Day two of three...Gathering of the Warbirds in Olympia, Washington.
Flyby of a KC-135, US Special Forces Parachute Team...displaying a 33 foot by 65 foot American Flag underneath a Red/White/Blue Canopy (What other colors?), Yak 55, Fraser Blues Team (Navion Airplanes), A-1E Skyraider, two AH-1 Huey Cobras, Yak 11, Fouga Magister, Powered Parachutes, Car drop by a UH-1 Police Helicopter, Zero fighter and Wildcat dogfight, Mig 17, UH-1H and UH-1K, P-51 Mustang, and a mass of light-medium warbirds in one large gaggle, B-17 and B-24 doing Jolly rides, TBM, Mustang, Skyraider, Harvards, and a host of others doing Jolly's.
Beautiful weather....big party for the pilots/crews tonight...gosh, working for a living can have its moments.
...flew the UH-1H...museum quality warbird....in formation with the UH-1K. Flypast in echelon right, pass in trail, approach to land....hover...face right...face front...face left...(reverse for other aircraft), tails together....depart in opposite directions....level pass then vertical seperation pass at warp speed....Wackenclack Flight in Review! Exit stage West....join up and return in echelon to parking.
Biased observers said it was very effective...lots of blade whack...and doppler shift on the flypasts!
