Reno 2010 Pics

Reno 2010 Camera: Canon PowerShot 10si Cameraman: Amateur

During the days of the Snowbirds performances, both the US and Canadian flags flew in unison atop the Home Pylon. A nice gesture on the part of RARA. These Canadian Show Team pilots are perfect ambassadors for Canada.

One of the nine Snowbirds taking off on runway 14. They are about 75 feet from us taking off. They take off one right after the other about 100 feet apart.

Here is another Snowbird with gear coming up. They have been flying the Canadair CT-144 Tudor jet in nine plane formation since 1971.

A shot of the nine Snowbirds exiting a loop and right at us.

Here you see them flying in a bank around the area we are in.

Again you see the bottom of the aircraft as they exit a large loop in formation

The nine aircraft in tight formation flying straight at us. The Snowbirds aircraft are slower and more graceful than the high powered aircraft flown by the US Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels

Here you see the group of eight aircraft break formation and split out to form a heart in the sky with their smoke.

This is really cool. Five aircraft approach, the center aircraft does a barrel roll around the others and ends up back in the middle and the five go straight up and do a bomb burst as shown later.

Five aircraft coming at us, the middle aircraft does a barrel roll around the others and returns to the middle as they go verticle.

The Snowbirds vary their performance every year. I truly enjoy the grace, variety and precision of the seven and nine aircraft formations.

After their performance, they would land on Runway 14 and taxi by our pylon.

One of the nine Snowbirds taxi by our location.

This gives you a good look at the Tudor jet that the Snowbirds fly.

Fellow Pylon Judge, Larry takes pictures of the Snowbirds taxiing by our pylon.

Although everybody at the Air Show gets to see the Snowbirds, these shots are from a different point of view. Since 1971 the Snowbirds, flying the Canadair CT-144 Tudor jet have thrilled audiences everywhere. This year there were a number of very rare aircraft, exciting racing and the special Snowbird Show Team. Let us start with the Snowbirds.

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