Fav. North American demo team

[seventwo]

Between the T-birds, blues, and snows, which is you fav.

[YYZPICS]

Ive seen the Snowbirds, T-birds and Red Arrows . and I love them all :)

I will finally get to see the Blue Angles when i go to Quebec City.

[medic1]

I love the Snowbirds.....a little patriotic favourtism for sure, but you can't beat that 9 plane formation. Angels run a close second for me though....

[avro_arrow_25206]

The more planes the merrier for me, because they allow for more creativity and more possible combinations. Therefore, Snowbirds for me! On the other hand, I never discount the T-birds and Angels. They are just as spectacular in a different context :nod:

[Chris@YYZ]

Snowbirds, with the Blue Angels a close second :)

[ACman]

The Snowbirds own.

[Top_Gun]

need some "lower" N.American posters to help out the poll. ;)

I've seen the Snowbirds twice and they just don't do it for me. To much dance, not enough speed. It's like watching Ballet which does nothing for me.... I guess its the same that I can't take pictures of commercial planes as well :D

I love the Blue Angels, and think they are better to photograph because of their color. The Tbirds are nice, but they haven't been as tight as the Blues over the years.

[Star Alliance]

Blue Angels all the way!!
Cheers,
A.M.
PS. Haha, noone likes the T-Birds! :lol:

[YYZPICS]

noone likes the T-Birds! :lol:

I voted "I love them all" so yes at least one person like the t-birds;)

[Star Alliance]

Eh, shutup Bruno :lol:

[YYZPICS]

Eh, shutup Bruno :lol:

Im sorry u feel that way, lol

[MaxPower]

Definitely The Hells Angels.. Oppps, Blue Angels ...

With the thundbirds as second !

[DAL767-400ER]

Thunderbird for me. They were the first (and so far only) team I got to say (1987/88, Maxwell AFB Montgomery), and damn, I was impressed.

[MaxPower]

Thunderbird for me. They were the first (and so far only) team I got to say (1987/88, Maxwell AFB Montgomery), and damn, I was impressed. Then wait till you see the Blue angels, Cutting edge precision demo. wooohooo !

[herpa2003]

Has to be the blues. Beautiful aircraft and stunts that can't be beat...

[Crunk415balla]

Has to be the blues. Beautiful aircraft and stunts that can't be beat...
I agree with that, although I do love the 9 plane formation of the snowbirds so its a close decision. But I had to say the Blues.

Another North American jet team is the Patriots, who opperate 3 L-39s. I belive they are the only private jet team in North America.

[JessNil]

I have only seen the Snowbirds when I was visiting my Uncle in Canada. What a sensational feeling, because this was my first time attending an airshow. Lovely birds, thus why it will get my vote. coz these are the only ones I have experienced of these three choices.

[Showtime100]

Has to be the blues. Beautiful aircraft and stunts that can't be beat...

Stunts? No stunts involved, all manuevers any Naval Aviator can do....just not as close.

[wannabepilot777]

As a Seattle boy, there is no contest....BLUE ANGELS 100%

[screaming_emu]

UND Flight Team [/sarcasm]

[Leftseat86]

UND Flight Team [/sarcasm]

8 PLANE WARRIOR FORMATION FTW!


Ok seriously, its close between the T-Birds and the Blues.

I'd say the blues because, I remember seeing them at MCAS El Toro Airshow (yep...a loooong time ago before it was closed)...and they killed it. One of them flew some 100ft right over the grandstands from behind and scared the sh*t out of everyone...it was awesome.

[Crunk415balla]

I remember at San Francisco's "Fleetweek" airshow, where the Blue Angels are the main attraction, they did one of the coolest things I ever saw at an airshow. One solo pilot flew just feet over the water under the Golden Gate Bridge, and the other flew just feet over the water under the Bay Bridge. The 2 planes then did a spectacular crossover and I bet the people stuck in traffic on the bridges were going crazy! They got in trouble for this though, and they never were able to do it again.

[screaming_emu]

They got in trouble for this though, and they never were able to do it again.

That's dumb. If you look at it, more skill is needed to land an airplane than it is to fly it underneath something with as much area as the golden gate.

[Crunk415balla]

That's dumb. If you look at it, more skill is needed to land an airplane than it is to fly it underneath something with as much area as the golden gate.
Ya, and also keep in mind this was back in the 90's, still before 9/11. So I don't think the reason was security, and as you said it wasn't a really dangerous move to pull either.

Whatever the reason, when they did do it, it was awesome!
http://www.steehouwer.com/ba/ba02x.jpg

[MaxPower]

Emu, I havent thought of it in that kinda way. Good point though !

[screaming_emu]

Emu, I havent thought of it in that kinda way. Good point though !

Yeah, its a good point that I got from an article in some magazine. A guy asked the FAA if he could fly through the arches in some national park in Utah. At first they said "well...probably not, but let us research and we'll get back to you". So after a while they looked through the regs, called him back and said "while we dont reccomend it...we can't find anything that says its illegal". Then the guy pointed out to them that he's flying through arches that are like 150 ft wide, people land on runways as narrow as 50 feet all the time.

[Crunk415balla]

Yeah, its a good point that I got from an article in some magazine. A guy asked the FAA if he could fly through the arches in some national park in Utah. At first they said "well...probably not, but let us research and we'll get back to you". So after a while they looked through the regs, called him back and said "while we dont reccomend it...we can't find anything that says its illegal". Then the guy pointed out to them that he's flying through arches that are like 150 ft wide, people land on runways as narrow as 50 feet all the time.
Ya, and the Blue Angels are amoung the best pilots out there, so if they can fly feet apart in the air, this shouldn't have been a problem.