Run-way cool!
This weekend I got to attend the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The center plane is a Hornet. The plane on the right is a Jump Plane for the Army Golden Knight Parachute Team.
HU-60 Medic Helicopter
Looking at this helicopter was really cool! It transports six people and patients. It was the workhorse for the Vietnam War.
C-5 Engine
This was one of four engines for the enormous C-5 Galaxy Cargo Transport. It is so large…it has 28 wheels and can carry 4 tractor trailers. WOW!
C-130 Hercules
This a smaller cargo plane than the C-5 cargo plane. It is able to land and take off on smaller runways.
Close up of Thunderbird F-16
This was one of six F-16 Fighting Falcons that make up the famous Air Force Thunderbirds. It was preparing to take off!
Thunderbirds Roar!
Check out their close proximity, but cover your ears for their thunder!
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September 6th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I love the picture of the C-5 engine with Polly and your son(?). I bet it was hard getting good pictures of the aircraft in the sky! You did a great job with the ground shots. Have you ever been to the Martinsburg Airshow, and if so, how did this one compare with past years?
September 7th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I enjoy anything airplane related and I know I would have enjoyed seeing this. I’ll have to keep my eyes open for something like this in the area where I live.
September 8th, 2010 at 12:17 am
I was working all day, but I heard the planes flying over Martinsburg. Now I know what I missed. Thanks for the awesome post!
September 13th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
In response to the past years airshow-There was no airshow last year;however the one two years ago was not run by the AirForce. It was much smaller, but still enjoyable according to my family.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Great post, too bad Polly wasn’t offered a ride with the “Thunderbirds”, or was she?