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def90
08-27-2021, 10:13
Heads up for the airplane geeks..

Been flying over Boulder all morning. The Commemorative Air Force's B29 FiFi, B24 Diamond Lil, and P51 Gunfighter are at JeffCo/Rocky Mtn Metro Airport this weekend.

https://www.airpowersquadron.org/denver-co
rondog
08-27-2021, 11:44
They'll be at Colorado Springs airport next weekend, which is FAR easier to deal with than the insane crowds, mile-away parking, and shuttle buses at Jeffco.

Just sayin'.....
def90
08-27-2021, 11:59
They'll be at Colorado Springs airport next weekend, which is FAR easier to deal with than the insane crowds, mile-away parking, and shuttle buses at Jeffco.

Just sayin'.....

Jeffco is like that when they had their air shows but whenever these tours come through you can usually just park in the lot at the end of the loop right there at the main terminal and walk right in.
Martinjmpr
08-27-2021, 14:42
Does anyone know if anything else will be there, military vehicles or reenactors? I know the military vehicle collectors club used to show up at the air shows that were out there maybe 10 years ago.
BladesNBarrels
08-27-2021, 15:04
Saw the T-6 and P-51 circling Marston Lake Wednesday and the C-45 today.
def90
08-27-2021, 16:10
Does anyone know if anything else will be there, military vehicles or reenactors? I know the military vehicle collectors club used to show up at the air shows that were out there maybe 10 years ago.

Doubt it, last time they were here it was just their airplanes that were there.
Drucker
08-27-2021, 16:36
Long Live the Confederate AirForce!
BPTactical
08-28-2021, 09:52
Long Live the Confederate AirForce!

Amen
Eric P
08-28-2021, 11:49
Long Live the Confederate AirForce!

When will they be forced that name?
Martinjmpr
08-28-2021, 15:39
When will they be forced that name?

They gave up the "Confederate" name years ago (in the 1990's or maybe even earlier than that). It's "Commemorative" now.
kidicarus13
08-28-2021, 22:02
They gave up the "Confederate" name years ago (in the 1990's or maybe even earlier than that). It's "Commemorative" now.#Merica[emoji562]
FoxtArt
08-28-2021, 22:11
They gave up the "Confederate" name years ago (in the 1990's or maybe even earlier than that). It's "Commemorative" now.

Too many nerds pushed up their glasses and said "Actually, the Confederate States of America did not have a dedicated air force, obviously they predate the use of aircraft in war, although there were observation balloons they *blah blah blah blah*"
Gman
08-29-2021, 08:34
They gave up the "Confederate" name years ago (in the 1990's or maybe even earlier than that). It's "Commemorative" now.

Saw the Confederate Air Force at an air show back when I was in college in the '80s. A simpler time. Back when we were unwoke. It was awesome.
flogger
08-29-2021, 11:43
Saw the Confederate Air Force at an air show back when I was in college in the '80s. A simpler time. Back when we were unwoke. It was awesome.

Great shows back then, re-enactment of Pearl Harbor attack with fake Zeros and bombs exploding, the B-17 doing a landing approach with only one main gear down. It really was a different time.
rondog
08-29-2021, 22:30
Great shows back then, re-enactment of Pearl Harbor attack with fake Zeros and bombs exploding, the B-17 doing a landing approach with only one main gear down. It really was a different time.

In 1980 my friends and I in OK were into skydiving, and some of our cohorts were doing a jump at an air show in El Reno. I'd just bought my first 35mm SLR camera, and off to the airshow we went. As we got to the airshow, the CAF planes were just taking off.

We had NO idea they were going to be there doing the Tora Tora Tora show, and we got parked and inside just as it was starting. It was freaking awesome, VERY exciting! The explosives they'd placed out on the airfield set the grass on fire, so along with the various planes "attacking" the airfield and each other, there was big billowing clouds of smoke and fire trucks - it was great! Got some great photos, until I ran out of film.....
Martinjmpr
08-30-2021, 08:39
The B-29 just flew over our house in Littleton (Columbine.) They're on their way to Colorado Springs this morning. Now I'm listening for the B-24.
flogger
09-05-2021, 18:00
Anyone get any pictures at Centennial? I guess there was a Curtis Helldiver out there too.
TEAMRICO
09-05-2021, 18:29
Saw most of the aircraft flying around Colorado Springs yesterday while at a FB game at Palmer Ridge HS yesterday.
Love seeing them fly!
Martinjmpr
09-08-2021, 12:07
Just saw a B-17 fly over the house (Columbine area.) Anyone know which one it was?
def90
09-08-2021, 14:38
It's another group from the Commemorative Air Force, they've been at Centennial all week I guess.

https://b17texasraiders.org/index.php/45-la-gulf-coast/393-denver-centennial