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Quad City Air Show 2009

Posted by: QuadCityImages on June 22, 2009 at 6:19AM CST

Here are a few (actually quite a few) quick images and movies from this year's air show. I went on Sunday, which involved both getting rain poured on us and then later getting sunburned.

This was easily the most impressive part of the show for me. A stuntman who had earlier performed as a wingwalker on top of the Steerman biplane actually climbed from the plane onto the skid of the "Otto" helicopter while in midair. He tried it a few times and finally made it on his third attempt. Here's a movie of the stunt:

Instead of Shockwave the jet truck, this year we got to see a jet school bus. There was also a jet outhouse, believe it or not. The helicopter on the right was the one used in the midair transfer stunt, and was otherwise directed towards the kids. If you click on the image you can see that the canopy has a face painted on it.

Attendance wasn't too bad, considering the weather. I also heard that Saturday's show was packed. On the right is an AV8B Harrier, which hadn't flown here since one crashed in 1992.

The A-10 Warthog, and a Steerman WW2 training biplane, which was used in the midair transfer.

And of course, the Blue Angels.

Here are a couple videos of the harrier. The first one shows it flying backwards, and the second video shows the aircraft making a vertical takeoff.

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Posted by: Svenska Kat on June 22, 2009 11:50AM CST

I was unable to attend the air show but got some shots of the blue angels on the runway on Friday. I returned Sunday and took more and better photos of them. I saw the A-10 take off from the airport on Friday, but wasn't close and it was unexpected. I'd've loved to've gotten a shot of the Harrier and the A-10. Nicely done.

Posted by: North2Alaska on June 25, 2009 9:34PM CST

Good pics. I miss going to this. We had such great times when the kids were young. I always loved the jet vehicles, whatever they were, and the way the ground just rumbled. One year they staged the Pearl Harbor attack. Just awesome.

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