[MilCom] River Region Air Show @ Maxwell AFB, AL
Mike Riffle
kc8mzm at gmail.com
Fri Apr 14 17:03:52 EDT 2006
Keith covered the frequencies and static display serials very well. Now that
I have gone thru all my photos, here are the aerial display serials:
A-10A #80-0208 23rd Fighter Group
A-10 East Coast Demonstration Team
AT-6C N16JG "Scream'n Rebel" / Texan Heritage Flight
Aviat S-2C N89PS Ed Hamill aerobatics
B-1B #86-0117 7th Bomb Wing
F-117 #81-10797 7th Fighter Squadron
F-15E #89-0495 F-15E Strike Eagle Demonstration Team
F-16C ? Thunderbirds #1-3,#5-6
F-16D ? Thunderbird #4
F-86 N86FS "Desert Rats"
C-130H #85-0038 908th Airlift Wing
C-31A #85-1607 Golden Knights
Curtiss SB2C NX92879 Commemorative Air Force
Harvard Mk IV N15797 Tora! Tora! Tora!
replica Mitsubishi A6M Zero #AI-114
Harvard Mk IV N2047 Tora! Tora! Tora!
replica B5N2 Type 97 Kate #310
Harvard Mk IV N4447 Tora! Tora! Tora!
replica Mitsubishi A6M Zero #AI-111
MiG 17F N217SH "Check Six"
P-51D NL51JC from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum
P-40N NL40PN "The First Pursuit"
from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum
SNJ-5 N3725G Tora! Tora! Tora!
replica Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Kate #AII-356
T-34 N12252 Lima Lima #52
T-34 N134TD Lima Lima #20
T-34 N34B Lima Lima #10
T-34 N400LL Lima Lima #40
T-34 N500DR Lima Lima #50
T-34 N53JA Lima Lima #15
T-6A #03-3699 12th Flying Training Wing
T-6 West Coast Demonstration Team
Texan Heritage Flight
T-6G N22NA Bill Leff aerobatics
T-6B N11171 Tora! Tora! Tora!
replica Mitsubishi A6M Zero #AI-115
TBM-3E NL86280 from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Vultee BT-13A N67208 Tora! Tora! Tora!
replica Aichi D3A Type 99 Val #AI-257
The only act canceled due to the F-86 incident was an extraction air drop
by a C-130H from the 908th Airlift Wing.
Judging from the crowds packed around me like sardines for the Thunderbird
autograph session, right wing #3 is very popular this year (she was signing
autographs just 6 feet to my left!). And no I did not get her autograph, I
was too busy photographing the F-117 ;-)
I have a new website for my photos this year. Once this round of spring
airshows is out of the way I will start adding more photos from previous
years along with a few videos. The Maxwell show can be found at
http://www.showlinephoto.com/2006/06mxf/gallery.html
Mike Riffle
Cataula, GA
On 09-Apr-06 00:44, Keith Coleman wrote:
> Today was the River Region Air Show at Maxwell AFB, AL. The gates opened at
> 8:30am; however, I was not operating at full throttle that soon on a
> Saturday. The bad weather that blew through early this morning threatened my
> thoughts of going at all. With my eye on the weather and a quick call to
> Public Affairs, they assured me the show was still on.
>
> My oldest son came along and with my digital camera, Pro-97, and rain coat
> (just in case); I was ready to Air Show! We arrived just after 11am. Weather
> was starting to break a bit and looking a little more promising that we
> might have a descent afternoon. We arrived in time to admire the static
> displays and immediately the scanner came to life with the Air Boss talking
> to DARK-61, a B-1 that was holding in the area to do a fly-by, which was
> very impressive.
>
> Before we made it to the flight line viewing area an F-86 & Mig-17 were
> doing a dogfight demo. The F-86 developed a landing gear problem, this
> cancelled an air drop that was schedule for one of Maxwell's own C-130H's.
> The F-86 pilot did a marvelous job of softly landing the plane, the right
> gear was not extended as it should have been and the wing did drag the
> runway. This delayed the flying for a little while. But, give the Air Boss
> and the crash crew credit. Once they cleared the runway things kicked off
> again with the Thunderbirds leading the way.
>
> Tora! Tora! Tora! Historical reenactment had to be the highlight of the air
> show for me! In the air shows I've been to over the years, this was a first
> for me and I would recommend you see these guys if you have the chance. We
> stuck it out for the balance of the afternoon, and I might add here that by
> the time the Thunderbirds took the stage, the weather was 100% better from
> the early morning outlook.
>
> We wrapped up the afternoon with the Army's Golden Knights, an A-10 demo and
> an F-15 Eagle Demo. This was the first air show I had been to since I
> retired from the Air Force in 1999. I'm glad I went!
>
> Air Show Frequencies Heard:
>
> 118.150 KMXF Tower
> 122.850 Air Boss
> 123.150 Air Show Common/Discrete
> 123.475 Golden Knights
> 127.150 KMXF Ground
> 136.575 (Heard activity, not sure if it was show related)
> 143.850 Thunderbirds
> 235.250 Thunderbirds
> 376.025 F-15 DEMO Flight
> 396.900 908 AW Command Post
>
>
> Static Display:
>
> F-16C #87-0336 AL ANG 160 FS "City of Enterprise"
> C-21A #84-0093 311th AF "AMC"
> T-37B #56-3536 37 FTS/41st Columbus AFB, MS "CB"
> C-12 #23-541
> T-1A #95-0058 48th FTS Columbus AFB, MS "CB"
> T-38A #68-8136 560th FTS "RA"
> A-10A #79-0153 917th Wing "Marryin Sam" "BD"
> T-38A #68-8150 7th CTS Holloman AFB, NM "HO"
> F-16C #01-7050 79th FS Shaw AFB, SC "SW"
> F-16C #00-6035 79th FS Shaw AFB, SC "SW"
> F/A-18A #163161 DR-202 VMFA-312 Beaufort, SC
> F/A-18A #163153 DR-213 VMFA-312 Beaufort, SC
> AT-6C #42-48884 Tuskegee Airman Display
> GA-8 #N606CP Civil Air Patrol Maxwell AFB, AL
> HH-65B #6592 Coast Guard Humboldt Bay "New Orleans"
> UH-1V #70-16393 "Flat Iron"
> UH-1H #74-22326 1-212th AVN Ft. Rucker, AL
> AH-64D #35406
> OH-58D #10548
> C-130H #85-0035 908 AW Maxwell AFB, AL "City of Montgomery"
> C-17A #96-0004 437th AW Charleston AFB, NC
> Douglas C54-R5D Berlin Airlift "Spirit of Freedom
> F-117 #81798 49 FW Holloman AFB, NM
> F-22A #01-4018 43rd FS Tyndall AFB, FL
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