A stolen Airshow moment, frozen in time.
Hearing the Thunderbirds flying around town today, I’m reminded of the best air show I ever attended.
It was the first year the Prairie Air Show was relocated to Peoria from Bloomington and the Blue Angels were in town. As I recall, it rained all weekend – Saturday was pretty much a wash-out, and Sunday was proving to be a bust also.
Around 5 o’clock the skys cleared and I heard the Blue Angels take off – I grabbed my son and made a bee-line to the airport. The place was empty. We parked right up front and tromped our way through the ankle deep mud, past the un-manned ticket booth, through an empty VIP tent and stood center stage at the edge of the runway. The Blue Angels put on one hell of a show.
Just for us.
It was surreal.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Thanks for letting me know. ;P
July 10th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Anytime.