Some Old Stuff - Oceana 2005

[Jschmus]

When I moved back to Virginia in 2007, I lost nearly all the photos I took prior to that summer, due to losing a box during the move.  That was a loss if ever there was one.  I was digging through some file boxes yesterday morning when I found some old photo CDs.  I wasn't sure what was on them, so I dragged them into work with the laptop to see.  Some were from the museum in Charlotte, but most came from the airshow at NAS Oceana in 2005.  I'm pretty sure these have been posted on here before, but there are a few people here now who weren't on the forum then, and I thought "What the hey."  To keep down bandwidth usage, I'll post the link, rather than posting everything inline.

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/jason_schmus/Old%20Oceana/

The photos on grass were shot in the park in front of the Oceana officer's club, where a selection of retired types are kept on permanent display.  The paint jobs are rotated periodically to honor various aircraft and units.  Since these were taken, they've added an F-14 and an F/A-18A.  The rest were taken at the show proper.  This was the second-to-last public demo featuring the F-14.

[Captain Canada]

It's hard to believe the mighty Tomcat has been gone that long.....



The air park sure is a beauty...lots of gems in there !