Goin to see the Thunderbirds! YAY!

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:02 am

I am about to go to Indianapolis, IN to see the Thunderbirds. I am going to the show on Sunday.

I CANT WAIT!!!!

The Thunderbirds ROCK!

I'll tell you about the show when I get back!

AF

Tomcatboy48237 · Post by **Tomcatboy48237** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:29 pm

Well I was at the show today too and the weather really killed everything. The Thunderbirds orbited for about 10 minutes discussing the weather and deciding what to do. Eventually they settled on four delta passes due to the three mile visibility in the haze. I can certainly see why they called off the show, you couldn't see them until they were right on top of you. Later on they carried the bottom-up pass directly over part of the GA crowd, which was definitely very cool.

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:17 pm

Yeah

I went on Sunday, it rained hard in the early show.
The Thunderbirds had a low show. I got to see the Delta opening break, loved that

They had no loops. They had some cool things though.

1: Arrow head roll
2: Echelon Pass in Review
3: After the delta came above for the opening, the diamond went into a turn.
4: TWO SNEAK PASSES!!!!

The cut sunday's show short also.
Oh well, I got to hear them though!

Always Next Year!
AF

Post by **Lawndart** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:24 pm

Airshow fan wrote:They had no loops. They had some cool things though.

1: Arrow head roll
2: Echelon Pass in Review
3: After the delta came above for the opening, the diamond went into a turn.
4: TWO SNEAK PASSES!!!!

All part of the "Low Show" profile! Sounds like a good show considering the wx circumstances.

Tomcatboy48237 · Post by **Tomcatboy48237** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:16 pm

Lawndart wrote:
Airshow fan wrote:They had no loops. They had some cool things though.

1: Arrow head roll
2: Echelon Pass in Review
3: After the delta came above for the opening, the diamond went into a turn.
4: TWO SNEAK PASSES!!!!
All part of the "Low Show" profile! Sounds like a good show considering the wx circumstances.

It was indeed a low show, but it was cut short due to visibility issues again. I ended up taping both days, now I've just got to go through the footage.

Post by **Lawndart** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:22 pm

Too bad, but can't wait to see your footage Tomcatboy! Especially the two sneak passes...

Tomcatboy48237 · Post by **Tomcatboy48237** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:04 pm

Lawndart wrote:Too bad, but can't wait to see your footage Tomcatboy! Especially the two sneak passes...

Would you settle for one?

He was about five seconds early on the first sneak, he flew by as I was panning to find him.

Second one should be good though!

Post by **Lawndart** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:47 pm

I'm not only interested in the footage, but the sequence used for the two passes as well.

Tomcatboy48237 · Post by **Tomcatboy48237** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:13 pm

Got the videos done, finally.

http://www.airshowstuff.com/Indy%202006.htm

Post by **Lawndart** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:43 pm

Nice work Tomcatboy! Thanks for sharing.

Anyone notice during the Bon-Ton Roulle how early No. 3 rolled and the insane amount of bobbling No. 1 had when stopping his roll (hard not to notice). Phew! All maneuvers except the Bon-Ton looked sharp under the cloud deck though.

Btw, Tomcatboy the Bon-Ton is the name of the simultaneous aileron rolls and in case you're wondering the echelon pass is referred to as a Trail-Banana.

Tomcatboy48237 · Post by **Tomcatboy48237** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:53 pm

Lawndart wrote:Btw, Tomcatboy the Bon-Ton is the name of the simultaneous aileron rolls and in case you're wondering the echelon pass is referred to as a Trail-Banana.

I knew about the Bon-Ton, but I figured I'd make the title a bit more descriptive. Didn't know about the Trail Banana pass though, that one will be getting changed soon.

Rhino · Post by **Rhino** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:31 pm

Hmm...the comms piped over the PA on the Bon-Ton didnt sound like Hollywood...sounded like Lt. Col Chandler from the year(s) before

Airshow fan · Post by **Airshow fan** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:42 pm

Lawndart wrote:Anyone notice during the Bon-Ton Roulle how early No. 3 rolled and the insane amount of bobbling No. 1 had when stopping his roll (hard not to notice). Phew! All maneuvers except the Bon-Ton looked sharp under the cloud deck though.

I noticed that at the show. I dont know what happend there. The Thunderbirds are great for 2006. I am going to go back to Indy in 2007!