Friday, taking a break from work, and minutes after seeing that the weather wouldn't be great for a quick Catalina trip on the sailboat (morning dense fog and building swell through the weekend) I was really itching to do something different this weekend. It was completely random that I made this connection about an advertisement I heard on the radio for the NASCAR race in southern calfornia that actually made me think of a different all-American show, an air show. Google, "air shows California 2016" and to my pleasant surprise March 19 & 20 in Lancaster is the LA county air show. $20 tickets and an hour and 15 minutes drive away?! Sign me up. Mia was totally in, so we went.

Some highlights included the Blue Angels, their C130 appropriately named "Fat Albert" that shows how it can land and come to a complete stop in about 4-5 football field lengths. there was a 36,000 horsepower 3-after burner semi truck that can go 376 mph. A plane that lands on top of a pickup truck and then gets driven around and takes off again, and reenactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor and much much more.

Below are the photos from my iPhone, and Part 2 of this post will be the great high resolution photos from Mia's camera and zoom lense.

During the Pearl Harbor reenactment- lots of pyrotechnics and 7 Japanese replica planes vs 2 American p40's screaming back and forth

The announcer on the speakers kept talking about selfies, so...

The Blue Angels Fat Albert is used to transport equipment and the pilots, and does physics-defying maneuvers. Here's the nose dive before landing in less than 1500 feet in full-throttle reverse

Chapters

Air show Part 1