Redding Airshow (2011) (1 Viewer)

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GrauGeist

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The Redding Airshow at the Redding Municipal Airport was held through the weekend of September September 24 25.
The weather Saturday was nice, but of all things, it was overcast and raining on Sunday (the day I went) so everything was gloomy. I can't complain though, the last airshow (2009) had temps of 111° and had people dropping from heat exhaustion!

I took a good deal of photos but didn't have all my lenses with me because of the weather, so I wasn't able to get alot of "walk-around" shots of the static displays like I wanted. I did manage to get some decent shots of the flight demonstrations in spite of the overcast, so that was my trade-off! :lol:
 

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Statics continued...
 

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Statics continued...
 

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Excellent shots Dave!!!! I noticed the SU-2, Terry Schilson flew those in the Navy. He's the one I go flying with. The Stearman is gorgeous as is the Stinson(?). Hope we all have a better airshow season next year.:thumbright:
 
Thanks guys, and yes Aaron, that's a Stinson!

I took a break from posting, there's just a few static display photos left and then a series of flight demonstration pics coming up!
 

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Last of the statics...

Thought I'd toss in some shots of the WWII vehicles that were there!
 

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And now for the fun!
 

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By this point of the Airshow, the drizzle had stopped.

I've been using my 70-300 lens through all of this but the gloom was really pushing the photo quality with lower shutter speeds :(
 

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After a brief intermission for civil/commercial traffic, a few Airshow participants left.

Then the Canadian CF-18 took to the air with a great display!
 

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Yep Gary, there's more! :lol:

And the clouds started to part just in time for the United States Air Force Thunderbirds!
 

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And finally, the last set of photos.

The Thunderbirds put on a great display and because of the overcast, they and all of the flight demonstrations, were done at slightly lower altitudes than they would have normally, so no complaints there!

Thanks to everyone for looking, I hope you've enjoyed the pics!
 

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