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Lived in this area for 21 years and never visited, decided to go this weekend and without making a big deal of it, was one of the most moving airshows I've seen.
Flew into Warrenton Va, the website says they'll pick you up but the guys at Warrenton just loaned me their airporr truck.
The place is basically the Field of Dreams of Flying. Just rides in the Stearmans going on for 3 hrs before the show,
But not boring as its neat to see kids and people get a taste of flying.
The show starts with a jump from a Stearman followed by the near-obligatory streaming of the flag and playing of the national anthem, but thankfully he only jumps from 5000 feet so they can't drag that out too long.
Now the fun starts: 6 Stearmans in a pattern zooming in to pop helium balloons. Then Stearmans cutting a roll of toilet paper. A funny skit flour bombing a "German" (the funny WW1 kind, not the odious WW2 variety).
All great fun a few more funny skits and then no-**** wing walking, no harness, no chute, the fellow hanging from the wing by his feet.
The end is 3 Stearmans flying in formation to The strains of America the Beautiful, ending in a Fleur de Lis breakout. Sublime and moving in its simplicity.
And then all 9 ships (6 Stearmans 2 Wacos 1 L4) taxi straight up line abreast, cut the engines, hop, out, and spend the next hour signing autographs and talking flying, Have we ever seen any of the Blue Angels do that?
Flew into Warrenton Va, the website says they'll pick you up but the guys at Warrenton just loaned me their airporr truck.
The place is basically the Field of Dreams of Flying. Just rides in the Stearmans going on for 3 hrs before the show,
But not boring as its neat to see kids and people get a taste of flying.
The show starts with a jump from a Stearman followed by the near-obligatory streaming of the flag and playing of the national anthem, but thankfully he only jumps from 5000 feet so they can't drag that out too long.
Now the fun starts: 6 Stearmans in a pattern zooming in to pop helium balloons. Then Stearmans cutting a roll of toilet paper. A funny skit flour bombing a "German" (the funny WW1 kind, not the odious WW2 variety).
All great fun a few more funny skits and then no-**** wing walking, no harness, no chute, the fellow hanging from the wing by his feet.
The end is 3 Stearmans flying in formation to The strains of America the Beautiful, ending in a Fleur de Lis breakout. Sublime and moving in its simplicity.
And then all 9 ships (6 Stearmans 2 Wacos 1 L4) taxi straight up line abreast, cut the engines, hop, out, and spend the next hour signing autographs and talking flying, Have we ever seen any of the Blue Angels do that?
