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    Thunderbirds

    Now that they are flying again is there any word if they are performing at AirVenture now?

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    http://afthunderbirds.com/site/2013/...ining-flights/

    The team will not resume aerial demonstrations previously scheduled for the 2013 calendar year.
    That article makes it sound like they haven't really been flying at all since the budget crap went down. There's probably no way they could get back into a condition to fly a demonstration in two weeks.

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    According to the Thunderbirds website, no.

    http://afthunderbirds.com/site/2013/...ining-flights/

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    Thanks. I saw a 3rd party article that made it sound like they would be performing this year.

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    They didn't even do the flyover at the Air Force Academy graduation which is a mainstay of both the academy and the Thunderbirds. Some guys from Texas Flying Legends and others staged a substitute flyover with a bunch of WWII era warbirds instead.

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