B-52 cockpit photo.
The California Capital Airshow 2009 features the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as the headliner with the weekends show including numerous military and civilian performances. Noteworthy bonuses this year are the F-22 Raptor, B-2 Spirit, and a second jet team, the Patriots. The amount of static displays spread across the ramp is enough to keep aviation enthusiasts walking around for the entire day!

C-17 cockpit photo.
The California Capital Airshow 2009 features the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as the headliner with the weekends show including numerous military and civilian performances. Noteworthy bonuses this year are the F-22 Raptor, B-2 Spirit, and a second jet team, the Patriots. The amount of static displays spread across the ramp is enough to keep aviation enthusiasts walking around for the entire day!

The F-22 Raptor systems overview is an excellent presentation that includes airframe, stealth, weapons systems, payloads, fuel, electrical, flight controls, landing gear, arresting hook, ejection seat, canopy release, cockpit systems, and engines. This training video was originally produced by Boeing F-22 Training System IPT and cleared for release. Most systems are classified as TOP SECRET or SECRET and not mentioned for obvious reasons.

Cockpit view of the restored Curtiss P-40N-5 at the Pacific Coast Air Museum's "Wings Over Wine Country" Airshow 2008. The PCAM is located at the Charles M. Schultz-Sonoma County Airport in Northern California. The airfield has a rich history from WW II as a U.S. Army Air Force pilot training base for P-38 Lightnings and the P-39 Cobra and Navy pilot training for both WW II and the Korean War. The PCAM has a wide variety of aircraft restored and in the restoration process.

Sometimes you see odd objects flying around the aircraft. During a recent filming, the onboard cameras lens cap escaped from it's storage area. It appeared in 3 frames of the video while Barry rolled the jet. I froze a frame and had some fun with it. Barry grabbed the cap a few frames after this one.