The Blue Angels Air Show

Well for almost a month now we have seen the Blue Angles practice twice a day on Thursday and Saturday at NAF El Centro. On the other days they went out to the military proving grounds twice a day. On Friday March 12th they had the pre-show event, which consisted of a live band, meeting the Blue Angles pilots, the Budweiser Clydesdales and food from several different local vendors. Then the end was finished off with a lager fireworks display. On Saturday the 13th the air show began with the gates opening a 08:00 the schedule is as follows:

08:00 Gates Open
10:00 Commanding Officers Comments
10:10 Silver Wings Parachute Demo, National Anthem
10:20 Vintage Military Aircraft Trainer Parade
10:35 Bill Cornick Pitts S2-C
10:45 VFA-125 F/A-18 Hornet Demonstration
11:00 NAS Fallon SAR SH-60 Demo
11:15 Spencer Studerman Pitts S-2
11:28 Greg Colyer T-33
11:42 B-25 and P-51
11:55 Wall of Fire
12:00 Metal Mulisha
12:30 Intermission
12:55 John Collver T-6 - Canceled due to HIGH winds
13:05 Globemaster C-17 Demo
13:20 Aerobatic Race, Suderman vs. Cornick - Canceled due to HIGH winds
13:40 Viper West F-16 Demo Heritage Flight, F-16 and P-51
14:00 U.S. Army Black Dagger Parachute Demo - Canceled due to HIGH winds
14:30 Blue Angels
16:00 Conclude Airshow

We where able to tour the C-17, that's one big air craft.