After a hard night at work, and very little sleep (but enough) headed back to Concord, NC. On the way though, as I did last year, made a stop at the Winston-Salem Air Show in Winston-Salem, NC. It is what I hope will be one of two air shows (hope to go to the Virginia Beach Air Show next weekend) this month. I had hoped to see a Mig-21 fly which was scheduled for the show. It was NOT there, but that happens with old and unique aircraft (hard to just go to the repair shop for Russian made aircraft, but some good stuff on the ground and in the air made it very worthwhile. I love aviation, and had a fun time wandering the grounds and looking up.
There were four Harriers, flown by the USMC (and famous in British aviation...being a British design), with one seen here. The Harrier can fly straight up (vertical take off and landing) also can make regular takeoffs. A very unique and noisy aircraft, they also did overflights of the nearby Wake Forest Football game. That made for difficult traffic conditions getting in as the stadium was one exit from the air show. It was the same case last year, but I expected it; which is why I got rolling from Richmond at 6am!Nice to get to see these and a number of other military aircraft on display, some remarkable planes took to the air.
It was not just about military aircraft. I did also see a number of civilian planes including this DC-3 which is part of the collection of planes from the Carolina Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC. Many of their planes fly, and this one is a past award winner at the big Oshkosh air show in Wisconsin (one of the largest air shows in the world). The DC-3 also served in WWII as a very important military tra
nsport; the C-47. There were a number of civilian planes of many types at the air show. There was also a Mustang car show, and a really neat police dog display which is also seen here. The guy (with a padded arm by the way) played the part of a bank robber, he ran and the dog did what police dogs do as seen in the photo.
Quite a few planes took to the air such as this C-17 Globemaster air force transport. I also got to see some other military aircraft and also a civilian display team before the rains came. It began to rain about an hour into the show, and wanted to get back to Concord anyhow (where my family is!) so left during that time. I do have a number of photos on my Flickr site, which I have a link to. I will also have photos there of the Cannonball Motorcycle Race; some really unique Pre-1916 motorcycles racing from Kitty Hawk, NC to California. They made a stop in Concord overnight, and that was a very fun event as well. It was a really fun and remarkable Saturday, which I enjoyed a great deal!
After a hard night at work, and very little sleep (but enough) headed back to Concord, NC. On the way though, as I did last year, made a stop at the Winston-Salem Air Show in Winston-Salem, NC. It is what I hope will be one of two air shows (hope to go to the Virginia Beach Air Show next weekend) this month. I had hoped to see a Mig-21 fly which was scheduled for the show. It was NOT there, but that happens with old and unique aircraft (hard to just go to the repair shop for Russian made aircraft, but some good stuff on the ground and in the air made it very worthwhile. I love aviation, and had a fun time wandering the grounds and looking up. 
There were four Harriers, flown by the USMC (and famous in British aviation...being a British design), with one seen here. The Harrier can fly straight up (vertical take off and landing) also can make regular takeoffs. A very unique and noisy aircraft, they also did overflights of the nearby Wake Forest Football game. That made for difficult traffic conditions getting in as the stadium was one exit from the air show. It was the same case last year, but I expected it; which is why I got rolling from Richmond at 6am!Nice to get to see these and a number of other military aircraft on display, some remarkable planes took to the air.
It was not just about military aircraft. I did also see a number of civilian planes including this DC-3 which is part of the collection of planes from the Carolina Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC. Many of their planes fly, and this one is a past award winner at the big Oshkosh air show in Wisconsin (one of the largest air shows in the world). The DC-3 also served in WWII as a very important military tra
nsport; the C-47. There were a number of civilian planes of many types at the air show. There was also a Mustang car show, and a really neat police dog display which is also seen here. The guy (with a padded arm by the way) played the part of a bank robber, he ran and the dog did what police dogs do as seen in the photo.
Quite a few planes took to the air such as this C-17 Globemaster air force transport. I also got to see some other military aircraft and also a civilian display team before the rains came. It began to rain about an hour into the show, and wanted to get back to Concord anyhow (where my family is!) so left during that time. I do have a number of photos on my Flickr site, which I have a link to. I will also have photos there of the Cannonball Motorcycle Race; some really unique Pre-1916 motorcycles racing from Kitty Hawk, NC to California. They made a stop in Concord overnight, and that was a very fun event as well. It was a really fun and remarkable Saturday, which I enjoyed a great deal!
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