Olympic airshow

[262crew]

The weather sucked!!!!!!!!! Lighting for pictures sucked!!!!!!!!! The show was great!!!!!!!! They did a fantastic job of keeping the show going, there was not a single lul in the action. With exception to the Granley's show. They were up for about two minutes and the FAA shut it down due to... you guessed it $hit weather.



































How do you stop an F-18 from performing?

You forget to batten the hatches!

[K5DH]

Dig the Huskie!!!

[p51]

Man, the weather sucked, couldn't get good photos at all.
I was with the re-enactor group, and set up tents on Friday, watched a 4-ship P-51 formation and like an idiot didn't grab my camera, because the weather was good that day and the three of the 'stangs left and didn't come back...

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[stearmann4]

The WX was most definitely a hassle as evidenced by the show control frequency buzzing both days coordinating alternate altitudes, substitutions, etc. When those of us flying helicopter demos have to start looking at the weather, you know it was bad! Everyone in the air and on the ground did a great job keeping up morale and making it work though. The jet teams really put on nice displays, but the PNW has some harcore airshow fans! Hopefully next year will be better.

Mike-
OH-6/UH-1

[lotus49]

gotta love the "wet" coast

I am from Vancouver, BC and those pictures make me homesick!
I live in Dubai, where today its a miserable 45 degrees C, and endless clear skies and sunshine,
I miss rain!

(the airplanes look great too)

[The Inspector]

Where else can you attend an air show and study the fluid dynamics of water pouring off the surfaces of an F-4 in AB? We're a tough group up here, and won't let a little rain slow down our fun! By the way, when the Granleys go XC to a show, they actually fly with much less separation, something to do with both father and son having been in the SNOWBIRDS.
Nice pix considering new camera and lead for backdrops.

[eallen]

nice helicopters! can someone advise this rube whose those are? thanks!

[spookythecat]

Well, it feels very odd today to be at work and thinking about how I didn't get to the show this year.

I was up late Friday night helping my friend Bob put decals on his IAR-823 in hopes to show it off there on Saturday.

Saturday morning came and the ceiling at Paine Field wasn't too bad but Tacoma and Olympia weren't promising. We waited it out for a while and got to see the FHC Rata and Emil warm-up flights. We eventually decided to give it a go even though Tacoma was still up in the air. The flight was quite smooth until we got past Seattle and we had a little rain. Once we got to Tacoma it got kinda ugly. Special VFR was requested and an option to go over the Narrows bridge was there but comfort and safety has to come first so we headed back north. Besides, if we did make it there was no guarantee we'd have been able to get back that night (which would've left a very unhappy dog in my house). On the way back we buzzed Seattle Center and circled Fremont where Bob's wife was at the Solstice Parade. We made it back to Paine Field in time to see the noon FHC Fly Day.

Sunday started the same way except Everett was only about 500' and hadn't lifted by 9:00. Travel by air was called and I got ready to go by land. It was just so gloomy and by the time I made it as far as the Museum of Flight I decided to abort my trip. I knew I wasn't gonna get much for decent shots and with how cruddy my financial situation is right now any money I could save would be a good thing. I feel bad I didn't get to see my friends and hopefully meet some I only know from online.

Now that it's officially summer I hope the weather decides to shape up cuz this garbage has been ridiculous.

[spookythecat]

nice helicopters! can someone advise this rube whose those are? thanks!

They belong to the Olympic Flight Museum.

[The Inspector]

STC,
Weather is weird all over, just heard on the news that Billings, MT. had a tornado.

[Brad]

By the way, when the Granleys go XC to a show, they actually fly with much less separation, something to do with both father and son having been in the SNOWBIRDS.

Actually, Bud was never a Snowbird. Ross and his brother Chris were.

We had a great time at Olympia. The trip was too short and we're now waiting for our plane in SLC. The weather was a mess this year but I still think we pulled off a great airshow considering the situation. Some of the noise complaints we recieved at the museum are pretty funny. I'm hoping they were all saved on a CD. My wife took a ride in the Cobra and over all we had a good time visiting with our friends and playing with things that fly.

[262crew]

By the way, when the Granleys go XC to a show, they actually fly with much less separation, something to do with both father and son having been in the SNOWBIRDS.

Actually, Bud was never a Snowbird. Ross and his brother Chris were.

We had a great time at Olympia. The trip was too short and we're now waiting for our plane in SLC. The weather was a mess this year but I still think we pulled off a great airshow considering the situation. Some of the noise complaints we recieved at the museum are pretty funny. I'm hoping they were all saved on a CD. My wife took a ride in the Cobra and over all we had a good time visiting with our friends and playing with things that fly.

It was a fine show! The F18 pilot was lucky that door didnt come off and go down the intake! I think I saw your wife on Sat she looked very much like the woman in some of the pictures you have posted. As far as noise complaints did you hear about the blind dog $hitting its self while trying to escape threw the chimney?

[262crew]

[The Inspector]

love fat air and photos of airplanes with their fur up!

[Brad]

It was a fine show! The F18 pilot was lucky that door didnt come off and go down the intake! I think I saw your wife on Sat she looked very much like the woman in some of the pictures you have posted. As far as noise complaints did you hear about the blind dog $hitting its self while trying to escape threw the chimney?

I did hear about the dog. I picked up the phone on Saturday and there was some foreign guy telling me he "was former military officer, you have scared my cat and he is hiding under couch...won't come out! I know rules! You are wrong to fly as low, I thought war was starting! I was in military and I know! Kids are scared and old people go deaf!" He called back about an hour later and left a message saying he was going to call the government on me.

An elderly gentleman left about a ten minute message, detailing all the individual things on the wall that were shaking but he loved the military and the country but he still didn't see why we couldn't move the show up to McChord AFB where nobody lived if we were going to make noise.

The only other time I actually answered the phone a farmer called and wanted the pilots to come out and help round up his cattle because they had busted out of the fence and were on the road.

We had dozens of phone calls during the show and it amazed me how they all pretty much followed the same script, with a little bit of variety. They all took time to tell their military or flying experience for background. They all say they had no idea an airshow was going on (it's only happend this same weekend for over a decade). They all know the rules about how high a plane can fly. They all think that living by an airport they should be immune to airplane noise. They are always more concerned about their pets than their children. When leaving a message they always talk louder when they threaten a lawsuit. They always think it's okay for us to fly planes over other peoples houses, as long as they have quite at theirs. They nearly always have a time hack for how long the planes have been flying and a head count of how many there were...but it's always wrong.

I didn't take many pictures this year because of the weather but here are a few from the Salute to Wounded Warriors on Thursday and then the rest of the weekend.









My wife, she may have been the one you saw.




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