After the C-47 took off, the airshow began.
A Grumman TBM Avenger and a Dauntless SBD started idling on the taxiway and everyone expected they would be up first.
But wait, hold the airshow, a cargo jet needs to leave ASAP.
You don't see too many 747s around these days. No longer doing passenger service, Kalitta Air, a major freight carrier needed to get this plane going after being stuck due to the weather.
A nice takeoff and with a roar of her engines she was gone into the haze.
Ok, everyone figured the show would then start with the TBM and Dauntless taking off.
Then she came back:
Note that she's lower than a bird in that picture and coming in just above tree-top level.
A head-on view of a 747 was something to behold (Click 'em to embiggen and get the full flavor of a Jumbo Jet coming right at you.:
Completing the pass, she headed off on her way,
A very cool surprise opener to the show. Kalitta did not do that demonstration the next day, so this was something special.
3 comments:
SWEET!
I've been following Connie Kalitta's racing career since I was a kid.
He's quite a character!!
drjim: Neat. Kalitta Air is pretty well known in aviation circles up here, and that was one heckuva nice surprise demo.
NICE!
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