California Capital Airshow - Sacramento

[Mike51]

Anyone from here going this weekend? Looks like it'll be a good one!

Thunderbirds, F-22, Julie Clark.

[Brewski]

Re: California Capital Airshow - Sacramento

I will be there on Sunday. According to the local news, the T-Birds arrived today. Does anybody know what time they would be practicing on Friday?

[Mike51]

Re: California Capital Airshow - Sacramento

They're not. Practice was today, shortly after they arrived.

[Ken from PG]

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Quite tempting when I saw the itinerary but I don't want to deal with the crowd (I'll get my fix at PRS). THEN, I started thinking about the old Sacramento International Airshow at Rancho Murieta. I've never seen anything better (except Reno, of course).

[supercub]

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I agree, the Sacramento Airshow at Rancho was fantastic......do you remember the Skycrane helicopter doing a loop??
Brian

[Race 29]

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The show at Rancho was awesome. Highlights for me was the C-130 demo, the NASA Harrier, and former T-Bird boss Chris Patterakis (sp) in the SR-71 demo. The second year they had it there, I was lucky enough to be the "aviation expert" for the KZAP radio remote since a friend of mine was a DJ there.

Race 29

[Ken from PG]

Re: California Capital Airshow - Sacramento

I agree, the Sacramento Airshow at Rancho was fantastic......do you remember the Skycrane helicopter doing a loop??
Brian

Yea, it was awesome. It took him three tries if I remember right. I liked when when the B-52 made everyone wait for about 3, maybe 4 minutes, because he got too far away in his loiter time so he made up for it by coming in low and fast.

Poor photo and scan but that is Julie Clark's and Joann Osterud's planes in the background. Jimmy Franklin, Bob Hoover, Eliot Cross and Kathy Grey in the Coors light micro jets, plus others made up the civilian show. T33, T37, T38, A10, F15, U2, C130, C5, T-birds, Snowbirds, F117, SR71, helicopters, pyrotechnics, illegally parked car drop, entertaining announcers, booths and seminars, watching everyone's jaw hit the ground when the NASA harrier did his thing, all in one day at a little air strip east of Sacramento.

[paintboy]

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hey, I remember those days..........AWESOME. That's when they had REAL airshows in California


dave

[Skyracer]

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hey, I remember those days..........AWESOME. That's when they had REAL airshows in California

That's when they had REAL airshows everywhere.

[fenceliner01]

Re: California Capital Airshow - Sacramento

hey, I remember those days..........AWESOME. That's when they had REAL airshows in California


dave

ever been to Planes of Fame?

[bellarch]

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Ken,

Great Photo!!

I live in Rancho Murieta, and have heard fables of this show.

Please post more pics, either here or off-line e-mail.

Thanks!

bbell@ranchomurieta.org

Brian.

[Mike51]

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A few from a hot and hazy Sacramento at the weekend.

[Ken from PG]

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1991 Rancho Murieta