Thunder Over Michigan Airshow 7/7/07 *Pics added* 56K NO!

Well, I made it out to Thunder Over Michigan, 95,000 people there. It was AWESOME!!!! Blue Angels were great!

But for you WWII warbird fanatics, there was a 15 (yes... 15) B25 formation flight! All in all there were 16 B25's!

Have any of you seen Sean Tucker and the Oracle Challenger? He was amazing!

I have a whole bunch of photos, (831 to be correct, the most photos I have ever taken at one time), I will post a 56K warning when they are uploaded and worked on a bit... It might be a day or so

And NYC was very well represented, with American Airpower Museum bringing some birds, as well as Warbirds Over Long Island... Good job to both!

I also plan on attending tomorrow, so be ready for even more photos!

Here were the aircraft there:

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US Navy Aerial Demonstration Squadron "Blue Angels"
United States Navy
ACC F-16 'Viper' East Coast Demonstration Team
United States Air Force
North American Aviation B-25D Mitchell "Yankee Warrior"
Yankee Air Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Hobbes"
Tom Reilly
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Briefing Time"
Mid Atlantic Air Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Betty's Dream"
C&P Aviation Services
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Lady Luck"
C&P Aviation Services
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Pacific Prowler"
Jim Terry
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Miss Mitchell"
CAF/Minnesota Wing
North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell "Miss Hap"
American Airpower Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Martha Jean"
David Wheaton/Blue Yonder Inc.
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell
Tom Duffy
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Axis Nightmare"
Tri-State Warbird Museum
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Show Me"
CAF/Missouri Wing
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Yellow Rose"
CAF/Yellow Rose Wing
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Tondelayo"
Collings Foundation
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Panchito"
Rag Wings and Radials Aircraft Leasing LLC
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Wild Cargo"
Fighter Factory
North American Aviation B-25J Mitchell "Special Delivery/Doolittle Raider"
Lone Star Flight Museum
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Excaliber" [Aerobatic]
Pilot: Dale Snodgrass/Owner: Indiana Aviation Museum
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Shangrila" - Heritage Flight
Brad Hood
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Checkertail"
Nathan Davis
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Glamorous Gal"
Warbirds Over Long Island
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Petie 2nd"
Tony Buechler
North American Aviation P-51D Mustang "Gentleman Jim"
Jack Roush
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
Warbirds Over Long Island
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "No Guts No Glory"
Tom Duffy
Republic P-47N Thunderbolt "Jacky's Revenge"
American Airpower Museum
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hairless Joe"
Butch Schroeder
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter"
Neal Melton
Chance Vought F4U-5NL
Collings Foundation
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Yankee Lady"
Yankee Air Museum
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress "Memphis Belle"
David Tallichet
Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse
Marine Helicopter Squadron 361 Veterans Association, Inc
Douglas AD-5W Skyraider
Dr. Brent Hisey
Grumman TBM-3E Avenger
Tom Buck
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Paul Keppeler
North American Aviation F-86F Sabre
Warbird Heritage Foundation
North American (Rockwell) T-2B Buckeye
Warbird Heritage Foundation
Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-17F [Aerobatic]
Will Ward
Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros
Tim Brutsche
Douglas DC-3 American Airlines"Flagship Detroit"
Flagship Detroit Foundation
Douglas C-47D Skytrain "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Yankee Air Museum
North American Aviation LT-6G Texan "SCREAM 'N REBEL"
Jim Greeson
North American Aviation SNJ-5 Texan
Dan O' Connor
North American Aviation SNJ-5 Texan
Dan Schiffer
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Bob Pingston
North American Aviation T-6 Texan "MissTLC/Precious"
John Feldvary
North American Aviation T-6 Texan "Little Texan"
Ron Staley
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Chuck Marshall
North American Aviation T-6 Texan
Roger & Margaret Schlueter
Vultee SNV-1 Valiant
Bruce Koch
Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper
Yankee Air Museum - Saginaw, MI Division
Stinson OY-1 Sentinel
Paul Draper
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
Chris Dackson
Boeing N2-S Stearman
Larry Barrett
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
Dave & Deb Groh
Boeing PT-17 Stearman
Pete Chestnut
Boeing N2-S Stearman
Joe & Fran Szymanowicz
Cessna 0-2 Superskymaster
Tom Wrench
Stinson V-77 Reliant
Yankee Air Museum
Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon - HM-15
United States Navy
Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II - 172 FS
United States Air Force
Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II - 172 FS
United States Air Force
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon - 127th FW
United States Air Force
General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon - 127th FW
United States Air Force
Raytheon (Beech) T-1A Jayhawk - 71st OSS
United States Air Force
Raytheon T-6A Texan II - 8th FTS
United States Air Force
McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk - VT-9 "Tigers"
United States Navy
McDonnell Douglas T-45C Goshawk - VT-9 "Tigers"
United States Navy
Oracle Challenger [Aerobatic]
Sean Tucker

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Alright, I am going to add them as I edit and upload them.

DC-3 Flagship Detroit
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-6.jpg

Oracle Challenger:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...rMichigan7.jpg

Its FAAAAAAAAT Albert!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-1.jpg

T-6 formation:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-2.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-5.jpg

P47:
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-4.jpg

Blue Angels, 1-4
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-7.jpg

Heritage Flight
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...ichigan7-8.jpg

There is Celmers bud Sean Tucker!

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Originally Posted by hiss srq

There is Celmers bud Sean Tucker!

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Yes sir, Sean was a cool guy, got to talk to him for a few minutes afterward.

Did you get to meet his assistant? He is pretty cool too.

Great shots Matt! It looks like the sun was in the right spot and you had a great sky too. Looking forward to seeing more.

Well, I went again today!

I got to go up in a FedEx A300-500. That was pretty sweet, pics will be up shortly. I also sat in the engine, it was awesome!

Looks sweet! Where in MI was it? I was in MI the whole last week, just south of Detroit...

It was at Willow Run Airport, about 10 miles west of DTW.

http://www.willowrunairport.com

http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/airshow/

I was at the show Friday and Saturday, IT WAS AWESOME!
Especialy on Saturday when I was in the photo pit/ photo tour.
I'll post pics later.
But it was great!
3k+ shots.

Here they are.
Note one of the Blue's planes didn't have a number for Friday.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ichigan115.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ichigan372.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ichigan512.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...chigan1051.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ichigan158.jpg

Good shots! I will have to upload even more later.

You should have given me a call or something! I was there Saturday and Sunday

Yeah I should should have.
It was a nice show, were you in the photo pit?

Nope, not in the photo pit... I did not pay a cent to get into the airshow at all... :D

So how did you manage to get all those good shots?

Mad Skillz! :D Haha no, what photos are you wondering about?

Did you make it out to the FedEx A310?

Wow, I could only dream of being there....thank you for posting these great shots guys!!! Well done!

my wife flew the lead B-25 during saturdays show,my C-47 ,unfortunately was static display only this year.

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Originally Posted by 727C47

my wife flew the lead B-25 during saturdays show,my C-47 ,unfortunately was static display only this year.

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Whoa!!! Sweet! If you want, I have a picture of your wifes plane, I will just have to dig it up... If you could give me the Reg, that would help

And that was your C-47???? Thats sweet! I think I have a picture of it.

Yeah, what is the reg?
There were two C-47's there, there was AA DC-3 and another one.
I was about to make it to the A310 Fedex but I I decided to check out the Mig-17 and the F-86.
In general for all those shots nwafan, were you just in the general publuic area, or did you go on the other side of the airport?

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Originally Posted by nikon50bigma

Yeah, what is the reg?
There were two C-47's there, there was AA DC-3 and another one.
I was about to make it to the A310 Fedex but I I decided to check out the Mig-17 and the F-86.
In general for all those shots nwafan, were you just in the general publuic area, or did you go on the other side of the airport?

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Technically the DC-3 wasn't a C-47, it was cavilian...

I was in the general public area, right next to the "Upgraded seating" for Saturday, and further down later.

Here is a couple more:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...chigan2701.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...chigan2813.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...chigan1370.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ichigan559.jpg

It was a great show, were you in the photo pit?

This was about where I was, where were you?

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...Jul1422.29.jpg

The photo pit on Saturday. On Friday I was neae the A-10s

Where was the photo pit?

Nice shots from the show. All those B-25's must have been amazing!!! Anyone looking to go to this show will be pleased to hear that they are returning to the old format next year which provides a more intimate experience and better photographic opportunities. I've done the Photo Tour and Photo Pit (green outlined upgraded seating) each time the past 3 years and just could not swing it with my trip to Europe 2 days after the show. I actually had a picture of the Seahorse I took published in this years program.

Here are four more shots on fencecheck.
http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... #msg151673