TotL Week - Day 5

This is an F-18 doing a touch-and-go at Thunder on the Lakeshore in 2009.
This year the "fast mover" military jet will be the Air Force's F-16 "Viper".

TotL Week - Day 4

Dan Buchan is another regular at Thunder on the Lakeshore (although he isn't listed as a performer this year).
Dan flies an amazing routine in his hang-glider.

TotL Week - Day 3

In 2009 Micheal Goulian flew at Thunder on the Lakeshore. I've already posted another shot from an air-to-air session he was gracious enough to arrange, but I thought one more wouldn't hurt...

TotL Week - Day 2

Every year Manitowoc's Thunder on the Lakeshore airshow brings in one "headline" performer to compliment their exceptional set of "regulars". In 2009 Kyle Franklin brought his Super-Cub along with team-members Brandon Spain and Andy Roso. Add in a high-power motorcycle and there's a great act!
This photo made the cover of Midwest Flyer Magazine, accompanying my article about the show.

TotL Week - Day 1

One of the regulars at Thunder on the Lakeshore (TotL) is John Mohr who makes his stock Stearman biplane do absolutely amazing things. Check out how close he is to the runway in this pass! There is no optical-illusion here - you can see the shadow of the wingtip and tail-wheel on the tarmac.

Thunder on the Lakeshore Week!

The Thunder on the Lakeshore airshow (which I often abbreviate as "TotL") is coming up in a week. It is my favorite show of the season. While it's on the small side, they are going into their 19th year and have built up a set of strong relationships with the airshow community. There are a number of impressive "regulars" (many who have been with the show since it started) including: John Mohr, Fowler Cary, Jim "Fang" Maroney, and the Dacy Airshows crew (among others). The airboss is Wayne Boggs, who's "other" shows are Sun 'n Fun and EAA's Airventure.

I've already posted three photos from the airshow in this blog, yesterday, May 3rd, and May 5th, but for the next week there will be a new photo from previous year's shows and I'm hopeful that on Friday and Saturday next week I will be able to post at least one shot from each day's airshow (that may be tough, as the show runs from early morning until late night, without much free time...).

Check out their Facebook page for more photos and information about the show.

John Klatt at MTW

Here's a shot of John Klatt flying down the runway just before sunset at the 2008 Thunder on the Lakeshore airshow.