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.

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.

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?

http://airandspaceshow.com/patrouille-de-france/

The Frenchies fly the little Alpha jet - two motors instead of one

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

I had no idea there were other members here from melbourne. Pretty cool!

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

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

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 ) 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.
And Sun-n-Fun is coming to Lakeland next week! Yipeeee!

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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.

Wings Of Freedom Tour is in OKC at Wiley Post Airport this weekend, featuring WW2 aircraft.

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Originally posted by rocky47:
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.

Sounds like you have a good seat. "Position A"