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WIXerGreg
 Post subject: Indy Airshow 2011
PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:21 pm 
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I went to the 15th annual Indianapolis Airshow today. Luckily the rain held off until the show ended, you could see it raining off in the distance much of the afternoon. We were down to 15 MPH on I-465 going home because it was raining so hard. Hopefully they have good weather tomorrow. A few planes didn't make it for various reasons but there was still a decent warbird lineup. After rumors last year of them possibly starting to get away from warbirds in favor of big name acts I was glad to see that there were a bunch.

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Who's this guy celebrating flying his first show? Congrats man! (if only my camera would have focused quicker, his arms were both in the air less than a second before this taken)
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Might ask Dad about this... :D
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My point and shoot camera has very little zoom capability so I don't have too many in flight shots worth posting.

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PV-2 turret gunner
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The rest of my pictures are here, almost 200 of them.

http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy36 ... ow%202011/

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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:45 am 
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Thank you for the fine photos WixerGreg! Indy Airsho was a "must-see" that I did not miss for many years. I wonder how many at the show got the significance of the "Bunker Hill" marked Texan? (Sorry if I am off on the Navy name for the Texan :oops: ) Seeing people waiting in line to look inside Hot Stuff is always good to see as well!

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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 7:05 pm 
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And I had my head up my tushy for so many years thinking the month of May was about race cars. Cool photos, thanks. 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:55 am 
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This was my first time going, and I definitely was not disappointed. Most of my pics are similar to Greg's so I'll spare the repetitiveness. Speaking of the gentleman celebrating his first airshow... :D

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Trey Carroll
 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Greg & Barry, it was great meeting you guys! Thanks for stopping by the plane to say hi!

Here's some pics my girlfriend took as we flew to the show on Saturday morning....


Carol getting ready to go fly
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Taking off out of Metro
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Crusin'
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Beautiful morning to fly the '6!
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Turning inbound for the overhead break...
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Coming in to land at Mount Comfort!
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Gas. Undercarriage. Mixture. Prop. And check the pins again to make sure the gear is down & locked!
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My girlfriend Carol & I after we got to the show...
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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Looks like a good time! Sorry I missed it this year.

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Trey Carroll
 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Chad- Nose art looked good from the air on Friday :wink:

Waiting to get started up...
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Dad getting warmed up
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Me getting the temps up
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Off to the races!
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Cool pic of the 3-ship of T-6's and me chasing them... Oh look, a Corsair is in there too!
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"Yuck it up astronauts...."
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Debriefing with the fellas
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Talking the flight over with my dad, he lead the T-6's
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The Motley Crue, Cuatros Amigos, Misfits, Huge Midgets.. Whatever you want to call them, I know I couldn't have shared my first airshow with a better group of guys! I'm on the wing, my dad Duane is on the Left, Tim Gillian in the middle, and Nathan Davis on the right...
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Following my dad's footsteps (questionable judgement)
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Like father - Like son!
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Pretty skies coming in, but nasty wx!
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Time to get this thing outta here and back to the stable!
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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Trey, you certainly had a unique vantage point to see the nose art! :lol:

Tim Gillian... is he from Forest Park, IL?

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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Tim sure is!

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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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I thought so. That's where I live. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Trey Carroll wrote:
Greg & Barry, it was great meeting you guys! Thanks for stopping by the plane to say hi!


It was great meeting you too! It was also great to meet Barry Friday in Peru.

Favorite picture of the weekend.
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Well done Trey...
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 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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Is that a Viper I see on your dad's t-shirt, Trey?!

HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?! FOR SHAME!

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Trey Carroll
 Post subject: Re: Indy Airshow 2011
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No dude! That's a shirt I bought off of you at OSH that I gave him! Come on dude, I'm not "like" "Kaiser"...

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