Indy Airshow 2011
Sat May 14, 2011 10:21 pm
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.
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)
Might ask Dad about this...
My point and shoot camera has very little zoom capability so I don't have too many in flight shots worth posting.
PV-2 turret gunner
The rest of my pictures are here, almost 200 of them.
http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy36 ... ow%202011/
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)
Might ask Dad about this...
My point and shoot camera has very little zoom capability so I don't have too many in flight shots worth posting.
PV-2 turret gunner
The rest of my pictures are here, almost 200 of them.
http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy36 ... ow%202011/
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Sun May 15, 2011 6:45 am
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 
) Seeing people waiting in line to look inside Hot Stuff is always good to see as well!
) Seeing people waiting in line to look inside Hot Stuff is always good to see as well!
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Sun May 15, 2011 7:05 pm
And I had my head up my tushy for so many years thinking the month of May was about race cars. Cool photos, thanks. 
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Mon May 16, 2011 9:55 am
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...
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 11:41 am
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
Taking off out of Metro
Crusin'
Beautiful morning to fly the '6!
Turning inbound for the overhead break...
Coming in to land at Mount Comfort!
Gas. Undercarriage. Mixture. Prop. And check the pins again to make sure the gear is down & locked!
My girlfriend Carol & I after we got to the show...
Here's some pics my girlfriend took as we flew to the show on Saturday morning....
Carol getting ready to go fly
Taking off out of Metro
Crusin'
Beautiful morning to fly the '6!
Turning inbound for the overhead break...
Coming in to land at Mount Comfort!
Gas. Undercarriage. Mixture. Prop. And check the pins again to make sure the gear is down & locked!
My girlfriend Carol & I after we got to the show...
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 12:00 pm
Looks like a good time! Sorry I missed it this year.
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 2:42 pm
Chad- Nose art looked good from the air on Friday 
Waiting to get started up...
Dad getting warmed up
Me getting the temps up
Off to the races!
Cool pic of the 3-ship of T-6's and me chasing them... Oh look, a Corsair is in there too!
"Yuck it up astronauts...."
Debriefing with the fellas
Talking the flight over with my dad, he lead the T-6's
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...
Following my dad's footsteps (questionable judgement)
Like father - Like son!
Pretty skies coming in, but nasty wx!
Time to get this thing outta here and back to the stable!
Trey
Waiting to get started up...
Dad getting warmed up
Me getting the temps up
Off to the races!
Cool pic of the 3-ship of T-6's and me chasing them... Oh look, a Corsair is in there too!
"Yuck it up astronauts...."
Debriefing with the fellas
Talking the flight over with my dad, he lead the T-6's
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...
Following my dad's footsteps (questionable judgement)
Like father - Like son!
Pretty skies coming in, but nasty wx!
Time to get this thing outta here and back to the stable!
Trey
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 3:06 pm
Trey, you certainly had a unique vantage point to see the nose art! 
Tim Gillian... is he from Forest Park, IL?
Tim Gillian... is he from Forest Park, IL?
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 3:07 pm
Tim sure is!
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 3:16 pm
I thought so. That's where I live. 
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Tue May 17, 2011 7:17 pm
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.
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Wed May 18, 2011 2:06 pm
Well done Trey...
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Wed May 18, 2011 10:56 pm
Is that a Viper I see on your dad's t-shirt, Trey?!
HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?! FOR SHAME!
HOW COULD YOU LET THAT HAPPEN?! FOR SHAME!
Re: Indy Airshow 2011
Wed May 18, 2011 11:03 pm
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"...