New Richmond Airshow 2005

[dj51d]

After lurking for a while and talking with a few forum members this weekend, I decided it was time to go ahead and post.

This weekend I atended the New Richmond Airshow in Wisconsin.  The New Richmond airshow is a very young show, with 2005 being its second year.  The setup didn't lend itself to photographing the action, there is a highway just east of the runway, the waivered airspace is on the west side of the airport so of course all the action is backlight.

There was a pretty good lineup of acts, with a local performer whose name escapes me, John Mohr, Joe Dooley, and Darrel Massman.

Here is a selection of shots from the show.

[Liza]

Hi Dan. Welcome aboard. I understand Puff was at the show. Any shots?

[dj51d]

It seems like every show I go to there is one aircraft I don't get as many shots of as I should, for this one it was the AC-47.  I very nearly went for a ride on it, they only wanted $100!

[Liza]

Puff is a nice ride. I had the opportunity at Red Wing.

Received a note from Bill Cowden (co-pilot of Puff) and he said it would be at the Milwaukee Show this coming weekend and then Siren, Wisconsin, the following weekend.

[Photo Op?]

   I'm going to beat my head against a wall!!!!!  The Greater Milwaukee Air Show might be tough to make but this I could have done!!!  GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   An airshow got by me, BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!  How was it??

[dj51d]

I only found out about the New Richmond show a few days in advance... It was a very decent show, a good lineup of static aircraft and performers for such a small event, but the proximity of a nearby highway forced all the action to be backlit.  I was quite surprised to see 3 Piaggio P.136s, two flyers and one stored.