Please visit the official site of the Salute to Veterans Memorial Day Airshow at www.salute.org/Airshow.shtm for more information.
On the tarmac looking northeast. There will be a lot of walking today!
Rotor assembly on a Sikorsky MH-53 "Sea Dragon". This helicopter comes to us from the Airborne Mine Countermeasures Weapon Systems Training School (AWSTS) in Norfolk, VA.
P-3 Orion.
The business end of an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Under normal circumstances, avoid at all cost.
One of two engines on the A-10.
Folded wing of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider.
Tailgunner section on the B-25.
Boeing E-6B Mercury, with the United States Navy Strategic Communications Wing One based at Tinker Air Force Base, OK.
Close in on the front of the E-6B.
One of the E-6B crew talks about the plane to air show patrons.
What's this? A commercial airliner? Passengers board one of several daily flights on Canadair RJ jets from Columbia to Memphis. Columbia has really moved up in the world - no more turbo-props!
Another P-51 Mustang, the "Tuskegee Airman", being towed back in after a stunning demonstration. Her pilot is the smiling gentleman in the flight suit. I'd be smiling too if I just had the chance to fly that plane.
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, known as "The Skyhawks", returns to Earth after jumping at 6,000 feet.
A Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules taxis after landing. Today's mission was to take the Skyhawks up to 6,000 feet for their demonstrations.
Smoke from the AeroShell Aerobatic Demonstration Team blows across the tarmac. Luckily, the smoke didn't smell as bad as I thought it might.
For more information on the aircraft featured in this post, please visit the following:
P-3 Orion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P3_Orion
A-10 Thunderbolt II: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II
A-1 Skyraider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider
P-51 Mustang: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-51_Mustang
B-25 Mitchell Bomber: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-25_Mitchell
E-6B Mercury: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-6_Mercury
AV-8B Harrier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV-8B_Harrier
C-130 Hercules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130_Hercules