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Just watched the Breitling aerobatics team do a practice run through of their show from my backyard. Later today the Thunder Birds should do a practice as well.


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I have never been to a formal airshow but the Thunderbirds are in Oklahoma City next month and I think I will go check it out.




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I saw the Breitling team last year at Miramar as the warm up act for the Blue Angels. Breitling fly their L-39's well, and show off the capabilities of the little Czech birds nicely.

Wait - I thought Breitling went back to Europe after the Huntington Beach Airshow last Fall - are you sure it isn't these guys?

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The French team is in town now, they were doing fly bys on NASA yesterday.


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I had no idea there were other members here from melbourne. Pretty cool!
 
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I watched in amazement as a Chinook helicopter moved from right to left in front of the grandstand, while spinning in a counter clock wise direction.
then it stopped , changed the direction of the spin to clockwise ,while traveling in the other direction.

i was hoping to find a youtube of another Chinook doing the dance , but I can not find one





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Correction it is not the Breitling team it is the french Air Force team.


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If you're reading this and have never had the opportunity to see a military fighter jet perform, be it in the form of an F-16 Falcon from the Thunderbirds, or the Blue Angels' FA-18 Hornets, or an F-86 SuperSabre, or MIG-19, F-16 Eagle, or, a Harrier, or, or, or ....don't wait just go to an air show and experience it! Real sense of pride that they're on our side (well, most of them Smile ) but the skill involved, and what they can do.....unbelievable! And the sheer power involved.
Oh, I forgot...an F-104 Starfighter or a F-22 Raptor. My,oh my.
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Originally posted by ibanda:
I have never been to a formal airshow but the Thunderbirds are in Oklahoma City next month and I think I will go check it out.


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Just watched the Breitling aerobatics team do a practice run through of their show from my backyard. Later today the Thunder Birds should do a practice as well.


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