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Incredible video. Would have loved to have been there.

Went to the "Great" New England Airshow in Chicopee, Ma. yesterday. Got up at 5AM, on the road at 6:10, in Chicopee MA by 9:10, 10 miles left and 50 minutes to get there. Three hours later I was still stuck in traffic, not at the air base parking area and at least 45 minutes to an hour left to get there and into the very long line to get shuttled onto the base. Could hear the air show since it had been on for two hours plus. Turned around and left without ever getting in. Evidently the base commander must have been afraid of terrorists as no one was allowed to park on base from what I was told. I never got close enough to see. Should have been easy enough to set up a secure parking area on base and away from aircraft. I was one of the couple thousand people (literally) who were stuck in traffic.

Still pissed.

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BADASS!! That's the way it should be!
If anybody ever saw kyles dad jimmy in the Waco with a jet engine strapped to the bottom that was something special. A shame he's no longer with us. What a show! Kyle does awesome to! That younkin 18 is sick! Thanks for sharing that.
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fshaw wrote:Incredible video. Would have loved to have been there.

Went to the "Great" New England Airshow in Chicopee, Ma. yesterday. Got up at 5AM, on the road at 6:10, in Chicopee MA by 9:10, 10 miles left and 50 minutes to get there. Three hours later I was still stuck in traffic, not at the air base parking area and at least 45 minutes to an hour left to get there and into the very long line to get shuttled onto the base. Could hear the air show since it had been on for two hours plus. Turned around and left without ever getting in. Evidently the base commander must have been afraid of terrorists as no one was allowed to park on base from what I was told. I never got close enough to see. Should have been easy enough to set up a secure parking area on base and away from aircraft. I was one of the couple thousand people (literally) who were stuck in traffic.

Still pissed.

Frank


That sucks. A friend of mine was flying "She's The Boss", a TBM Avenger, in the show.
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