OK guys, a have decompressed enough to post the pics from the big show on Saturday and Sunday. Only 35,000 were on hand Friday for the "dress rehersal", so I wansn't totally done by the end of the day.
Just so you know, I was a volunteer worker for 6 of the 7 days the GML was in town. My sole job was to be the gatekeeper of the back door to the air opps/ media building.
The original control tower building, which dates back to the Lockborne AFB days, (late 40's to mid 90's), was re-activated for this show. The GML show headquarters started in a stripped bare building with nothing but folding tables and chairs, electric but NO running water, in a building that housed the air opps, FAA, P-51 pilot and crew check in, media check in and interview rooms, and called it the "Welcome Center".
The front door was far enough away from the main gate that strangers weren't that big of an issue.
The back door was open to access by anyone at the show, so keeping out the curious spectators looking for bathrooms with flush toilets, parents with kids that wanted to see the control tower, people who were in need of information, etc. kept me busy from 0700 to 1530 when I was relieved. There were 100k plus on Saturday, and about 100k again on Sunday. Wore me out pretty good.
Anyhoo, here are so more pics and vids from the show.
Aside from all of the warbirds that I wanted to photograph but couldn't, me only regret was not getting anything of the F-22 Raptor demo. I could watch that show every day and still be amazed enough to forget to use my camera.
Saturday at sunrise C-5A.
B-17's on the apron.
