"Sea & Sky Spectacular" & "Week of Valor" in Jax (2009, how much)

[fsu813]

Nov 4th - 11th

Most of the events are in Downtown Jax, including:

- free movies shown on the side of the CSX building (Top Gun, Men of Honor, & Night at the Museum)

- free tours of naval vessels docked Downtown

- live search & rescue demonstrations (ie, guys jumping from helicopters into the river)

- noteable military speakers at the Main Library

- the offical "Sea & Sky Spectacular" at Beaches, featuring the Blue Angels

- and, of course, the Veteran's Day Parade, Downtown

websites:

Sea and Sky Spectacular November 6-8, 2009

Week of Valor: November 4-11, 2009

[missnic]

Thanks for the reminder!

[fsquid]

$20 for parking? They out of their minds?

[wb3690]

Originally Posted by fsquid

$20 for parking? They out of their minds?

I know! We saw that it was a free event with a free shuttle but oh yeah 20.00 to park! Has anyone been to the air shows down there before? Everyone keeps telling us it will be insane.......

[projectmaximus]

Oh geez...looks pretty exciting but not so good for me!

Make A Scene Downtown Documentaries
Military-themed documentaries shown in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts - Terry Theater
Movies begin at 1 p.m. and will show throughout the day.
- Fly Girls
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- Aircraft Carrier!

Does "show throughout the day" mean late into the evening?

[LoveBoating]

Hey, things cost, but......will go anyway! Yes, with traffic and lots of people, the word "insane" could come to mind, but I prefer to describe this event with different words......."interesting and exciting"! But, then again, it just depends on how much someone is into military/Navy stuff. For me (ex-Navy), and other former or active military people, this is a highly interesting event. If the parking charge was $50, wife/I would still go. And, since Jax does have the Navy here (NAS/Mayport), this event will likely draw a large crowd.

Originally Posted by wb3690

I know! We saw that it was a free event with a free shuttle but oh yeah 20.00 to park! Has anyone been to the air shows down there before? Everyone keeps telling us it will be insane.......

[LoveBoating]

And, for all active and former military personel it's Golden Corral's Military Appreciation Monday! Free dinner on Monday Nov. 16th. Go to Golden Corral's website for further info.

[ChrisNY]

Can anyone tell me where you can go to see the air show besides the insane area. Where is the heart of the activity for the air show? Is it near Joe's Crab Shack? If you choose to pay $20 to park where is the parking?

[wb3690]

from what i understand all the parking is by TPC sawgrass correct?

We've decided to skip this airshow......I just can't envision all the people.......but we've been spoiled...we lived on an Air Station for the past 8 years before moving here so all the aviation stuff is part of our lives (husband is Navy)........

We'll just wait....have fun to those who go though!

[LoveBoating]

We have only been to one other Air Show and that was much, much smaller than this one will be..........and that one was at a small community airport, not over the ocean! I was in the Navy, but not in Naval Aviation. As far as crowds go, we lived in So California for some years and seen some REAL crowds at events there. If we could handle, which we did, the crowds there, we can surely handle any Jax events crowds.