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The 2005 NAF El Centro Air Show

March 12, 2005


First up were the Army Black Daggers USASOC parachute team, who jumped out of this Coast Guard C-130.

Before jumping they dropped streamers to check the wind direction. Children had great fun catching them!

Eric Beard in the Yak-54 Russian Thunder

Jacquie Warda in her Pitts S-1T Red Eagle

L-39 Firecat.

This Forest Service DC-7 is a fire bomber (notice the underbelly tank).

Jordan Wirsz in the Extra 300L.

Bill Cornick's Pitts S-2C.

Jon Nash in the Edge 540.

John Collver in the T-6 Texan War Dog

Greg Poe, flying Jordan Wirsz's Extra.

F-16 Falcon meets F-18 Hornet.

After a morning of mostly propeller craft, the F-16's high performance jet demo was amazing.

Heritage Flight with F-16 and two P-51s (Chuck Hall's Six Shooter and Bill Anders' Val-halla)

A few F-18s from MCAS Miramar dropped by for a simulated bombing run.

KABOOM
(Notice the size of the fireball compared to Fat Albert!)

WALL OF FIRE! (Oh, and an F18 in the upper left.)

The Black Daggers jumped again in the afternoon, this time in full Special Ops gear.

The finale of the show was the Blue Angels, led by C-130 Fat Albert.

Fat Albert did the usual JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off).

Blue Angels pilots look on as Fat Albert performs the 'flat pass'.

After Fat Albert, the pilots climbed into their F-18 Hornets. Here they test smoke generators.

The Blue Angels!

The Blue Angels gave a great performance.

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