| Event: | San Marcos Air Show |
| Date: | 09-Nov-02 |
| Location: | San Marcos, Texas |
| Description: | Fantastic Show! Hats off to the organizers for this
event...
After so many weeks of rain, the sun gods finally decided it was time to play. With an early morning fog, John K, Scott S, Herb T and Barry F made their way to the San Marcos airport for the Commerative Air Force (or the Air Force formally known as the Confederacy) for their 1-day air show and dinner dance. John brought his MB, Herb his GPW, and Scott brought his M38A1. All four members were dressed in period correct uniforms as well. About 8:00am, the spectators began arriving. As the fog burned off, sunshine obliterated the tarmac and grassy area where we had set up our vehicle display. About noon, the planes started flying following their normal routine of acrobatic planes, then ToraToraTora kicked off the show. The basic trainers went up followed by the advanced trainers and the bombers. Some great aircraft were present including the fresh P39 Aerocobra, a P51, P40 and B25 bomber. After the show, the B2 flying wing made several passes followed by an F16 demonstration. The day was warm with temps in the 80's. There were many spectators who stopped by the vehicle display as well. About 5pm, the show was winding down and Herb and Scott headed to the tarmac area to snap some shots of their vehicles with the period correct aircraft. After the pictures, everyone loaded up and headed home. Again, hats off to the CAF for this great little 1 day show! |
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John, Herb and Barry |
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Scott's 1953 M38A1 and 1939 Colson bicycle |
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Herb's GPW and John's MB |
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John's MB |
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The vehicle lineup |
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John's display |
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Scott's bicycle moved further into the show |
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A .50cal gas gun |
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One of the few and VERY rare ME50 urban assault vehicles... :-) (think Stripes) |
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Some of the vehicles from the local Mustang club |
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One of the vendors and his 'train' |
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A beautiful older Beech |
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Mustang on Mustang |
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F4U Corsair show vehicle |
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The 'business' end of the 30mm gatling gun of the A10 |
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P40 |
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P51 |
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The B2 |
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F80 and Mig |
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F16 |
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F16 and P51 |
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Barry taking a bit of a snooze |
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Couldn't resist this
shot. (Hey - it's an airshow afterall) Received the following from Shadi after the show: Just wanted to say "thanks" for making me famous and all with my "remove before flt" picture at San Marcos air show. Everyone in the SQ liked it Thanks a million. The SQ is jealous that our T6 demo pilot or the aircraft didn't make it, but the SQ secretary did. Thanks again. Shadi |
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Scott's M38A1 next to the F80 |
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Herb driving his GPW on the flight line with Barry |