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I have been going to airshows since I was a kid growing up in Tampa, FL. Each year, my parents would take me to MacDill AFB for their annual airshow. My first memories are watching the Blue Angels flying A-4 Skyhawks and the Thunderbirds in F-4 Phantoms. We didn't like it much when the Thunderbirds went to the dinky and quiet T-33 while the Blues converted to the F-18. At least the Thunderbirds got into the F-16. It would be so cool if they converted to the new F-22.

When I was 15, my parents took me over to England to visit my family. While looking at an aviation magazine, I saw an advert for the Royal Air Tatto at RAF Fairford and begged my parents to go (even though it was scheduled for the day before we flew home). It was the most amazing day! For 6 hours, one plane after another took to the air in an incredible display of european fire power. I got to see the Red Arrows and other teams from Europe as well as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The funniest moment was when this hulking plane named the vulcan pulled up off the runway with a god-awful sound. My Mom came running out of the porta-potty to see the thing! The only downer to the show was that the SR-71 was suppossed to fly...they day we left. It killed me to see it parked way off to the side, but not able to see it fly. I never have seen one in the air. At least I have seen and touched one at the air museum at Warner Robbins AFB in Georgia.

On the same trip to England, I had the most memorable experience of my life. My Grandfather was a top gunner for RAF 115 Squadron flying the Avro Lancaster during WWII. My parents took us to the RAF Museum in Duxford with my Grandfather. Walking around with him and hearing stories from the war and of the different planes was a time i will never forget. We completely lost my parents and I forgot they were even there. We got to see every plane imaginable including a restored Lancaster. It is quite something to see a plane that big in an enclosed building.

When my Wife, Jenny and I started to date, I took her to a few shows and surprisingly she enjoyed them. Once we had kids (we have 3) we didn't go to as many. As they have gotten older, we have gone to many shows the last couple years and they all really enjoy them. We took my oldest Son who is now 10, to his first show at MacDill when he was a baby. He pretty much slept through the whole show in his stroller. At some point, he became sensitive to loud noise though. On our most psychotic trip, we took my oldest and at the time, his baby brother to the Air and Sea Show in Ft. Lauderdale. He did not take well to the noise that day. At one point, an F-15 took him off guard and he went diving under cover into the sand. Another time, we took him to MacDill. We didn't last long there. The B-1 bomber took off and for some reason, was extremely loud. We ended up carting him out right then because he went into hysterics (I was not pleased nor amused). I am proud to say that he has grown out of it and loves going to shows. His shining moment was last yeasr at the TICO Warbird Show in Titusville. The runway that the jets take off on ends at the main highway. On the last day we parked at the end of the runway to take in the view from there. When the F-15 took off, it came screaming low off the runway and pulled straight up over our head. My Son did not have his ear plugs and watched with a huge grin on his face. When he realized that he survived an F-15 flying a couple hundred feet over his head, he has never had a problem!

We look forward to going to many shows in the future, meeting new friends and sharing our experiences with you on this site.