2003 Events |
Turbulent winds forced tankers to drop their
loads of retardent alongside the Fox Field runway on October 26,
2003.
The Edwards Air Force Base Open House was held the weekend of October 25-26. During the two-day event, visitors saw new and unique aircraft in the Air Force inventory, and some of the best aerial demonstration pilots and teams performing today. The various demonstrations included Air Force aircraft such as the F/A-22, F-117, F-16, KC-135, C-17, B-1, which set 52 official world records, B-2, as well as NASA aircraft among others. This was also a once-a-year opportunity for taxpayers to see the kind of equipment they buy for the Air Force, and the abilities of the people who test, fly and maintain this equipment.
I spent three days shooting at Edwards AFB. On Wednesday, October 22, I shot the military rehearsals from the media site next to the runway.
On Friday, October 24, I shot the arrival of the U. S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the static display aircraft on the main flightline.
Military
Aircraft Static Displays, October 24
NASA and
Vintage Aircraft Static Displays, October 24
On Saturday, October 25, I shot the airshow from the media site next to the runway.
Thunderbirds
Arrival, Friday and Airshow, Saturday.
The Miramar MCAS Airshow was held from October 17 to 19, 2003. It featured two Stealth Fighter demonstrations, three VTOL Harrier demonstrations, a MAGTF demonstration, and lots of aerobatic performances, including the Red Baron Pizza team and the U. S. Navy Blue Angels.
2003 Miramar MCAS
Airshow Flying Displays - Page 1
2003 Miramar MCAS
Airshow Flying Displays - Page 2.
2003
Miramar MCAS Airshow Static Displays Page 1 - Combat
Aircraft.
2003
Miramar MCAS Airshow Static Displays Page 2 - Transports,
Tankers, Helicopters, Trainers, Electronics warfare aircraft.
2003
Miramar MCAS Airshow Static Displays Page 3 - Vintage
Aircraft.
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the Kern County Airshow display features hot air balloons,
several aerobatic performances, visits by an AV-8B Harrier and a
few F/A-18E Super Hornets of VX-9 based at China Lake Naval Air
Weapons Station, and an F-15 Eagle from the 412th Test Wing based
at Edwards Air Force Base.
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the 2003 Kern County Airshow display features the performance
of the Canadian Snowbirds.
A task force from the 91st Space Wing, Minot
AFB, N.D., launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental
ballistic missile from North Vandenberg as part of a flight test
for Air Force Space Command's Force Development Evaluation
Program at 4:31 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2003.
The Camarillo
Airshow celebrated a centennial of flight the weekend of
August 23 - 24, 2003. The show featured the airplanes of the
Southern California Wing of the CAF and many Experimental
Aircraft Association Fly-ins.
The flying
displays at the 2003 Camarillo Airshow, held on the weekend
of August 23-24, featured the airplanes of the Southern
California Wing of the CAF and many Experimental Aircraft
Association Fly-ins.
An Orbital
Sciences Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) was launched from
Vandenberg Air Force Base at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 16.
A variety of vintage airplanes arrived at
Hawthorne Municipal Airport on Friday August 15 for the Air and Auto Power Show on
Saturday August 16.
The Canadian Space Agency's SCISAT-1 (Scientific Satellite Atmospheric
Chemistry Experiment) was launched at 7:09:33 P.M. on August 12.
The Collings Foundation Boeing
B-17G Flying Fortress, Nine-O-Nine and Consolidated
B-24J Liberator, The Dragon and His Tail visited the
Santa Barbara Airport from April 30 to May 2, 2003.
A Lockheed-Martin Titan II launched
the Coriolis spacecraft into orbit from
Space Launch Complex 4 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 6:19
A.M. on Monday, January 6.
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