Thunderbirds, Snowbirds, And (Blue) Angels... Oh, My!
If you do one thing next
year to encourage your friends and family to check out the world of
aviation... take them to an airshow featuring one of the three
military precision flying teams below. Let them witness impossible
feats of skill and training, and maneuvers that defy gravity and
logic.
Let them hear... no, make that feel... the roar of an F/A-18 on
full afterburner climbing off the deck, or an F-16 sneaking up to
surprise the crowd from behind, flying 500 feet overhead at 350
knots.
And while those fancy, ultramodern jets the US teams fly are
mighty impressive... they'll be especially amazed to watch
1960s-era Tudor training jets perform many of the same aerial
tricks and twists. Now THAT'S piloting, folks.
Here are the 2006 performance schedules for the US Navy Blue
Angels, the USAF Thunderbirds, and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds,
as they were announced Thursday at the 2005 ICAS Convention in
Orlando.
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