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| Saturday we went to Rockford, Illinois for the air show featuring the Blue Angels, and a host of other neat planes. |
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| This "Dream Lifter" is a modified 747. Largest cargo capacity plane in the world. It is used to fly components for final assembly of the 787. The tail area is what opens for loading and unloading. |
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| F-22 Raptor It is a multi-role fighter, with a Mach 2 class with supercruise capacity. I an tell you it is one fast aircraft. They did a demonstration of some of its abilities. |
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| A P-51 next to the Raptor. The P-51 was the best air force fighter 70 years ago, lying with the best of today. |
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| The boys hanging out watching the show. |
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| The Harrier. This plan can fly straight up from a standing still position. Amazing. We watched it do a 360 turn. |
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| Fat Albert, the Blue Angels transport plane. It is pretty amazing what it can do. It does not need a lot of runway to lift off and then level out. |
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| Today's pilots |
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| The traditions they follow are precise and wonderful to watch. It gives me goose bumps. |
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| Here they are, the "Blue Angels" |
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| Their precision is amazing. |
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| Five on a fly over. |
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| All six |
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| The last thing was a burst. All six go in a different direction. We had a wonderful day.The sun was out, (we all got sunburned, even though we kept putting lotion on. My Dad was in the Navy, so the Blue Angels hold a special place in my heart. I have to say, I did shed a few tears, beside grinning ear to ear. It is amazing to see the power behind these aircraft. Plus we had an excellent visual place. Have a great day. Mary |