Aviation Nation is always an excellent show, I'm looking forward to it, but I'm curious how different the lighting and feeling of everything will be in April instead of November I remember going to the USAF 50th Anniversary show in 1997 which was held at a similar time, though near the end of April...

Aviation Nation is always an excellent show, I'm looking forward to it, but I'm curious how different the lighting and feeling of everything will be in April instead of November I remember going to the USAF 50th Anniversary show in 1997 which was held at a similar time, though near the end of April...

It appears the Osprey demo has been removed from the performer list at Moses Lake in June.

CT-156 Harvard II 2-ship added to performers per Airshow Insider.

First statics announced as well:
C-5 Galaxy (Travis AFB)
KC-135 Stratotanker (Grissom ARB)
B-52 Stratofortress (Barksdale AFB)

JA Boomer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:31 pm B-17F Flying Fortress "Ye Olde Pub", Vought F4U-7 Corsair, Grumman F8F Bearcat, and North American P-51D Mustang added as performers.

B-17 is static only.

JA Boomer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:04 pm
Chris, when did you stop doing the website?

Good question! I had to go back into my archive emails to find out. 2015 was my last year. I stopped volunteering when I was asked to do things outside of what I signed up for (like answering phones during the Airshow).

AirshowHawk wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:29 am Here's a throwback from the internet archive. This is the Abbotsford Airshow website from 20 years ago in 2004.

Great find. Brings back fond memories of when I did the Airshow website (note the inclusion of bases the aircraft were from )

sadly, they now seem obsessed with bringing in too many civilian acts which, let's face it, very few attendees watch and mostly use as a washroom break. There are three civilian acts booked this year (so far), last year there were three and the year before four. That constitutes being "obsesse...

While I agree that this year's show will be disappointing based on the announced schedules of the European teams and the overall lack of US military participation, this is in no way the fault of the Abbotsford Airshow. They have no control over the schedules that are announced from these teams. The ...

...and that's a wrap.