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2023 Airshow Plans:

Langley AFB
McGuire AFB
Reading PA
Ocean City MD
NAS Oceana
Georgetown DE
Easton MD

These are all the ones I'd like to attend. It'll really just depend on school schedules.

Location Classified (March 25)
Sun N Fun (March 28-April 2)
MCAS Beaufort (April 22-23)
Augusta (May 13-14)
Atlanta (October 7-8)
Jacksonville Beach or Hammond (October 21-22)
Orlando (October 28-29)
Pensacola (November 3-4)
Stuart (November 10-12)

Stay safe,
Josh Walker

Here is my super tentative list. Some may change depending on my Tora schedule.

2023 Airshow Schedule (SUPER TENTATIVE)

March
HF Conference 1-4
SNF March 28-March 31


April
April 1-2 Homestead, FL
Apr 22-23 MCAS Beaufort
Apr 29-30 Keesler AFB

May

May 6-7 Langley AFB, VA
May 20-21 Landis Fly-in

June
Nothing

July
Mcchord AFB 15-16
Oshkosh 24-30

August
Nothing currently

September
Cleveland 2-4
Reno 13-17

October
Houston 14-15
Indianapolis 28-29

November
Monroe 11-12

2023 Planned Shows:

Thunder over Louisville - April 22 - Louisville,Ky
Great Tennessee Airshow - June 10-11 - Smyrna,Tn
EAA Air Venture Oshkosh - July 24-30 - Oshkosh,Wi
ZigAirMeet 2023 - Aug.18-19 - Mollis,Switzerland
Radom Air Show - Aug.26-27 - Radom,Poland
Pacific Airshow - Sep 29-Oct 1 - Huntington Beach,Ca

For sure:

Martinsburg, WV
NAS Oceana

Maybe:
Langley AFB
Mid Atlantic WWII Weekend

I have been wanting to do this but keep forgetting

Planned:
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 29th-30th)
- McGuire AFB, New Jersey (May 20th-21st)
- Greenwood Lake, New Jersey (June 9th-11th)

Airshows of Interest
- Jones Beach Airshow (May 27th-28th)
- World War II Weekend (June 2nd-4th)
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (August 16th)

Gonna try and make it a busy year....
Sandia, Tx fly-in
WCBA Laredo, Tx
Bluebonnet Airshow, Burnett, Tx.
Barksdale AFB Shreveport, La
Dyess AFB, Abilene, Tx
Sweetwater, Tx WASP Fly-in
Kingsbury, Tx Fly-in
Wings over South Texas Corpus Christi, Tx
Rose City Airfest, Tyler, Tx
Corsicana Airshow, Corsicana, Tx
Ranger Antique Airfield fly-in, Ranger, Tx
Antique fly-in Gainesville, Tx
Wings over Houston, Houston, Tx
Angelina Airfest, Lufkin, Tx
Wings over Dallas (tentative)

Long time since I last posted but I'm very much looking forward to this season. 16 shows currently listed as definites and another 6-7 possibilities.

I've got two aims this season. One, to give myself the best possible chance of catching a MiG-29 in Europe, given most will probably be gone by the 2024 season. And two, to see every single military jet aerobatic team from Europe and the Americas in a single season - all 9 of them that still survive. Currently 7 are accounted for in my current plans but I still need to track down Patrulla Aguila and the Midnight Hawks somewhere when they release their schedules.

Without listing everything, some highlights I've got lined up:

• Jun 11: RAF Cosford Airshow, UK
• Jun 15-16: Antidotum Airshow, Leszno, Poland
• Jun 18: Manifestazione Aerea del Centenario del Aeronautica Militare, Pratica di Mare, Italy
• Jul 11-17: Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, UK
• Jul 23: Woodchurch Wings & Things, Ashford, UK
• Aug 26-27: Radom Airshow, Poland
• Sep 7-11: Air Legend, Paris - Villaroche, France
• Oct 5-6: Fleet Week, San Francisco, USA
• Oct 7-8: California International Airshow, Salinas, USA

The Leszno/Pratica di Mare weekend is particularly exciting. Probably my favourite airshow in the world on the Friday, followed by the Italian Air Force 100th anniversary on Sunday. The latter show is shaping up very nicely and looks set to go down as one of the most memorable airshows of the decade if all their plans come to fruition.

We live in the west San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, so my shows are all the SoCal favorites. Still kinda can't believe Blues and Thunderbirds together at Pt Mugu is happening.

I've been well out of the loop for a while now, so I'm not sure what happened to Planes of Fame. That was always such a standout event, so fun.

Light year this year, but my first trip to London since 2018 and I cannot wait.

Certainty:
Airshow London, three day Photo Experience
Dayton practice day

Maybe:
Dayton photo pit
Thunder Over Michigan practice day

Doubtful:
Battle Creek