Rocky Mountain Air Show This Weekend

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Originally Posted by rondog

Well, I went, and turned around and came home. 36 is under construction, the signs for the airport were gone so I had hell finding it, parking was like, 3 miles away, so I said fuck it - I'll go see the bombers in Colorado Springs. They're going to be there Mon, Tues and Wed.

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Originally Posted by cofi

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I don't know the details yet, look up Commemorative Air Force for the schedule.

<edit> Colorado Springs Municipal Airport
Colorado Jet Center
1575 Aviation Way
Tues. & Wed., Aug 20 & 21
B-29 flies Wed. at 9am and 10:30 am
B-24 flies Wed. at 4pm

I want to get in close because I've got this thing about making videos of planes like this starting up. Not something you get to see very often, especially a B-29. Watching from a distance, that would be like watching porn on a drive-in screen with binoculars from a nearby field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZc9xe-2_78

wont be there, didn't go today, but if it were me, I would just go park somewhere else slightly off the airport and watch from there. on the south, east or west side preferrably.

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Originally Posted by rondog

I want to get in close because I've got this thing about making videos of planes like this starting up. Not something you get to see very often, especially a B-29. Watching from a distance, that would be like watching porn on a drive-in screen with binoculars from a nearby field.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZc9xe-2_78

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Round engines have more character and soul than any other engine out there. And startup is when they show it the most.

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Originally Posted by SAnd

Round engines have more character and soul than any other engine out there. And startup is when they show it the most.

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Yeah, I'm dying to see those giant B-29 props swinging through and those big engines belching!

I live right by the airport. This was the weakest show ever. No jets , no helicopters , nothing but prop planes and not many of those.
A big let down.

Agreed it is weakest show but you have haven't paid attention there are several jets I was over there yesterday at a parking and watched the show.

Any pics from those that did go?

Great vid SAnd. Thank you very much for posting it.

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Originally Posted by BPTactical

Great vid SAnd. Thank you very much for posting it.

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Hey Jack, that's my video!