 4,000th performed at Robins AFB, GA on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Not counting any weather cancellations (the actual number may very well be lower by the number of shows scrubbed), to date the Thunderbirds would now have performed their 4,048th show as of today (Sunday, October 22, 2006).

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FutureThunderbird wrote:Alright, now if i counted right the t-birds have had 4,043 performances. Can anyone tell me if this is correct or can anyone correct it? Also is there a site that has the number of performances listed on it.

So, to backtrack a tad... The date FutureThunderbird posted this was on October 17th, which would mean per the schedule the Thunderbirds would have performed 4,045 shows; however, IF two shows between the 13th of May and the 17th of October were cancelled (due to weather?), 4,043 shows to date (Oct 17) would be correct!

Note: The team has never cancelled a show due to maintenance in its 53-year history!