Air Show at Owens Field

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Our family spent the entire day yesterday enjoying the Celebrate Freedom Foundation festival that is an annual event here the weekend before Memorial Day. We saw 50-60 vintage planes from various time periods and listened to many pilots recounting their war days and their experiences with those planes.
Today we found out that one of the pilots was forced to crash land his F4 Corsair near an area subdivision due to engine problems and he died in the crash. Steve and I had been working on resizing the pictures to show them to friends and fellow aircraft enthusiasts but we have lost the enthusiam. These fellas take great care to present these planes and their history in festivals all over the country. This pilot Joe Tobul, travelled with his son and grandson, both pilots as well and they were performing a formation flyover when Mr. Tobul experienced trouble.

This picture is one of several that we took of his aircraft restored from WWII.

Rest in Peace Mr. Tobul and thanks for the memories that you gave us!
 
DJfan what a tragic story. Sorry a great days ends with a bad memory.

I saw two Canadian's, husband and wife, fly during an airshow. Their trademark was flying wing to wing about 6ft apart. Sadly one of them died just a few airshows removed from the one I saw. Leaves a lump in your chest.
 
Originally posted by DJFan
Our family spent the entire day yesterday enjoying the Celebrate Freedom Foundation festival that is an annual event here the weekend before Memorial Day.  We saw 50-60 vintage planes from various time periods and listened to many pilots recounting their war days and their experiences with those planes.  
Today we found out that one of the pilots was forced to crash land his F4 Corsair near an area subdivision due to engine problems and he died in the crash.    Steve and I had been working on resizing the pictures to show them to friends and fellow aircraft enthusiasts but we have lost the enthusiam.  These fellas take great care to present these planes and their history in festivals all over the country.  This pilot Joe Tobul, travelled with his son and grandson, both pilots as well and they were performing a formation flyover when Mr. Tobul experienced trouble.  

This picture is one of several that we took of his aircraft restored from WWII.

Rest in Peace Mr. Tobul and thanks for the memories that you gave us!
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pretty plane.............:D
 
Seems to be the story of a lot of airshows lately....didn't a Stealth crash a few years ago?
 
Everything went fine at the Edwards air show this year. It was Chuck Eager (?) last military flight. He did a sonic boom in a F-15. It was pretty cool. I feel bad for that pilot that died though.
 
Gullwing Corsair, same as they flew in the TV show "Black Sheep Squadron".

My favorite WWII plane is the P51 Mustang.

Condolences to Mr. Tobul's family, but like racecar drivers, he died doing what he loved.
 
Originally posted by 66mustang
Everything went fine at the Edwards air show this year.  It was Chuck Eager (?) last military flight.  He did a sonic boom in a F-15.  It was pretty cool.  I feel bad for that pilot that died though.
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YOU WENT TO THE AIRSHOW AT EDWARDS 66?
Wish De and I had known..we could have met up there to say hi to you..........:)
maybe next time.......:)
 
Originally posted by cutiepie24
YOU WENT TO THE AIRSHOW AT EDWARDS 66?
Wish De and I had known..we could have met up there to say hi to you..........:)  
maybe next time.......:)
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Yep was a pretty good show too. We are planning on it next year.
 
Originally posted by 66mustang
Yep was a pretty good show too.  We are planning on it next year.
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they're lots of fun.............years and years and years ago me and my friends used to go to port everglades (florida) when the navy ships came in and went aboard..........that was a lot of fun too...:)
 
This years was fun but I got tired of the parachute jumps. They must have done 10 or more jumps.
 
Originally posted by 66mustang
This years was fun but I got tired of the parachute jumps.  They must have done 10 or more jumps.
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I'm not big on the parachute guys either..............:(
kind of boring to me............rather watch the jets flying over.........thats the best.........
 
I wouldn't mind being the person doing the jumping but watching it gets boring.
 
Originally posted by 66mustang
I wouldn't mind being the person doing the jumping but watching it gets boring.
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no thanks........I'll pass on that too.........hahahaaha:( :)
 
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