This was the first air show that I have been too. I am hooked, the show was awesome thanks to America’s finest Navy. 
August 14, 2011 at 12:09 am
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Fargo Air Show
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August 14, 2011 at 2:23 am #988224
I’ve always wanted to see the Blue Angels!
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August 14, 2011 at 10:39 am #988233I for 1 have seen the BLUE ANGELS and the USAF THUNDERBIRDS. Both are extremely awesome flying machines. I also have been fortunate enought to have flown in an F-16 while on TDY to Nellis AFB back in 1998. What a ride that is. Pictures to show and story to tell. All USA or nothing at all.
August 14, 2011 at 1:43 pm #988245They will be at the thunder in the valley in Waterloo Iowa 8-26 and 8-27 Check thunder in the valley web site should be good. The B-2 bomber will make an appearance ( Stealth bomber)
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B-2 bomber to buzz Thunder in the Valley Air Show
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Pilot Bill Salyer of Cedar Falls is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, which is helping organize the Thunder in the Valley Air Show on Aug. 27-28. His plane, a homebuilt RV6, will be among those on display. (DENNIS MAGEE / Courier). Loading… .
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Go & doTickets for the Thunder in the Valley Air Show on Aug. 27-28 at the Waterloo Regional Airport are available at Hy-Vee stores across Northeast Iowa.
Cost is $10 in advance or $15 the day of the show.
For information about the air show, including how to volunteer, go online at http://www.cedarvalleyairshow.com or email [email protected].
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WATERLOO, Iowa — Organizers on Tuesday added an aircraft sure to turn the volume up during the Thunder in the Valley Air Show.A B-2 Spirit, a black wedge otherwise known as a stealth bomber, will fly over the Waterloo Regional Airport on Aug. 27.
“We got confirmation the B-2 is coming,” Chris Harshbarger announced during a weekly planning session.
“It will do a figure eight flyby, which will just be spectacular,” he added.
The B-2 has a wingspan of more than 170 feet and is 69 feet long but only 17 feet high. Nevertheless, the plane can carry up to 20 tons of munitions, including nuclear weapons.
According to airforce-technology.com, two B-2s pack the same punch as 75 conventional aircraft.
The B-2 joined the nation’s defense arsenal in 1993. According to Northrop Grumman, 21 of the aircraft were originally assigned to the U.S. Air Force 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. One, the Spirit of Kansas, went down in 2008 in Guam.
“The B-2’s primary mission is to attack time-critical targets early in a conflict to minimize an enemy’s war-making potential,” according to Boeing, a subcontractor.
The bomber joins an impressive lineup. Organizers last week announced Thunder in the Valley will host an exhibit dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen and featuring two P-51C aircraft.
The headliner during the two-day show Aug. 27-28 will be the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, a precision team of military pilots flying F-16 fighter jets.
“This is going to be a big show,” said Dave Dunn, president of the local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association.
His group will have at least seven planes on the tarmac but hope for twice that number. The air show will also likely attract 100 or more private planes, and FedEx will have one of its largest vehicles, perhaps a 757, on display.
“There will be planes here that a lot of people have never seen,” said Bill Salyer of Cedar Falls, a member of the association.
He will roll out his RV6, a homemade plane put together in 1998 in Texas. The plane is capable of 200 mph and carries two people.
Roger Pease, chairman of the organizing committee, believes the event will indeed be historic.
“The show itself is probably going to exceed anything that has been in Iowa,” he said.
As crew chief for the Iowa Air Guard’s F-16s, Tech. Sgt. Terrance Junker is routinely around aircraft and airports. Even so, he is also impressed with what lies ahead.
The Thunderbirds’ maneuvers and B-2’s ominous majesty will command attention, Junker concedes, but other aircraft will turn heads as well. Among them is The Beast, a modified Pitts Model 12 piloted by Bryan Jensen.
“It will go from the ground to 5,000 feet in the blink of an eye,” Junker said.
Though familiar with air shows and a regular at a similar annual event in Oshkosh, Wis., Salyer predicts Thunder in the Valley will offer something for just about everyone.
“The military aircraft will be top-notch, and the rest will be very exciting,” he said. “An example of virtually every kind of aircraft will be here.”
August 14, 2011 at 2:15 pm #988246Here is a picture of the B-2 Bomber, that plane is just massive and a scary site to have flying over you knowing what damage it can do. Another shot of the Blue Angels in a stunt.
August 14, 2011 at 3:03 pm #988248Thats not a b-2. The b-2 looks like a boomerang. I think what your posting is a b-52. I like the b-1 which are still flying 24/7 out of Elsworth AFB. Neat pictures everyone.
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