Thunderbirds

[ron sartell]

We went to see the thunderbirds at hillsbouro yesterday and they didn't fly from there. would thy have come from pdx because of security or some other reason ? I don't know if they came from pdx or some where else.

 

[Herkdrv]

Not a Viper guy but my first guess would be runway length issues.

 

[propsarebest]

They operated out of the ANG base at PDX.

 

[ron sartell]

Thanks I thought that might be the case.

 

[Fox-Tree]

We went to see the thunderbirds at hillsbouro yesterday and they didn't fly from there. would thy have come from pdx because of security or some other reason ? I don't know if they came from pdx or some where else.

typically USAF fighters require a min of 7K' and arresting cables. Can be waived but w/ a suitable field nearby it most likely won't be.

 

[av8orboy]

They fly out of CLE for the BKL airshow because of the birds at lakefront. They lost two airframes (and pilots) over the years flying out of BKL.

 

[Wasted]

I believe one of the Blues actually hit a bird last year at the BKL show on takeoff.