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Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:35 pm
by kalamazookid
GRNDP51 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:31 pm
kalamazookid wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:32 pm
Bretten Bailey wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:01 pm
My bad, I had forgotten that "Yellow Rose" was already announced.
I'm assuming that means "That's All, Brother" is also coming since they are operated by the same wing.
I don't think there is confirmation on Miss Hap yet, so assuming this would be Yellow Rose and TAB from context here.
The other pairing that came to mind, though the B-25 hasn't been confirmed yet, is God and Country along with Sky King from Mid America Flight Museum. Sky King has extensive combat history, including missions in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Flying that with Rosie's Reply from YAM would be a pretty special pairing of MTO veterans with actual combat history.
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:14 am
by GRNDP51
Aircraft List has been updated:
Noteworthy changes include:
15 (+1) B-25's that have been announced previously
(2) Mustangs announced previously (P-51B "Old Crow" and P-51D "Gentleman Jim"
T-28 (warbird static)
(2) T-44c's from VT-31 (military static)
Anything to fill up the ramp and spice up arrival day is very welcomed with how little time they have since changing to the static friendly format
Goal is still 20 B-25's, but this is getting less likely by the day. Fingers crossed for 18 or 19.
There could also be more P-51's, likely flying with YAM's B-17 at some point during the show.
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:43 am
by robert16627
GRNDP51 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:14 am
Aircraft List has been updated:
Noteworthy changes include:
15 (+1) B-25's that have been announced previously
(2) Mustangs announced previously (P-51B "Old Crow" and P-51D "Gentleman Jim"
T-28 (warbird static)
(2) T-44c's from VT-31 (military static)
Anything to fill up the ramp and spice up arrival day is very welcomed with how little time they have since changing to the static friendly format
Goal is still 20 B-25's, but this is getting less likely by the day. Fingers crossed for 18 or 19.
There could also be more P-51's, likely flying with YAM's B-17 at some point during the show.
Do you know if there is anything that might make a surprise flyover during the airshow?
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:36 pm
by smalldude333
GRNDP51 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:14 am
Aircraft List has been updated:
Noteworthy changes include:
15 (+1) B-25's that have been announced previously
(2) Mustangs announced previously (P-51B "Old Crow" and P-51D "Gentleman Jim"
T-28 (warbird static)
(2) T-44c's from VT-31 (military static)
Anything to fill up the ramp and spice up arrival day is very welcomed with how little time they have since changing to the static friendly format
Goal is still 20 B-25's, but this is getting less likely by the day. Fingers crossed for 18 or 19.
There could also be more P-51's, likely flying with YAM's B-17 at some point during the show.
Will Berlin Express be there as mentioned before?
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:19 pm
by GRNDP51
smalldude333 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:36 pm
Will Berlin Express be there as mentioned before?
A few hiccups on BE, but working on it.
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:38 pm
by smalldude333
And the show schedule is up.
Saturday, August 7th Morning Show
T-6A Texan II’s
Mitchell Madness - World’s Largest Gathering of B-25’s
EA-18G Growler Demonstration
U.S.N. Legacy Flight featuring F4U-4 Corsair
B-17G Flying Fortress “Yankee Lady” with Fighter Escort
F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team
U.S.A.F. Heritage Flight
Saturday, August 7th Afternoon Show
T-6A Texan II’s
Mitchell Madness - World’s Largest Gathering of B-25’s
EA-18G Growler Demonstration Team
U.S.N. Legacy Flight featuring F4U-4 Corsair
B-17G Flying Fortress “Yankee Lady” with Fighter Escort
German Air Force A-400M Atlas
U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron
Sunday, August 8th Morning Show
T-6A Texan II’s
Mitchell Madness - World’s Largest Gathering of B-25’s
EA-18G Growler Demonstration
U.S.N. Legacy Flight featuring F4U-4 Corsair
B-17G Flying Fortress “Yankee Lady” with Fighter Escort
F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team
U.S.A.F. Heritage Flight
Sunday, August 8th Afternoon Show
Mitchell Madness - World’s Largest Gathering of B-25’s
EA-18G Growler Demonstration Team
U.S.N. Legacy Flight featuring F4U-4 Corsair
B-17G Flying Fortress “Yankee Lady” with Fighter Escort
German Air Force A-400M Atlas
U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron
Very disappointed that the A-400 will only fly Afternoon shows
Also, the morning show has been extended a half an hour so it now starts at 8:30 instead of 9:00.
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:19 am
by GRNDP51
Add Tri-State Air Museum's "Yankee Doodle" as #16.
There was some miscommunication with Berlin Express that is being worked out. Hopefully it will formally be added soon. A few others are leaning in the "yes" column more and more as we get closer.
So close to 20!
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:22 pm
by Airshowlover811
GRNDP51 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:19 am
Add Tri-State Air Museum's "Yankee Doodle" as #16.
There was some miscommunication with Berlin Express that is being worked out. Hopefully it will formally be added soon. A few others are leaning in the "yes" column more and more as we get closer.
So close to 20!
Are you allowed to say which others are almost to a yes of coming?
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:16 pm
by kalamazookid
Just catching up on everything after a couple weeks offline. I'm a little bummed the Atlas isn't going to be included in the morning show but the rest looks pretty solid and I'm totally fine if that's it. I would personally rather see fewer acts fly for a longer amount of time than have them try to cram everything in with only a couple passes. The extra half hour in the morning will certainly help.
Tri-State Warbird Museum P-51D Mustang "Cincinnati Miss" has also been added!
Re: Thunder Over Michigan 2021
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:39 pm
by GRNDP51
Always enjoy the Warbird Digest articles on TOM:
http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/t ... ering.html
There's already some "discussion" about what a record means. Pretty simply, anything over TOM's previous record of 15 will be a record
airshow gathering. The next step is defining what the 2012 record really is; whether it's 19 or 20 airframes. Already discussed earlier in this thread was that 20 never flew together. There were 20 on the ground at Urbana, but 19 flew to the main event at Dayton. 20 flying together at TOM would be enough for the record in my book.