Anyone going to the 2003 Air Expo at PAX River NAS in Maryland this weekend, if anyone goes maybe we can hook up and tour some of the new JSF's and other planes. 

Blue Angels, V-22's, JSF's (alot of stuff they test at PAX). F-16 Viper Demo, Patty Wagstaff, Dan Buchanan. F-117 Demo, E-2C Demo, SAR Demo, Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, The Red Eagle, Michael Mancuso.

The Warbirds will be:
B-25 "Panchito," C-60 Lodestar, Stinson L-5 Sentinel, Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, UC-78B Bobcat, L-16 Aeronca "L-Bird" and PV-2 Harpoon.

Yak Demonstration Team, Chuck Lischer, Frank Kingston Smith, Paul Stender.

That's just SOME of the air demo's, except for Paul Stender, which drives a Dodge Ram with a P&W jet engine on the back end, 350MPH!! Also going to be there is the Spec Ops Command parachute team. Here's the air demo schedule.

NAS Patuxent River Air Expo '03 May 24 and 25 schedule.

9 a.m.

Gates Open
10:30 a.m.

Star/Hardee's Team model airplanes

11 a.m.

U.S. Special Operations Command parachute team
War Birds
Navy E-2C Hawkeye demonstration
Paul Stender in his 'RamJet' Dodge Jet Truck
NAS Patuxent River Search and Rescue demonstration
Dan Buchanan in his Airwave Glider
Air Force F-117A Nighthawk fly-by (3 passes)
Mike Mancuso in his Klein Tools Extra 300L
Yak-3M, Yak-9U and MiG 17 aerial demonstration
Retired Col. Bob Murphy and Chung H. Yiin a T-28 and OV-2
Chuck Lischer in his Newgold F-260 Warrior
Dan McClung in the Desothane HS Red Eagle
Patty Wagstaff in her Goodrich Extra 300S
'RamJet' Dodge Jet Truck races Patty Wagstaff
Dale "Snort" Snodgrass in his F-86 Sabre
Air Force Viper East F-16 Demonstration Team
Heritage Flight with F-86 and F-16

2:15 p.m.

BREAK

2:45 p.m.

Fat Albert

3 p.m.

Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels


Last but not least LOTS of static aircraft on the tarmac, doesn't have a list but I'd say lots of warbirds, USAF, USMC, USN, and USCG a/c will be on display. LOTS of vendors including BAE, Dyncorp, Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, and Sabre, plus lots of others. The website for it is here http://homepages.navair.navy.mil/AirExpo03/

Trust me this is a show NOT to miss. I hold PAX River as the best military base in the US, its on a peninsula that juts out into the bay, even has a marina on base hehe   You can take a trip around the base on the shore line. Pass by the end of the main runway, whilst going by Strike, usually you will see alot of F/A-18's and F-14's in the hangars and on the tarmac, some on alert with weapons on board.

Bad weather this weekend.  Not very good for airshows.  The DoD open house and Andrews AFB last weekend was really good, it's a little bigger than the PAX one. and more military demos, less civilian.

have fun there,pals!

Its an hour or so for me, just got my license so a quick trip south will be fun to see some aircraft. Now to find directions...