Well, we were a little off with the warmer weather statement. It seems we had forgotten that it always chills off again before Easter. So, we are back to cool mornings and evenings and today even the afternoon is pleasant enough to open all of the windows and put a chill in the condo.
Thus, in honor of the return of fall we will go back in time to share with you something that we experienced just a few weeks after moving to Stuart.
That thing is the...
I know what you all are thinking. But you two don't really "DO" things. And, you are right. We don't. Not in the sense that others do, anyway.
You see... the airport is only a couple of miles from our condo. And the "show" therefore wound up being right in front of our condo. Sometimes it even flew right over our heads!
So, we were fortunate enough to watch the whole event from the comfort of our front stoop.
Nicole grew up with lots of talk of planes and going to plenty of airshows since her father worked for Pratt & Whitney, one of the sponsors of this show. Needless to say there was some perma-grin going on throughout on her part.
Being so close to the show we experienced a few extra days of practice flights, arrivals and departures. The real kick off though is the night flight on Friday evening just after sunset. It is quite something to watch even if our camera wasn't able to capture it well.
The highlight was when Bob Carlton lit up his jet powered glider.
The next two days were started off with the Navy Leap Frogs.
Here comes the C130 and it's two tiny escorts!
And then there were the planes...
Bill Leff and his AT-6 Texan
Gary Rower and his 1942 Army Air Corp Stearman
The beautiful Douglas C-47 Skytrain Tico Belle
It was not easy to capture a non-blurred shot of the F-16
or the F-18 despite their multiple passes.
Vintage Bell Huey Helicopter
another 'copter sighting
Watching Randy Ball in his Russian MiG-17 was quite a thrill. Photographing him was a challenge even greater than the F-16 & F-18.
Here he is getting ready to buzz the roof off the building across from ours.
Stunts and Smoke Trails were the name of the game...
for John Black and his Super Decathlon
Skip Stewart and Prometheus did some decorating.
The stunts the small planes performed were impressive.
Matt Younkin and his Beech 18 must not have gotten word that a plane
like this is not supposed to do
stunts like this!
Incredible.
Last up are the T's.
The six.
And, the twenty eights.
Their path repeatedly brought them directly over our condo numerous times over the course of the three day event. They are spectacular to see and hear.
Oh, no. It's 5:15 already. We've got to go. Hope you enjoyed the show!
