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McGuire AFB Open House and Air Expo 2007

Date: May 12-13, 2007
Photography by: Rich Kolasa

Photo captions left to right: (1) Patty Wagstaff taxies out in Jim Beasley Jr.’s Mustang for an early morning practice flight before her first airshow demo in the P-51. (2) Doctor Smoke (aka Ron Saglimbene) climbs during his morning performance, trailing unique green smoke, which is ever-changing during his demo. (3) The QF-4 Phantom is serviced while basking in the morning sun at McGuire. (4) A fisheye look at Patty Wagstaff’s Extra from behind. (5) Patty’s trademark inverted ribbon cut during Sunday’s show. (6) The three-ship Heritage Flight led by Jim Beasley Jr. in “Bald Eagle”. (7) “Shamu” waves his American flag while taxiing back after the Heritage Flight. (8) The Thunderbirds looked sharp at McGuire, here performing a very difficult line-abreast loop. (9) The static line at McGuire was pretty impressive, with a number of “heavies” including the B-52 and C-5.

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