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2011 Courtland Airshow

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A Hillbilly and an airplane!
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A Hillbilly and an airplane!

  • Well of course I can't start my day at an air show without me sitting some of the aircraft on display. This one of the few places where I can unleashed that little boy that still lives! I'm sitting in the cockpit of UH-1 Huey Helicopter which was the work horse of the Vietnam War.
  • Another helicopter with me of course again!
  • The show got started with the performance of the WWII Trainer Aircraft called the T-6 flown mostly by the Air Force. This is the plane every fighter pilot had to train in before going to the war.
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  • Here's up close shot of the T-6 Trainer. You can just about to see the pilot thanks to my 70-300mm Nikon lens I used during the show.
  • Here he is about do a loop.
  • ...And coming down from the loop.
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  • Ok now the next few photos are some redneck pilot trying to fly this plane and was pulling some hilarious stunts.
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  • This is a dive going straight down before he finally pulls the plane back up.
  • Trying to land on the truck.
  • ...And he did it! Only in Alabama!
  • A Hillbilly and an airplane!
  • This was probably my favorite formation flying performance by these guys. They were flying mostly aircraft were made in Russia and China. I saw one plane that had the old "Red Star" which used to be the symbol for the former Soviet Union. I loved how they came in over the crowd like this. It made for a great photo.
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  • Here's where they break formation.
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