El Centro Airshow 2022 - 12th March 2022 (UPDATED 28-02-22)

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El Centro Airshow 2022 - 12th March 2022 (UPDATED 28-02-22)

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El Centro Airshow plans to return on Saturday 12th March down in Southern California at the Naval Air Facility there. I am hoping to attend this and fingers crossed it doesn't go the same way as the Yuma Airshow (Az).

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https://www.elcentroairshow.com/

Current listings show the following -
Morning Schedule:

1000 Gates Open to the Public

1100 Classic Car Show

Afternoon Schedule:

1200 U.S. Navy Parachute Team - The Leapfrogs

1230 Commanding Officer's Welcome

1235 Vicki Benzing

1300 John Collver and "Wardog"

1320 USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II Demo

1340 Pause/Fod Sweep

1400 Fat Albert Air Lines

1430 US Navy Blue Angels

1600 Festival of Flight ends

Evening Schedule:

1600 Food Fest Begins

1630 Live Concert - Navy Band San Diego: The Destroyers

1830 Fireworks

* Schedule and line up are subject to change without notice; however, we will endeavor to announce as much as we can on the NAF El Centro FB Page located at www.facebook.com/nafec
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Re: El Centro Airshow 2022 - 12th March 2022

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El Centro tends to be quite a small show being so early in the season.

The static is quite small too. What is frustrating is the display line, the public are only allowed in the furthest left third and display centre is the media enclosure - the entire right hand half of the display line is off limits.

It's a show where you need lots of water as the sun does not show mercy but at least if you are lucky they take you out of the base via the flying dispersal and you can get some nice shots of the based rescue choppers.

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Thanks Andy... good info, as always. I might invest in a modest Walmart umbrella (seems they are permitted on the showground) to keep the worst of the sun off me. I am braced for the cost of 'on base chilled water.'

Hopefully the Buckeye will make an appearance in a heritage formation somewhere along the line. I think it was billed for the cancelled 2020 show. But what will be will be.
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Bump - Opening Post updated with latest show news.
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Re: El Centro Airshow 2022 - 12th March 2022 (UPDATED 28-02-22)

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Is this the first airshow display flown by the new Fat Albert C-130J?

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Good question Mike.
I did raise my eyebrows when I saw that announced as part of the line up. Will be a 'first' for me, assuming I can actually get there. Less than a week until my flight westward now, and as we've seen, a week is a long time in world affairs. Really unsure about whether to travel or not.
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Re: El Centro Airshow 2022 - 12th March 2022 (UPDATED 28-02-22)

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Mike wrote:
Mon 28 Feb 2022, 10:43 am
Is this the first airshow display flown by the new Fat Albert C-130J?
No. It flew San Francisco Fleet week last year (at least). It's the first show this year though.

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