Some pics from Saturday at ToM...

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Met up with a couple of my fellow BlitzPigs at the annual Thunder Over Michigan air show on Saturday and thought I'd share some of the pics with you guys.

This year's show was pretty light on planes though, but what was there was still very cool and well worth it...

OK, first star of the show...


The CAF B-29, "FIFI".

Amazing to see her in flight and on the ground. We had an interesting discussion with the pilot as well. BTW, if you were wondering about operating costs... Total per hour for everything, fuel/oil/crew/maintenance etc... about $6800 per hour.

Now to the the plane that was at once the most interesting, and most disappointing aircraft at the show...





The A-36. Fresh off winning the first prize at Oshkosh for best restoration, it was an amazingly beautiful aircraft. Just perfect in every detail. However, she did not fly. Seems it was sidelined by a problem that plagued the A-36 when they were in service. The dive brakes were lifting out on their own in flight, so the owner put safety first and grounded the aircraft.
A pity, but really the wise choice.

There was also a lot of these...



One of these...



And these guys...



Who seemed worried about these guys...





And to top it all off a demo by the only Sea Harrier in private hands...