Here's my main reason for going to the fly-in. And who knew these guys were so big into airplanes?
My favorite is actually the Miller welding tent. I normally head over there to drool over a Syncrowave 200 TIG welder and make a few passes on some aluminum scraps with one of the instructors. If I ever get a spare $2000 laying around, it will be mine.
Here's the F-22 out for a public showing. The cockpit is still classified so they had everyone behind a rope with security keeping people back.
This is the climb out after take off.
And a high speed pass.
They called this one the Generations flight. For the non-airplane types, the other planes are the Korean War F-86 jet and the twin engine WW2 P-38 Lightning.
The B1B bomber. Two of these came up from Nebraska for a quick fly by.
The B2. What a plane.
The C17 cargo plane. This thing can almost fly stationary over a point.
The plane in the lead is a B-24 followed by a B-17 and three B-25s.
This Amphib looks like a lot of fun. Open cockpit and twin engine.
For those of us that think we're pretty good at restorations, these guys will send you packing.
And finally, the next step in the evolution toward flying crawler; the flying SUV. It's really a wing strength demonstration. This wing will support three of these SUVs but one makes the point.
Hope you liked the break from crawlers.
