Our review of the March ARB Airfest 2010. So big we had to make an entire page for it.
Today was arrival day for many of the performers and static aircraft for March ARB Airfest 2010. We arrived at the base around noon and setup at the south end of the runway, almost directly under the approach path. Arrivals were slow at first but quickly picked up. The first we caught were two F-15’s, they performed a few passes before landing. We then got to experience the landing of the massive B-52. Soon the F-22 arrived and performed a few low passes. Shortly after we heard “scramble” on our scanner and down the runway on full afterburner were two F-16’s from the California ANG. Later on a few warbirds came in, as did a few of the aerobatic pilots, two F-18’s and the Patriots jet team.
It was a great spot to be to feel the power of the jets and catch every detail. Below are some photos and one video from today. Tomorrow is media day and we will be on base to get all the behind the scenes for Airfest 2010.
Just returned from the Riverside air show. I’ll keep the review short and brief. In the following days we will review and edit images for uploading. Unfortunately, we had technical issues and were unable to record video of show.
- Wind was the major issue of the day, with gusts averaging 25mph.
- Much of the staging was moved from the main runway to the cross runway on the airports west end to avoid cross winds.
- The F-16 flyby/demo was canceled due to mechanical problems.
- The F-18 did a full demo.
- The F4 made a great impact with amazing high speed passes.
- The C-17 was the first military demo (originally scheduled to be the last) and was a great sight as usual.
- All of the performers flew and did a great job in the high cross winds.
- The show was quite boring at some points, picking up in the afternoon when the military demos took over.
