PDA

View Full Version : Thunderbirds flying around downtown


77thor
07-14-2006, 02:11 PM
right now... pretty cool

I'm going to the air show on Saturday
JohnnyT
07-14-2006, 02:23 PM
Yep, they were out yesterday too. They put on a badazz show. I'll be there Saturday and Sunday... Would be there today too if it wasn't for my peice of $hit boss! :mad:
Lash
07-14-2006, 02:40 PM
I almost rearended somebody from trying to watch them from the freeway. They sound sweet as hell. Saw 4 of them.
Yooformula
07-14-2006, 02:57 PM
ahh cool. I havent been able to see the entire show once yet.
1quickgtp
07-14-2006, 02:59 PM
where is the show at? are you talking about the one up in oshkosh? eaa?

or is it around here? let me know asap please
JohnnyT
07-14-2006, 03:02 PM
It's at the lakefront pretty much centered at the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Sat and Sun from 11:00-4:30. The Thunderbirds will fly last in the lineup both days. There are a bunch of other things throughout the day. It's a good time. Go see it! :thumbsup

http://www.milwaukeeairexpo.com/
awsomeears
07-14-2006, 03:09 PM
Seeing them is a total rush. Imagine flying in one :-0 or flying it :-)
98whitegpgt
07-14-2006, 07:31 PM
i saw a few of them from down here on the east side. the were loud as hell.
USMARINE1108
07-14-2006, 08:06 PM
Blue Angles > Thunderchickens
Mr. Brett
07-14-2006, 09:45 PM
Blue Angles > Thunderchickens

Amen to that! Former Hornet maintainer here...
USMARINE1108
07-14-2006, 10:58 PM
Amen to that! Former Hornet maintainer here...

Me too, or at least that's what it says in my user title. Navy or USMC? I'm an electircian, or AE for you Navy types.
Mr. Brett
07-14-2006, 11:43 PM
Really? Me too! I was a squid, though... Got out as an AE2(AW) about 3 years ago. Spent 6 years ('97-'03) on the east coast at Cecil Field and Oceana with VFA-131 and VFA-106. Who are you with?
USMARINE1108
07-15-2006, 01:08 AM
I was in VMFA-312 in Beaufort SC for 4 years. Made a cruise in the Truman and one on the Enterprise. I re-enlisted and went to C1 (old C7) school, which was 8 months, now I've been back in Beaufort for 4 months in VMFA(AW)-224 which is delta's. I'd rather be in a boat sq, but oh well. I know quite a few people at 106 since we always got a few of you guys on the boat.
HITMAN
07-15-2006, 01:11 AM
Blue Angles > Thunderchickens
Ah, the pride of service. LOL @ the Department of the Navy. :thumbsup

Having watched both, I'd have to say they're pretty much carbon copies of one another, in as far as the stunts performed. The Blue Angels fly a cooler looking jet than the the 'Birds, but as for performance capabilities, I'd hate to have to live on the difference between an F/A-18 and an F-16. The same can be said for the pilots. If I were some rag-head MiG 29 fighter jock whose country was undergoing hostilities with the US, having any one of those pilots on my six would probably make for a REALLY BAD DAY...:wooo

GO USA!:usa