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I was just over at Paine Field a few weeks ago watching Paul Allan's collection of vintage warbirds getting a workout. Let's see, there was a Zero, a Warhawk, a Mustang, a BF109, an FW 190, a Skyraider, a Mitchell, and one twin engined attack plane, sorta like an A36, but it wasn't. Can't remember what it was...
But yes, the old air show days. Every darn jet fighter in service, plus B-52's, B-1's, A-10's, and on and on. Show management somehow decided they wanted a more "family friendly" event with a less militaristic flavor, so the fun stuff was out. It turned into an endless show of different colored Pitts bipes, Extra 300's, and various Yak and Sukhoi aerobatic planes. It was nice to see a few at the old show, but to build an entire show around them? Yawn. In their efforts to make it "family friendly", they succeeded in making it so no kids wanted to go.
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Jeff
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"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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