Boeing666 wrote:
Xray wrote:
Jack Link’s Beef Jerky Screamin' Sasquatch Jet Waco
There's your jet!
Sasquatch is cool, I'll give you that - And loud.
Plus they have the F-16 Demo!
Sean[/quote]
Yeah saw that, better than nothing. Really not that much in the inventory compared to back in the day. F-22 demo would be great, 15's and 18's would be nice, as would a Harrier demo. Bombers are apparently too much to ask for these days, even a flyby, though some shows [like RIAT] seem to get about everything.[/quote]
This day and age you are lucky to get one demo from the USAF and maybe one from the Navy. Gone are the days where you'd get 2 - 3 different air force jets doing demos. The F-15 hasn't done demos anywhere since before the 2013 sequester, i wish they'd bring it back. I am lucky enough to see the first F-35 Demo in a couple weeks in Melbourne Florida, but that is limited to only a handful of shows. Seems again otherwise every show that I am going to is going to be the F-16 demo - Sun N Fun, Titusville, Oshkosh and Thunder
I am not big on the aerobatic stuff, but I do love the Screaming Sasquatch show. If thunder is going to have an Aerobatic act, they picked one of the best out there. It's better than seeing yet another Extra 300. Another good aerobatic act is that new Twin Yak act that they call the Yak 110. They fused two Yak 55s together like an XP-82 but also stuck a jet engine on it.[/quote]
Most guys here aren't average airshow attendees, myself I go THUR and FRI [sometimes WED if the Blues are arriving/practicing], so an F-15 F-18 coming in would be great for me even if it will be static during the show. I fully realize there are very limited USAF jets cleared to fly shows, sign on the times, and limited budget + deployment commitments are both factors. I can remember not so long ago, B-1's used to fly a great show, flew one in Ypsi a decade back or so with low, screaming passes and climb-outs that was setting off car alarms for miles around. F-14's used to routinely fly shows even though they were part of no formal demo teams, FB-111's too. Those days are gone but its a bit galling to see certain shows pulling in all the good stuff, Oskosh of course but also overseas like RIAT and Farnborough, you'll see just about every aircraft in the US inventory including bombers, U-2's and even drones. Hell I was just watching one recent show on youtube in Australia and they had multiple F-22's and F-18's flying in, among others. But I don't know a whole lot of the dynamics of getting military aircraft like this to attend a show, so I assume TOM would get more if they wanted to and could.