The B-2 "Spirit" Stealth Bomber flyby Saturday.
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 stealth fighter front view shows the angular design to lower the radar cross section.

2008 USAF F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter video. Demonstration Pilot Major "Max" Moga narrates each maneuver he performing at the airshow.

The USAF F-22 Raptor at the California Capital Airshow.

Here's our F-22 Raptor Video.

The Raptor's two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines are equipped with afterburners and two dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles. The two engines develop a total of 70,000 lbs. of thrust for the 40,000 lb. airframe, allowing incredible acceleration and vertical climb performance. The vectored thrust and large control surfaces can produce maneuvers that no conventional fighter jet can perform.

The F-22 performed at the California Capitol Airshow 2007. The flight demo was nothing short of spectacular! The thrust vectoring nozzles really enhance the maneuverability. Watching the flight control system work during the tail slide was mind boggling- every flight control surface was "twitching" as the F-22 started sliding backwards.