The Jones Beach show gets better every year. No BA's we had the T-Birds and the Snowbirds this year which was a coup! (Usually we alternate TB's one year then BA's the next).
Warbirds were represented by Jeff Clyman's AAM collection (C-47, 2 T-6's, P-47), B-17 Yankee Lady and Chris Baranaskas in P-51 Glamorous Gal. This was his first airshow display since his father's fatal accident in the P-40. Flat passes only of all the birds but the highlight was the watermelon drop by the B-17. There some pretty good size splashes! Scott Clyman made some passes in the AAM L-39.
We had Bill Reeseman in the Red Bull Mig-17. The Geico Skytypers put on their usual good show. The AAM F4U flew a Legacy flight with the Super Hornet after its demo. The highlight for me was seeing the 3-ship Horsemen P-51 Acro routine. Of interest was the HF after the A-10 Demo. It was 3 P-51's and the A-10 but they swapped out Ed Shipley for Dale Snodgrass in Glamorous Gal. I know in years past Ed flew the HF in his F-86.
Here are my video's, first up is the Horsemen and HF, followed by the Snowbirds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9dMYkv_ ... annel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr0ZHpF3 ... age&fmt=18
Enjoy,
Peter
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