tjh@bu-pub.bu.edu (Tim Hall) (07/25/90)
From: tjh@bu-pub.bu.edu (Tim Hall) Since people have been requesting airshow information..... This weekend (28th and 29th) there will be an airshow at Westover AFB in Chicopee Mass. Westover is celebrating it's 50'th anniversary. It is a former SAC base (B-52's - Nixon pulled them after Mass. voted against him). It is currently an AF Reserve MAC base flying C-5's. It is supposed to be a huge show, 74 aircraft includeing the F-117 and B-1. Also the AF's Thunderbirds and the Canadian Snowbirds.
pfloyd@wpi.wpi.edu (The Floydian Slip) (08/01/90)
From: pfloyd@wpi.wpi.edu (The Floydian Slip) I just went to the Westover AFB Airshow on Friday, July 27. I absolutely loved it! However, no F-117A showed up. There were (on the flight demonstration): B-1B Lancer (with Ghost Rider painted on the side -- Big Hint to all Wingman readers out there) FB-111 Aardvark C-5 Galaxy C-130H Hercules (Herky-Bird) F-16 x2 Panavia Tornado x2 (Luftwaffe) F-4E Phantom x2 (Luftwaffe) A-10 Thunderbolt x2 (from Barnes, Mass) Snowbirds (small demonstartion due to fuel limitations) F-18 Hornet TA-4 Skyhawk Golden Knights (Black Team) Rappelers Static Line Paradrop (10th Special Forces, Ft. Devens, MA) That's all I can remember right now until I gte what pictures I was able to take are developed. It was a very good show, what with all the aircraft on the static display area and pilots out there to answer any questions. pfloyd@wpi THEORY: If anyone ever discovers what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarrely complex. COROLLARY: This has already happened.