We went to the Joint Service Open House yesterday and had a blast. The weather forecast was a bit concerning to go to an airshow, but it turned out well as there was no rain and only a few puffy white clouds in the sky.

We took the same travel plans that we did last year: Drove to Fedex field and too the bus the Andrews Air Force base. Very painless to get there.

We planned our schedule around being there by noon for the B1 flyby, but we saw the B1 go by as we were on the bus. So they didn’t stick to their schedule. Once off the bus, we walked around and looked at the static exhibits while waiting for the next aerial presentation. And we kept waiting, and waiting. It turns out that the schedule was thrown off because Mr. Bush had to get on Airforce 1. So this was an extra special treat, as we got to see Marine 1 do a flyby dropping George off, and then go to see Airforce 1 taxi down the runway and takeoff. It was awesome to see.

We also got to see the B2 Stealth Bomber and F117 Stealth Fighter. The guys doing the airshow announcing over the PA were beside themselves with excitement at seeing both of these planes in the same show. “Only at Andrews”, I heard them say many times…

The finale for the show were the USAF Thunderbirds. They were pretty cool and did some cool stunts, but both Margaret and I liked the Blue Angels show better (which we say last year).

All in all, a fun trip and we got to see a lot of planes (including walking through both a C5 transport out of Dover and an AWACS radar plane). Highly recommended!

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