THUNDER OVER MICHIGAN!!!!!!!

[FlyboyGil]

Who's all going to this airshow? A bit pricey to get in, but look at the lineup. It's going to be loud, and well Loud!!! IT'S GOING TO ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow/aircraft.htm

[Oddball]

If I could afford the air fare and get time off work it could of been a slight possability

[FlyboyGil]

WHADDUP CHICKENS?!?!?!??!?! Thunder Over Michigan, what an airshow!!!! Here are some pics. In a few though, some guy just muscles his way into them, and ruins the pics. Enjoy!!!

TBM Avenger painted in George Bush Colours

Grumman Wildcat


ME-109 (Hard to get a good shot with all the people)

ME-109 Cockpit

Some Plane

B-25

Boeing Stearman

B-24. One of two attending the show!


THAT GUY I WAS WARNING YOU ALL ABOUT!!!!

One of 4 B-17's



The line up of P-47's



Some "Gerries" in Front of the 109

The Yin to the Nazi Yang

There's that guy again!!!!


The B-24 Being towed out for its turn to fly against an ominous sky!!! Fortunately the weather stayed North of the show!!!


I do have some flying shots of the planes. However, because my camera is crappy you can barely make out what is flying  .

Gilly 

[chuckar101]

Great Pics.  On question what is the aircraft behind the p51.  Looks like C130 props but there's invasion stripes on the wing.  Either way looks like you had a blast.

[FlyboyGil]

Great Pics.  On question what is the aircraft behind the p51.  Looks like C130 props but there's invasion stripes on the wing.  Either way looks like you had a blast.

It is a C-130. It has invasion stripes to commemorate a WW2 unit. I don't remember which one it was though. As for having a blast IT WAS AWSOME!!! Still one more day for the show!!

[Rooster Cruiser]

Four B17's in one place!?!?  That's an awesome sight to see when you consider there are so darn few of them left in flying condition anymore.  That plus two B24's , an Me109, a Hurricane, and a gaggle of P47's makes for one helova show!

Did they get all six bombers in the air at one time?  That would have been quite a sight.   

[Oddball]

ok ok you got the ME/Bf 109 and the Hurri (looks like a Mk1a) so where the Spits and the Lancs? EH EH EH!!!!! 

[FlyboyGil]

All six bombers were in the air at one time!! Quite the sight and sound. Unfortunately the announcer wouldn't shut up when they were flying. Someone in the crowd was yelling at him to be quiet, and the announcer was yelling back in the microphone for him to shutup!! They never flew in tight formation though just a circle. Wind was gusting at 25k. Also an F-18 that was performing had to cut his show short when he had an engine failure.

As for the Spitties and Lanc, who knows. They should've been there,  but weren't must be the rising $$$ of fuel costs.

[AirScorp]

Great pictures Gilly!

[Oddball]

Yep good pics pity that ugly mug got in the way.  spoilt the pics of ol' 927 (aka Diamond Lil) and the huri 

[FlyboyGil]

Yep good pics pity that ugly mug got in the way.  spoilt the pics of ol' 927 (aka Diamond Lil) and the huri 

Yeah the nerve of some people! Just think they can get in the way!!

[Frank N. O.]

Great pictures, but such a shame that the announcer would speak over the sound of the bombers flying, obviously that's not a aviation-speaker, I hope there was a formal complaint listed to let the people know they want to hear the sound of the planes for the next event. It's like a tv-show where they test cars and they have music over it, sure it can look pretty and give fuel to fantasy with classical music over the car sliding thrue a corner in slow motion but other times it's just nice to hear the engine and see the car driven without cuts every half second, it makes it impossible to see how the vehicle handles, and something similar goes for flying planes as well.

One question: Was it ironic that you just listed the P-51 as "some plane" where it perhaps is a very famous one or what?

Next question: Were you really serious that the guy in the photo muscled in, there was no winking smilie but the dude seemed to be posed for the picture so it was hardly a last second jump-in-the-frame manouver.

Frank

[FlyboyGil]

One question: Was it ironic that you just listed the P-51 as "some plane" where it perhaps is a very famous one or what?

Next question: Were you really serious that the guy in the photo muscled in, there was no winking smilie but the dude seemed to be posed for the picture so it was hardly a last second jump-in-the-frame manouver.

Frank

I knew it was a P-51. I said that cause it's so recognizable. And that ugly guy who just muscled in was me!

[Oddball]

  AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! oh the horror!, the horror!

[airtac]

Super Nice pictures Gil---wish I could of been there to see that many Thunderbolts in one bunch