0 for 2

My love of Aviation can be traced back to the Muskegon Air Show. The show happened every year for as long as I can remember until it met it's demise in 2006. I remember getting all super stoked for the f-14 as a youngster rocking neon pink armed sunglasses (yeah, remember those?) in the searing heat, and watching in awe at the different displays while thinking "I want to do that."

Well this year marked the return of Muskegon's air show with a few changes. First and foremost it is now a much scaled back event that takes place as part of the Muskegon Summer Celebration over Muskegon lake instead of at Muskegon County airport, this is lame because half the fun is seeing the static displays at the airport. I live close enough to Muskegon lake that the F-16, the shows main attraction, flies right over my house. I decided to try to check it out, but being the Muskegon air show purest that I am I refuse to pay $8 to view the thing until it proves worthy of my $8.

The one day I had the chance to go the weather was nasty with cloud ceilings maybe 1,000ft. above ground. I wasn't sure if I should even bother because I was skeptical the show would even happen in those conditions. As I was contemplating, a pair of A-10's flew over and that was all the convincing I needed. I headed out and got to my spot just in time to see a prop stunt plane from afar. Then a B-25 did a couple fly overs, and while I love war-birds well probably more than the next guy, they are a little bit boring after a few low passes at an air-show. Then the Coast Guard did a demonstration and I could not see a dang thing of that. During the display I heard thunder, followed by torrential downpours and I decided to bail. The show finished up a couple hours later after the weather cleared and I was too lazy to try again. Next year they have booked the Blue Angels. I'll pay to see that. I am officially declaring myself 0 in 2 in air show attempts for this summer.