Rocky Mountain Airshow June 7, 2008 Broomfield, Colorado

These are images from the Rocky Mountain Airport Airshow. Aside from the ground based exhibits, we were able to witness flight

demonstrations from an aerial acrobatic champion, a B-25 bomber, an F-18 hornet, and an F-16 falcon.

 

Also see my friend Alek's amazing images of the same event. He was smart enough to get a great vantage point above the crowd and

was fortunate enough to borrow a superb Canon 100-400mm L series lens.

 

    

Ethan and Brendan pose in front of an F-16 Fighting Falcon...

 

Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bomber. (George HW Bush flew an Avenger in WWII and a squadron of five Avengers,

Flight 19, were infamously lost off the coast of Florida in 1945)

 

Brendan and a Grumman TBM Avenger...

 

North American B-25 Mitchell bomber performing a fly over...

 

Shot of the airshow crowd as famed US National aerial acrobatic champion pilot Patty Wagstaff makes a pass

 

Patty Wagstaff in front of the Boulder foothills...

 

Patty Wagstaff diving towards the crowd...

The following group of images features a McDonnell Douglas F-18 Super Hornet performing a demonstration of its capabilities...

The F-18 taxis in after its demonstration is complete...

 

 

Lockeed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon performs aerial maneuvers...

The F16 is joined by a vintage North American P-51 Mustang for a "then and now" tribute flight...

Another P-51 Mustang ...

Spectators explore a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber...