The boys check out one of the old military planes on display
You'd think we were going to a Cubs game with the hats!
This is Erik's warped reflection in a very shiny nose cone
Kristofer had to do it too
The B-24 makes it's appearance
Kylan prepares for the Blue Angels
A series of photos of an acrobat plane. These planes were twisting and spinning so much I have no idea how they kept track of the ground!
This was a different acrobat...still doing crazy things
This plane did a big loop and then gave everyone a "wave"
The US Army has acrobat helicopters that do some amazing stunts in formation. I didn't expect them to do much so I didn't have the camera ready but I did get one shot of a fly-by
This is hard to see but it is a parachute coming down from a plane that was circling overhead
Erik and Kylan got a chance to go in the B-24
This plane actually spent the next two weeks in Fargo and Minot!
They got a chance to go into the cockpit as well
Kristofer shows off how big the tire of a B-24 is
More planes on display
They do this so the plane can fit in the garage
Kylan and Kristofer pose in a small replica of a fighter jet
I don't remember what kind of plane this was but we went inside it
This is what it looked like...mostly just a big cargo plane with a ramp on the back
There were lots of fun games to do...here Kylan slides down an inflatable slide
The boys also took a ride on the Space Shuttle
Time for the Blue Angels...AMAZING!!
I'm not sure if this is an old version of a Blue Angel or just the plane that transports their stuff. It was big and slow compared to the current jets.
A beautiful site to see! How do they not hit each other?
This was a very common routine. They would fly toward each other and then at the last minute turn 90 degrees and fly by each other.
Another formation fly-by
Here two planes fly by together but one is upside down
Another sequence of planes meeting
Plane #3
Jean was able to see this loop from our house (about 5 miles away)
The boys called this one "The Flower"
Although you can't tell in the photo, these two planes are hardly moving
They had been in formation and then split off in 6 different directions
They then circled back and crossed from 6 different directions at slightly different elevations
One last fly by of all 6 planes before heading on to the next show