Airshow video clips

I have some other (older) pictures to post and I also have other pictures from the airshow but before we get too far away from Veteran's Day, I wanted to post this short video clip. Every year the Stuart airshow takes place on the weekend right around Veteran's Day. There are always a lot of feelings of patriotism because there are lots of old war planes, ground equipment, and of course many veterans and current military people at the airshow. There are two things they always do at the end of the airshow that we find particularly cool. After the F-15 and or F-16 demonstration (some of our military's most modern advanced and amazing technology) they then have what they call the heritage flight. This includes an old P-51 Mustang from the WWII era, the A-11, which is still one of the most powerful and useful planes in our air force, and the (this year) F-16. Of course the P-51 has very limited capabilities in comparison to the two more modern planes but they all pass by slowly as a tribute to the history of our airforce. This "tradition" was started at airshows back in 1997 in recognition of the U.S. Airforce's 50'th anniversary (at that time). The show ends with what is called the Missing Man Formation. In this video clip, you will see the Shell aerobatics team which consists of four planes. They do their other acts earlier in the show. The four planes fly together as Taps is being played then you see one plane fly off away from the other. It represents/is a tribute to all the men and women who have given their lives in the service. It's always good to see the much deserved appreciation and respect given to our veterans and even current military. Forgive the history lesson - I can't help myself - I love [American] history and flying. :)

I decided to add this one too. It is only a few seconds long. It is a clip of the Heritage flight that I mentioned up above. It is pretty amazing to see the F-16, which can fly approximately 1500 mph at it's top speed, flying next to the P-51, which was also a great plane but it's top speed was about 440 mph.