Military Jets Photography: 2011 09 24 NAS Oceana Airshow

This year NAS Oceana air show was held on September 23 through 25. It helped celebrate The Centennial of Naval Aviation (CoNA). With an impressive flying display line up along with several aircraft on static display, some with special CoNA markings, this was destined to be a great airshow! Except that Mother Nature did not want to cooperate. With heavy rains predicted for all of the 3-day airshow, the weekend was almost a complete loss. The best day for flying displays was Friday during practice hours and the twilight show.
Saturday was a complete wash out. Sunday brought less rain in the morning, but low ceilings kept the aircraft grounded until around 12 PM. Due to rain the Blue Angels briefly flew on Friday afternoon,
but they could not get off the ground on Saturday and Sunday. Fat Albert flew Friday at the Twilight Show, but not Saturday or Sunday.
Sunday was a better day. The 1911 Curtiss Pusher replica took to the air. A Skyraider and an Avenger also flew representing World War II navy aircraft. The public enjoyed high performances from F-18s, an F-16 and an AV-8B. Bob Carlton flew his jet powered glider. The highlight of the day was a flying display of an A-4B Skyhawk. Again the Blue Angels could not fly since the heavy rain came down on the base late afternoon.