On Saturday July 24 I talked your dad into taking me to the Blue Angels Idaho Falls Airshow. WOW! I've posted some of my best pictures, but a photo just can't capture the amazing sights and sounds.
Sometimes the angels flew in formations of 4, 5 or 6, and sometime solo. Notice two pilots flying upside down in one of the pictures above. The announcer said that in the diamond 4 formation the plane wings are 18 inches apart!
Many others performed at the airshow too. At right are three restored Mustang fighters. We also got to watch a Mig/Fury dog fight and the Airforce had a air display of vintage to modern aircraft. We saw some fantastic aerial gymnastics and trick flying. My favorite was a flyer from Boise. Not only did he do barrel rolls, he also rolled his plane top over bottom. He did loops and figure eights and he totally stopped his plane in flight and just fell from the sky pulling up in a very dramatic loop and roll.
The plane at right was called the mystery plane and the pilot, Kyle, did some fantastic displays. But, look on top of the plane and you will see his wife, Amanda, who is a "wing walker". She climbed out of the cockpit along the bottom wing, onto
the top wing and then strapped herself to a pole on top of the plane. She was there as he did all his tricks like at left. It looked like she was having a blast! I heard someone say "that must a be woman up there. A man would have more sense".
On Saturday July 24 I talked your dad into taking me to the Blue Angels Idaho Falls Airshow. WOW! I've posted some of my best pictures, but a photo just can't capture the amazing sights and sounds.
Sometimes the angels flew in formations of 4, 5 or 6, and sometime solo. Notice two pilots flying upside down in one of the pictures above. The announcer said that in the diamond 4 formation the plane wings are 18 inches apart!
Many others performed at the airshow too. At right are three restored Mustang fighters. We also got to watch a Mig/Fury dog fight and the Airforce had a air display of vintage to modern aircraft. We saw some fantastic aerial gymnastics and trick flying. My favorite was a flyer from Boise. Not only did he do barrel rolls, he also rolled his plane top over bottom. He did loops and figure eights and he totally stopped his plane in flight and just fell from the sky pulling up in a very dramatic loop and roll.
The plane at right was called the mystery plane and the pilot, Kyle, did some fantastic displays. But, look on top of the plane and you will see his wife, Amanda, who is a "wing walker". She climbed out of the cockpit along the bottom wing, onto 
the top wing and then strapped herself to a pole on top of the plane. She was there as he did all his tricks like at left. It looked like she was having a blast! I heard someone say "that must a be woman up there. A man would have more sense".
AWESOME PICTURES!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that about the woman. AMazing!
Way to talk Dad into something that looked pretty amazing. Wow!!
ReplyDeleteWe wish we could have been there. Thanks for posting the highlights.
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