Air Show at WaterColor - video added

anyone else catching this little air show going on above seaside? was it a planned event?

uuuhhh, no. (cause I'm not there ) Can you see it from the porch?

Is it 3-4 P-6s? If so, there are about 6 of them stationed out of Destin. The pilots are all friends and go flying together all the time. For the last 2 years, they've been nice enough to give a little air show for the Seaside half marathon. A couple of the pilots live here in SoWal.

It was grayt, floating in the pool at WaterColor and watching the plans almost crash. The tourists where all excited that they knew about Eglin (that army base nearby :funn.

They were stunt planes, not the old T-6's. Did you see the guys jumping out of the third plane? The pilot in the green plane was incredible. I wonder if they had cameras in the cockpit and if they will youtube them tonight. Now that would be cool. I took some video but from afar, and couldn't see my screen, but I doubt the video captured much of anything. I think Kurt got some footage.

Were those the 3 torch looking things that sort of showed up around 5?

They were stunt planes, not the old P-6's. Did you see the guys jumping out of the third plane? The pilot in the green plane was incredible. I wonder if they had cameras in the cockpit and if they will youtube them tonight. Now that would be cool. I took some video but from afar, and couldn't see my screen, but I doubt the video captured much of anything. I think Kurt got some footage.

Wow- it was crazy!! I was almost scared to look- they would swoop down or go into a dive and look like they were crashing!

Anybody know if they were intentionally stalling or just cutting the engine?

Anybody know if they were intentionally stalling or just cutting the engine?

That had to be intentional!

There are three T-6 Texans based out of Destin. The last time I rented a 172 down there I talked to one of them. One is a contractor and the other is a Dentist. Don't know anything about the third.

That had to be intentional!

I only asked since they would go vertical at points and the engine would die. I know planes stall at certain points and can be restarted (the older ones) so I wasn't sure. SC just did a drive by posting and didn't answer the question.

Don't make me have to wiki for an hour!

The pilots were doing this kind of flying, right over the Gulf, maybe in front of Seaside. (Caution -- there is a cuss word on the video.) --->>>clicky

YouTube - Ethanol stunt plane, outragous stunts! Prairie air show 2006

I'm no expert, but that seems REALLY stupid with waves involved.

wrong video. Try it again.

Now it won't play.

Acrobatics over Grayon?

About 5:30 this afternoon I could hear an airplane performing acrobatics. Once or twice, I saw it climbing, and from my place near Eastern Lake, it looked like the plane was maybe just past Seaside.

Got in the car and drove down there, but the plane was gone.

Anybody see or know anything?

Something is acting screwy. search google videos for "Ethanol stunt plane, outragous stunts! Prairie air show 2006"

I only asked since they would go vertical at points and the engine would die. I know planes stall at certain points and can be restarted (the older ones) so I wasn't sure. SC just did a drive by posting and didn't answer the question.

Don't make me have to wiki for an hour!

I'm back...
Without seeing the moves this is just speculation. If the plane is riding the engine going vertical, they will pull the throttle all the way back when they head back downhill. They do it for two reasons...overspeeding the airframe and overspeeding the engine. This is standard stuff. I could get all technical on you all and go into the difference between constant speed and fixed pitch props but won't. Just know that they mean to do it, and nothing bad will come of it!

The older airplanes that you may be mentioning are aircraft like Stearmen and Wacos. They have a gravity feed fuel system that isn't made to go upside down. You will actually hear the engine starve for fuel when they roll inverted, but it will start back up by itself when the airplane is righted. Again...normal stuff

just checked my videos of the stunts, and as suspected, I was too far away, so the vid is no good.

I see those guys about every weekend! They're terrific. They were flying over Okaloosa Isl and the FWB sound last weekend so low that I'm surprised there weren't wrecks. I've often seen them over the coast along SoWal when I beachwalk on Sunday mornings, although I haven't been there the last couple weeks. Wish I could let them know they're appreciated!

Very cool way to spend the afternoon - floating in water and watching an air show!

I see the T-6's fairly often, but they don't do tricks. I recall only once before seeing a stunt plane in action. Maybe they were performing for Little Kurt's B-day.

Must be the "T-6's" that I see out here, then. It's just beautifully synchronized flying; Like water ballet, without water, or people's limbs, or those nose-pincher thingys.
Or rubber caps.

i tried to take a couple pics but it was too hard. this shows how low they were flying. if you can find the plane.

What a grayt show!! They were terrific and amazing!! Also enjoyed the kite surfer except when he was scooping around in the lake around all the kids!

Franny, after I walked off the beach, the planes had refueled and came back, so I hung around watching Part II. I was looking over the inlet/outlet, and never noticed the kite, but suddenly, I see Ed pop out over the sand dunes doing a flip or two -- I was startled because I totally wasn't expecting it. Ed is very skilled with that kite surfer and has good control, unless his strings break and he gets dragged across hwy 98, like he did in PC. If you are ever out in the water when Ed comes surfing in on that kite, just stay put, and he will go around you. (don't try to play chicken with him.)

JFunn, that is the best pic I've seen of the planes. I would have really enjoyed being right in front of that show.