It was a beautiful day for the Salute to Veterans Airshow and we had a great time! We arrived just after 11 am and found a spot to sit. Then, we headed off to see the various planes that were on display on the tarmac. We started with the C-17. As we were wandering through the kids were asking all kinds of questions. One of the servicemen who works on that crew showed the kids a picture of a tank strapped down inside. John was amazed. AMAZED.
Next, we visited the Dawn Patrol planes and a recreation of a Curtiss JN4 Jenny. Such a neat thing to see!
After a lunch of burgers and chips, we settled down to watch one of our favorite parts of the show. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds 431 Air Demonstration Squadron were here again and, as always, they did not disappoint! What a show! I even managed to get some great pictures with my pocket camera.
We watched several different demonstrations, including a parachute jump from the US Army’s Golden Knights. John is absolutely fascinated with this team. He loves to watch them jump from planes and carefully land!
We also got to see T-28B Trojan and a MV-22 Osprey demonstrations. The airshow wrapped up with a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, which is super loud and fun to watch.
Unfortunately, we had to wait a while on a shuttle back to Columbia. Between the airshow fun and the shuttle wait, Laura got a little tired. The “Queen of Never Tired” actually fell asleep on the shuttle… I think that might be the most impressive thing I saw all day!
It was a fun day and we all had a great time! Now, time to relax after a busy day!