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From: wb9omc@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: airshows
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Date: 23 Apr 91 20:56:07 GMT
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From: wb9omc@ee.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)


tbs@utopia.calvin.edu (Thomas B. Slager) writes:
>Does anyone have a schedule of the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels or do you
>know where I can get one?  I live in Michigan and was wondering if they were
>coming to any of our airshows.

	Tom, contact the Public Affairs office at Nellis AFB for the
Thunderbirds.  Usually they will be happy to send you a schedule along with
some other neat stuff, pictures, etc.

Last I knew, the Blue Angels were HQ'ed at Pensacola Naval Air Station
in Florida.  I have never sent a request to them but I cannot help
but think that with interservice-rivalries and all that you wouldn't get
a very similar positive response.  The Tbirds and the Blues are big-time
public recruiting items, so public responses are usually pretty good.

One time when I called T-birds HQ and asked about colors and so forth
to build an F16 kit, they said "no problem...we'll send you some stuff"

And they sent me a batch of color slides and 8x10 pictures of the planes
from different angles.  This was VERY good stuff, and very helpful too.
It was also PROMPT - no foot dragging at that office.

Duane
Go Lockheed!