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For dinner on Saturday, Jeff prepares "drunken chicken". (One of them was actually made with Mountain Dew...)
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Evan was enjoying the show.
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John is ready for a busy day.
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The Yellowbird flew quite a bit during the day, giving a few customer rides and flying during the fly-by session.
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This Extra sports a very colorful color scheme... sharp aircraft.
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These are the empty smoke oil drums from the shows just up to Saturday. Yikes!
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A Chipmunk pushes through an outside loop.
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What goes up, must come down... the Chipmunk performs a spin.
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This is one of our favorite shots... the Waldo Wright New Standard D-25 biplane coming back from giving rides.
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Now here is something you don't see everyday. The DC-3 and Yaks actually got a lot lower over the runway, but they disappeared behind parked airplanes so we couldn't get a photo of that!
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A Yak makes a smooth landing.
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For those with bigger wallets than most, you might consider one of these fine aircraft. The turbine Lancair (left) is impressive, but that performance certainly doesn't come cheap! N300KT is a pretty cool registration to have.
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Our friend Bill Clapp's Corvair-powered KR-2S was on the cover of Sport Aviation twice in the past few months. This innovative plane only cost him $7,300 to build (including engine and instruments) and took 11 months (18 if you count the time gathering materials.) It has very nice workmanship throughout!
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Dan Weseman's Cleanex was in the auto-engine area as well. This is a really sharp airplane.
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Mark has a nice, quality aircraft.
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The "why didn't I think of doing that" department. It can be yours for the low, low price of $6,850... but you do get your choice of engine type.
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This fascinating infrared camera system was on display in one of the hangars. While it has applications in enhanced/night vision, it's also fun to play with. Seemed to be very sensitive to small temperature variations.
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Warner Aerocraft had a new version of the Sportster on display.
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Cessna had both their LSA prototype and their Next-Generation research airplane on display. This looks compeltely unlike anything that Cessna's ever done before.
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This is one of the nicest O-2's that we've ever seen.
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The Duck has original radios installed. Sure it's got modern gear on the panel but back in the 1960s-70s this heavy stuff was required for the FAC to do his job.
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The Duck is loaded for bear!
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One thing we liked was that there were several placards on the side of the plane explaining it's history and that of the FACs.
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A real-live Huey Cobra. Wow!
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The Cobra carried 2.75 in. rocket pods as well as TOW launchers.
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The rotorcraft fly-by period had some interesting machines, including this gyrocopter.
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This Alouette was hopping rides all day long.
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A Hummingbird heli flies overhead.
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Aaron tries on a USCG Dauphin. Future Coastie, perhaps? (Lord knows he's fearless enough already...)
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The NOAA Aero Commander had some interesting "kill" markings. Leads to some interesting speculation...
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Aaron poses in front of a really sharp-looking Yak-52.
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This A-10 Warthog lives up to the nickname.
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USAF nose art isn't dead yet, although it sure is tame compared to years past.
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We'll let you come up with your own funny caption on this one.
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This VF-31 Tomcat was just retired last year. It's a real shame that we'll probably never see an F-14 fly again.
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Several jets formed the backdrop for the stage for Saturday night's concert by country music star (and Stearman owner) Aaron Tippen.
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This was in the engine of one of the F-16s that attended. (What we want to know is, what kind of marker do you use to make your writing survive the heat of an F-16's afterburner)?
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The highlight of the week for many people was the rare fly-by of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. This one is named "The Spirit of Arizona".
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The B-2 is a very otherworldly looking aircraft.
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As you can see, all eyes were riveted upon the B-2.
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The B-2 is a very large aircraft, and though it's usually flown in a smooth manner, it's also fairly maneuverable.
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The smooth, nearly black surface of the B-2 makes it difficult to distinguish any features from a distance. You can barely make out the markings on the main gear doors.
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Flying wings are inherently hard to see when seen from the front or rear... a factor in it's selection as the basis for the first stealth bomber design.
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You can see the clamshell speedbrake/rudder/aileron opened on the left wing.
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Another big event for many was Matt Younkin's acro performance with a Beech 18.
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A spectator is mesmerized by Matt's routine.
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This A-10 is part of the Air Force's East Coast A-10 Demonstration Team. Here it is starting up for the flight demo.
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The Warthog makes a low, fast pass down the runway.
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Wheeee!! You can tell this is a real serious airplane for real serious pilots... a brutally effective combination of stick-and-rudder simplicity, eyeball-popping maneuverability, jet-engine power, and massive firepower.
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The P-51 takes off for the Heritage Flight with the A-10.
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These planes have a lot in common... both are thoroughbreds that excelled at their intended purpose... and their respective pilots are fanatical about their love for each airplane.
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The F/A-18 Hornet taxis out for a high-energy performance.
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This was the scene 3 seconds after liftoff.
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One second later, he started his first hi-g maneuver. WOW!
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The Hornet can slow way down too... this was a slow pass.
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The "go" part of a touch & go...
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The Navy Legacy Flight with the F4U-4 and the F/A-18... both planes are legends in their own time.
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