Just slightly OT.. Awesome weekend!

EMD_Driver

Senior Member
Joined
Jul 10, 2009
Posts
2,051
Location
Gerrardstown, WV
This weekend, Kitty and I had the pleasure of attending the Thunder over the Blue Ridge air show in Martinsburg, WV. My hat is off to those that serve in all five branches of our military.

Thank you!

The show started off, with the U.S. Army's Golden Knights
img_89889_0_bd178170ee87a0c4db19cc93d3347140.jpg


img_89889_1_16223059c3de7c3b1c7645eb8430e33a.jpg


img_89889_2_6bfaedb09812b66d0eb66f098450566a.jpg


img_89889_3_58680bb210bf7fb1c807e0afa848c24a.jpg


We also got to see an A-10 Warthog strutting it's stuff...

img_89889_4_a6d99a610278c4d7822815a2b89d8756.jpg


img_89889_5_2cd7471e0d78691083795d00753ddb6f.jpg


img_89889_6_84860b0df579d6af3867fc8d0fea2ee8.jpg


img_89889_7_2f9e568d12a9ea68d02dc7a8c08fa420.jpg


img_89889_8_613726d775a257fd19ae7b2e2e3794bc.jpg


img_89889_9_811e991384169140a78e1246595bf1fe.jpg


At the end of the day, it was time for the USAF Thunderbirds!

img_89889_10_0f8cd00d0f012bac37d8986cd135138a.jpg


Thunderbird ground crew.

img_89889_11_205672e822355c0c88e94a728c6625ae.jpg


img_89889_12_c6cd4078a91756f852c7a2a7bb5c5a60.jpg


img_89889_13_c68ecad1c8660e3f1013f2bb56386f05.jpg



 
The Thunderbird pilots

img_89890_0_8a1afdf0c605e0f8870818351ca50a64.jpg


img_89890_1_303b91e917d372b496e8d5abfd9c4786.jpg


img_89890_2_461233ac1309926b3c228d2787909fe5.jpg


Tine to taxi to the runway.

img_89890_3_9ed484b3ff15cd120ec3da5881998b4d.jpg


Show time...

img_89890_4_579b38c5830c2dc9275942597f323a4c.jpg


img_89890_5_34874d5efdf27af68323379e62adedea.jpg


img_89890_6_54e291e47f65cb57c0dce41fe70e1037.jpg


img_89890_7_3724e7b2e3d9632bff031c811bc384a9.jpg


img_89890_8_f444c9a35ecd38f21e3460e11e1961d6.jpg


img_89890_9_a5b8e0cdd07dfd5cf82b6a963ab5286c.jpg


img_89890_10_d6fde4ed32c9e713a23283baed377570.jpg


img_89890_11_25bab285a510230bb720000d13f66b54.jpg


img_89890_12_1bc9edbb278883de800f0c77828ca062.jpg


Mirror image..

img_89890_13_4408272abe46f544b18682a2f4eae821.jpg


We had a great day and will be at next year's show! These pilots and crews are just an example of all the fine men and women, serving their country.
 
AMERICA is the best nation on this planet! Thank you to all our military personnel, both active and veterans!!!!!

We have seen the Thunderbirds a few times and find them amazing!
 
WOW Great Pics!!! Thanks for sharing. Neat to see what Sunliners do even when they are not out with the Sunline. And the Thunderbirds are amazing. A vertical climb... man the power....
 
Last edited:
The one Thunderbird went "straight UP" 3 MILES Yep, three miles straight up, now that is some REAL power. It was a beautiful bright blue weekend, very few clouds so being able to keep track of the planes as they flew was pretty easy.

There was reportedly over 30K people attending each day, they were shuttled onto the base by our school buses, but I didn't drive. I was there with our greyhounds promoting "greyhound rescue". Got a few donations stuffed quietly into our hands, as we weren't allowed to have a donation bowl set out. Best of all it seems like we got a couple of people REALLY interested in adopting, one lady was an EMS worker and she told us later that she called her husband and their application was on the way.

2 long WONDERFUL days. I'm glad Gary was able to be outside and take so many wonderful pictures & video to share. Just wish we had a better camera for this type of event.

Kitty
 
Last edited:

New posts

Try RV LIFE Pro Free for 7 Days

  • New Ad-Free experience on this RV LIFE Community.
  • Plan the best RV Safe travel with RV LIFE Trip Wizard.
  • Navigate with our RV Safe GPS mobile app.
  • and much more...
Try RV LIFE Pro Today
Back
Top Bottom