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I see bulldurham got here first to post. He was fortunate enough to be there on Friday, when the sun was out! I have a real job and couldn't make it on Friday.....

Saturday was a long day with several rain delays, with good ceiling and visibility in between for short periods. Mid-afternoon the weather finally moved off and we had mostly sort of sunny for the F-22 demonstration and the Thunderbirds. There was plenty of humidity for big vapor from the F-22 though!

Sunday had no rain but was overcast all day, with times of almost-below-minimum ceiling. More performers got to fly, but some had to modify with no verticals.

Quick Silver, one of three (!) P-51s that was here this weekend
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Double Trouble two
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Crazy Horse 2 on takeoff
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Some old jets! First a T-33
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And a MIG-17
(I don't think the Soviets had figured out jet nozzles yet.....)
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That IS an afterburner flame! Adds about 2500 pounds of thrust to the approximately 5000 from the base engine. It's enough, though; this pass was .93 Mach!
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A short burst of sunshine on Saturday
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The Heritage Flight
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