Flying Engines

Went to the local airshow on Saturday. I don't know too much about aircraft, but I did enjoy all those powerful machines!! I love the silence when the jet flies by followed a few seconds later by a thundering roar. Left me with a silly grin on my face and my hair standing on end. I came to the conclusion that early aircraft weren't too much more than a powerful engine with wings attached. I really marvel at the minds that thought "hey, lets see what happens if we add more horsepower". We just accept airplanes as perfectly normal means of transportation when they are truly amazing feats of engineering. I have posted a few pictures from our day.

Here's me using my superpowers to hold the noses of these planes up.


Since I don't know anything about aircraft all I can say is that this is the "really cool jet" that flew at the show. If you want to know the names of any of these I am really not the person to ask. Here the jet was actually flying a straight line parallel to the ground but with its nose at about a 45 degree angle. I also saw him fly the jet straight up vertically in the sky, until the engines bottomed out, fall backward, re-fire the engines and pull out of it. That was nuts.



This airman was using his transport helicopter as stadium seating for the airshow. I was envious.
There was also a really cool Coast Guard rescue helicopter that flew a demonstration flight. It was able to hover perfectly in one place for extended periods of time. It was more steady then my hand was when I took a video clip of it. It also climbed straight up while remaining level. That was cool. Wish I could have gone for a joy ride in it.


Here's a cute little baby plane. It only holds one person, and with a little effort I could probably leap the wing. I asked Ed to stand there for a photo to try and get the size perspective for you.

The pilot had just flown the baby plane and he and one other guy pushed it back to its parking spot by hand. It must also be fairly light but I don't know whether one person could push it. It kind of seemed that the one guy was just there to steer.








We had a slight emergency, Ed was picked up by the intake manifold when he wandered to close to it. Clearly the warning signs are not large enough for some people.






Ok, here is my artsy picture from the airshow. "Boy looks to the sky and is inspired" or something moving like that.