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Man! What a fantastic day this was!! I was so happy to see that Tomahawk on Saturday, I could hardly contain myself! The pilots did an amazing job, providing some great "banana passes" to get a good, close view of the aircraft. I love it when Bud Granley does his low, scraping-bugs-off-the-runway passes with the other warbirds, but if you're not in the front row, you can't see the planes! It was a nice change to see the pilots coming in a bit higher and closer in. Good job!

Here are a few of my favorite pics from Saturday:


Here comes the P-40C Tomahawk and I-16 Rata


Tomahawk


Opening pass, with the I-16 leading a nice tight formation pass. This gives a good comparison of the size difference of these two aircraft.


Coming in from the right, here is the beautiful Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk


Here comes the Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 Rata!


Coming from the left, the Tomahawk again, showing off its nicely scratched and scraped paint


A bit of a view of the underside


From the right again...


Last formation pass, this time with the Tomahawk leading the Rata




Taxiing back from a perfect flight!


All shut down, pilot climbing out





And this was a nice bonus, before the planes fired up. A nice new 777 for British Airways. (Notice the Cessna in the background)