2021 Air Show

A big lens and a fast camera are a great combination, especially with planes that are travelling at hundreds of miles per hour, sometimes approaching the speed of sound.

Navy Paratroopers
Lucas Oil Stunt Plane
B52
F35C
F35C Pilot
Mv-22 Osprey
Air Force Thunderbirds
Thunderbird 5
Air Force Thunderbirds
Air Force Thunderbirds
Canadian Snowbirds
Canadian Snowbirds
F35A
F35A
A lot of people
Red Bull Air Force
Red Bull Air Force
Navy Paratroopers (Oct 2, 2021)

Navy Paratroopers (Oct 2, 2021)

Opening the show

2Y1A5064 (Oct 2, 2021)

2Y1A5064 (Oct 2, 2021)

Lucas Oil Stunt Plane (Oct 2, 2021)

Lucas Oil Stunt Plane (Oct 2, 2021)

Notice how low the plan is flying

B52 (Oct 2, 2021)

B52 (Oct 2, 2021)

Out of Edwards Air Force base

F35C (Oct 2, 2021)

F35C (Oct 2, 2021)

F35C Pilot (Oct 2, 2021)

F35C Pilot (Oct 2, 2021)

If you expand the picture, you can see the flight suit

Mv-22 Osprey (Oct 2, 2021)

Mv-22 Osprey (Oct 2, 2021)

Air Force Thunderbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Air Force Thunderbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Incredible the tight formation

Thunderbird 5 (Oct 2, 2021)

Thunderbird 5 (Oct 2, 2021)

Look at the belly and you will see the number 5 is upside down.  A search on the internet suggests this is the "lead solo" pilot, and usually does the upside-down formations

Air Force Thunderbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Air Force Thunderbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Air Force Thunderbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Air Force Thunderbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Canadian Snowbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Canadian Snowbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Canadian Snowbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

Canadian Snowbirds (Oct 2, 2021)

F35A (Oct 2, 2021)

F35A (Oct 2, 2021)

Traveling so fast you can see the small contrails

F35A (Oct 2, 2021)

F35A (Oct 2, 2021)

Firing flares

A lot of people (Oct 2, 2021)

A lot of people (Oct 2, 2021)

The claim is there was 1 million people watching the air show.  I could believe it, the only open sand was the path for the lifeguard trucks.  When I left, there must have been 50 people lined up to order food, and a very crowded beach path

Red Bull Air Force (Oct 2, 2021)

Red Bull Air Force (Oct 2, 2021)

Red Bull Air Force (Oct 2, 2021)

Red Bull Air Force (Oct 2, 2021)

Helicopter in a full stall