Interesting way to see BNAS airshow (Brunswick, Wayne: move to, land, bike)

[schizuki]

I remembered walking the Brunswick bike path years ago and seeing P-3 Orions fly low overhead on takeoff right about where the path meets the river. I reasoned that the airfield points in that direction. I further reasoned that it might be a good place to see the aircraft fly by during the airshow.

The wife and I reached the spot I remembered, and the conversation went like this:

"I think this is the spot."

"Well, if it isn't, I'm sure we'll see a plane or two fly around and we could always move to wh---"

[PHWAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!]

[F-15 with afterburners on roars directly overhead at about 100 feet, like a thousand heavy-metal guitarists hitting a thousand power chords]

We looked at each with our jaws on the ground, got huge smiles and said "Holy sh**, that was awesome!"

We parked our butts, saw three hours of boring stuff, then about 2:30 noticed a bunch more people gathering around. That's because at 3:00, the Blue Angels showed up, and now we had one, two, three, four, five, and six F/A-18s roaring right over our heads. It was amazing, with everybody's kids yelling "Here they come, here they come!"

Most awesomest day ever.

[AustinB]

Waynes world waynes world!!!

[shadowfax1997]

we were at the other end of the runway when the f15 was doing its show. We too got buzzed by afterburners. The kids - 5 and 7 - didn't appreciate it and panicked. We were on bikes riding into the show - went as quickly as we could, but it ruined the day for the little one. oh well. SHow was good. crowd not bad.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

shadowfax1997 reports:
"We were at the other end of the runway when the f15 was doing its show. We too got buzzed by afterburners. The kids - 5 and 7 - didn't appreciate it and panicked."

I was in the woods on a deer stand and had my crosshairs on a good buck. Just as I touched off my 30-06 my scope went grey. What the heck? The deer flopped where he stood. I stood up and as I did I noticed a chickadee on the ground at my feet, motionless. Then the chickadee moved a little, stood up and staggered around as if to say, "What the heck was THAT?" The chickadee flew up onto a branch. I figure he was either right above my muzzle and caught the blast or he just landed on my barrel. I have had them land on a gun barrel before.

That chickadee probably felt like your 5 year old.

[shadowfax1997]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

shadowfax1997 reports:
"We were at the other end of the runway when the f15 was doing its show. We too got buzzed by afterburners. The kids - 5 and 7 - didn't appreciate it and panicked."

I was in the woods on a deer stand and had my crosshairs on a good buck. Just as I touched off my 30-06 my scope went grey. What the heck? The deer flopped where he stood. I stood up and as I did I noticed a chickadee on the ground at my feet, motionless. Then the chickadee moved a little, stood up and staggered around as if to say, "What the heck was THAT?" The chickadee flew up onto a branch. I figure he was either right above my muzzle and caught the blast or he just landed on my barrel. I have had them land on a gun barrel before.

That chickadee probably felt like your 5 year old.

thats funny - probably so.