Offutt airshow 16-17 aug 2008

Tomcat01 · Post by **Tomcat01** » 04 Sep 2008, 10:28

This was a nice airshow, sun wil in your back from 11.00 till sunset. Static show was nice (u2, b52, ea6 etc) but typical american with no real barriers, just some cones and rope, and people in front. Security was pretty tight, so you had to come in early because of the long lines at the entrypoints. Flying display was pretty standard.
Here are some of my shots, hope you enjoy them.

Grtz,

Hans

John Rambo · Post by **John Rambo** » 04 Sep 2008, 10:38

Nice B-2! And you call that pretty standard...

Please show more if it is possible.

Sleegertje · Post by **Sleegertje** » 04 Sep 2008, 11:25

What did you think, Let's start with the best one!!!!

Tomcat01 · Post by **Tomcat01** » 04 Sep 2008, 11:52

I'm not a huge fan of us airshows because of bad staticshows and limited airdisplays, but there is one thing they do the best. That's creating photoopertunities with legacyflights and photopasses. The planes come from behind the crowd performing a nice bank.
Here are some shots of these fine moments.

Crouze · Post by **Crouze** » 04 Sep 2008, 12:01

Hi Hans,

Nice shots!

Did you get any of the F-18's too? We managed to almost fully log the airshow, apart from the flightline, and we left around noon so didn't see most of it fly.

Greets,
Marco

Tomcat01 · Post by **Tomcat01** » 04 Sep 2008, 12:26

Hi Marco,

The f-18´s were 164062/nj365 and 162804/nj304, both f-18c from vfa-125, read them of my shots.

Grtz,

Hans

Flanker27 · Post by **Flanker27** » 04 Sep 2008, 14:30

niiiice

Crouze · Post by **Crouze** » 04 Sep 2008, 14:40

Hans,

Tomcat01 wrote:The f-18´s were 164062/nj365 and 162804/nj304, both f-18c from vfa-125, read them of my shots.

Thanks, super stuff! Seems like it was yet worth the hassle of getting al your gear through the security checkpoint

For the sake of completeness, do you also have the numbers of both F-15's on the flightline for me? Haven't got my notes with me right now so I'm not sure if 82-021 that flew is the one we couldn't read off on the ground...

By the way: Moose Jaw airshow was muuuuuuch smaller

Greets,
Marco

Thermal · Post by **Thermal** » 04 Sep 2008, 23:06

Yeah....pretty standard . Always that damn P-40, A-10, F-15 flyby, it´s indeed getting boring.

Gonzo · Post by **Gonzo** » 05 Sep 2008, 07:28

Can you tell me what for you special is?? I don't see any standard aircraft for me!!!

Tomcat01 · Post by **Tomcat01** » 05 Sep 2008, 13:55

Marco,

The f15 was indeed 82-021/EG 58 FS, the other one did not fly and was parked out of sight, so no serial on that one.

Grtz,

Hans

Crouze · Post by **Crouze** » 05 Sep 2008, 14:35

Mooi hoor,

Ik heb een mailtje gestuurd naar de PA van 33FW over die tweede F-15, wie weet komen ze nog wel met een bruikbaar antwoord...

Groeten,
Marco

Javindo50 · Post by **Javindo50** » 05 Sep 2008, 23:06

I enjoy all of these pics

Tomcat01 · Post by **Tomcat01** » 06 Sep 2008, 14:56

Peter,

American airshows can be very interesting especial if you have never been there and you can see a lot of new types and units. As i already mentioned before the photoopertunities are better than in Europe because of the photopasses that are not allowed/done overhere. If you compare the variaty and number of aircraft participating in the flying display than Europe is lot better (if you have to watch engine testrunning by the TB,s for half an hour i don't get really excited), so are most of the staticshows. Offutt was in my opinion one of the better u.s.shows. The best i have seen over there is Oceana.
Here are some leftovers

Grtz,

Hans

Hornet · Post by **Hornet** » 06 Sep 2008, 15:21

Incredible set of pictures !

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