Airshow-Demo

[dan swiger]

These represent current military in what are called Heritage flights.
There are two different combinations.
There is a P-51 Mustang pairing with an A10 Warthog and an F8F Bearcat with an FA-18 Superhornet

1. FA-18 Hornet & F8F Bearcat. These "paired formations" are choreographed by letting the slower aircraft set the position.
Then the faster jet move in close for formation. The modern jets have "fly-by-wire" control authority which makes them more precise

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4. From Top Gun, "I crack myself up"

5. FA-18 "Knife edge" flyby

6. FA-18, "high alpha" "flight regime'

7. A-10 Warthog with P51 Mustang

8. P-15 & A10 banked for viewing.

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11. F15 Eagle

12. F-15 In a vertical climb. Notice the glow from the afterburners holding it "up"

13. Level & knife edge formation.

 

[AlanLichty]

The A10 is probably the only jet that can fly slow enough to match the P51 Fun set of images.

 

[Rick Nantais]

These represent current military in what are called Heritage flights.
There are two different combinations.
There is a P-51 Mustang pairing with an A10 Warthog and an F8F Bearcat with an FA-18 Superhornet

1. FA-18 Hornet & F8F Bearcat. These "paired formations" are choreographed by letting the slower aircraft set the position.
Then the faster jet move in close for formation. The modern jets have "fly-by-wire" control authority which makes them more precise

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4. From Top Gun, "I crack myself up"
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5. FA-18 "Knife edge" flyby
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6. FA-18, "high alpha" "flight regime'
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7. A-10 Warthog with P51 Mustang
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8. P-15 & A10 banked for viewing.
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11. F15 Eagle
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12. F-15 In a vertical climb. Notice the glow from the afterburners holding it "up"
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13. Level & knife edge formation.
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Oh la la these are just perfect and fantastic !

 

[JimFox]

Wow Dan! Love these! Are you just in the stands capturing these?

It's so cool seeing a jet next to a P51. That's awesome.

My favorites are 3, 5, 7 and 10

 

[dan swiger]

Wow Dan! Love these! Are you just in the stands capturing these?

It's so cool seeing a jet next to a P51. That's awesome.

My favorites are 3, 5, 7 and 10

Nope we were out in the desert at the pylons Some of the demo stuff can be viewed from the stands, but you get more intimate views out the
The back story is what got my BIL into this. He wanted to go to the air races and get the great shots. I told him we would need to be part of the credentialed media.
So he says, "how do we do that?" That got the ball rolling.