California Capital Airshow 2012

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Clouddancer

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• Sep 5, 2012

• #1

Is anyone from VAF attending the California Capitol Airshow in Sacramento, next weekend? Looks like the Westcoastravens are performing there.

http://californiacapitalairshow.com/

I have the opportunity to make a stop-over on my business trip in Sacramento on Saturday, Sept 8th.

 

AX-O

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• Sep 5, 2012

• #2

We (the West Coast Ravens) will be there performing on Sat and Sun. Most of us are arriving tomorrow. Come by and introduce yourself.

 

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Clouddancer

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• Sep 5, 2012

• #3

Axel

Thanks, I try to do so. Do you know if the public has access to the planes? Or where can I locate you?

 

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Bavafa

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• Sep 5, 2012

• #4

Wow, I live in Sac area and didn't know there was an airshow

Thanks for the info and headsup.

 

AX-O

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• Sep 5, 2012

• #5

Clouddancer said:

Axel

Thanks, I try to do so. Do you know if the public has access to the planes? Or where can I locate you?

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Our planes will be in show-center and next to the Thunderbirds. There will be a tent for autographs. Some of us will be there. I imagine some of us will be by our planes at one point or another. The ?public? won?t have access to the planes but if you find us (and we have time), we may be able to show you our planes. We will be wearing white polos with the West Coast Raven logo. Looks like this

There will also be aircraft on display. Dayton?s RV-4 will be there.

 

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Clouddancer

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• Sep 6, 2012

• #6

Thanks for the info. Looking forward to meet some of you and see some RV-4!

 

RV6_flyer

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Benefactor

• Sep 9, 2012

• #7

Saturday 8 September 2012

Thought you may like to see this.

Taken with an iPhone. There were a lot of dSLRs taking photos so in a few days there may be more better quality photos.

 

AX-O

Well Known Member

• Sep 9, 2012

• #8

What do RVs and the Thunderbirds have in common?

For the answer, look below:

These pictures were taken with my phone after our performance (West Coast Ravens) on Saturday at the Capital Airshow in Sacramento, CA. You should see some nice high res pics soon. Once we get links up, I will post them here.

16 RVs taxi from show center to say hello to the thunderbirds.

Following "Lead"

few more pics

 

Ettore

Active Member

• Sep 10, 2012

• #9

Nice pics Axel!

 

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dav1111

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• Sep 10, 2012

• #10

My buddy, now deceased, Terry Cole, took this picture at Lubbock, Texas:

Enjoy

 

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Vlad

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• Sep 10, 2012

• #11

Axel, Russ great pictures! I wanna get me one

 

Michael White

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• Sep 10, 2012

• #12

Vlad said:

Axel, Russ great pictures! I wanna get me one

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I'm not sure Русские Витязи or Стрижи come this far west, cousin...

(for the rest of you, those are the Russian Knights and the Swifts aerobatic teams)

 

JoeBlank

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• Sep 12, 2012

• #13

Pics from California Capitol Airshow...

I'm suprised that none have shown up yet. Here is a start...

The rest I've seen are here. (Photographers noted on pics unless unknown)

https://picasaweb.google.com/105698743316868658600/CaliforniaCapitalAirshow2012#

From Rosie:

Tankerbelle has a bunch here too http://thebluestmuse.blogspot.com/2012/09/photos-of-2012-california-capital.html

Turbo's interview: http://www.ktuu.com/videogallery/72147075/News/West-Coast-RaVens-at-the-California-Capital-Airshow

 

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Clouddancer

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• Sep 13, 2012

• #14

Thank you for the show!

Your formation looked awesome! Unfortunately I can not upload any pictures for instance.

It was my pleasure to say hello to some of the West Coast Ravens. I was especially pleased to meet Paul "Rosie" Rosales, which still knew my name after 10 years. But that's another story...

For those that are interested, I organized a small local airshow over in Switzerland just two weeks ago. Some pictures of that event that took place under some marginal european weather conditions: http://aviatikphoto.ch/airshowschhz/langenthal/fluegerchilbi-12/index.php