Capital Air Show

**Awesome** · October 5th, 2013, 19:46

Here are some shots from today's Capital Air Show at Mather AFB (defunct), Sacramento. I thought you guys might appreciate some pictures of old planes. Unfortunately my camera's battery died right before the Blue Angels showed up, so I didn't get any shots of the four P-51's flying in formation or any of the jet action. Enjoy.

**Awesome** · October 5th, 2013, 19:47

**Awesome** · October 5th, 2013, 19:48

**Flyboy208** · October 5th, 2013, 20:15

Wow! A great collection of photos here, thanks so much for posting these ! Mike

**stansdds** · October 6th, 2013, 01:52

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

**TeaSea** · October 6th, 2013, 05:42

Really good photo's...

**Awesome** · October 6th, 2013, 07:21

Thanks guys. The F86 did a very low, high-speed (must have been near top speed) pass. It was really amazing to see and to hear, even though I wasn't on the flight line when it happened. I had been waiting for something like that to happen, and it was a real kick to finally see it. I don't think I'd ever seen something move that fast before.

The Steerman was actually the loudest plane there. That huge prop going supersonic made it much louder than any of the jets that flew that day.

I have pictures of the Red Bull planes I can upload later. The Goodyear pilot was actually better than the Red Bull one was. They do really crazy things in those Edge 540's. The laws of aerodynamics don't apply to them.

**Daveroo** · October 6th, 2013, 08:37

thanks for sharing,i wanted to go so bad myself..but typical of my father,hes not interrested in airshows this year so ive missed all of them,yesterday he "hurt to much" to go...then he worked in the yard ALL DAY...oh well.

thats what happens when ya father is a narcissist,and you have to rely on him to shuttle you around.

one cool thing though,,the C54,DC4..whatever it is..flew over my house around 6:30 am saturday,i got outside just in time to see it pass over.

also the sanders brothers T-20 seafury was covered in this past months air classics..kind cool to have it there.

**Awesome** · October 6th, 2013, 13:19

The Sea Fury made a few passes with the P51's. They were very gentle with those planes - they did very little acrobatics. One of the P51's at the end did some upside down flight and a couple of loops, but for the most part they just did some low passes over the flight line. The Sea Fury was neat, but again, my battery died before it flew. My dad and I couldn't figure out what it was. I thought it was either a late-model Spitfire or a Hurricane, my dad knew it wasn't a Spitfire.

Look at the smoke in regards to the direction the plane is facing. This was one of their signature moves. They would literally tumble the plane end-over end. The Goodyear pilot took it even farther and literally cartwheeled his airplane.