Great opportunity but a short reaction time.

 

Columbus Air Force Base (Miss.)  will be holding an Air Show and Open House on Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6, 2014. Gates will open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Admission and parking is free.  Activities will begin at 10 a.m. and the opening ceremonies are planned to begin at noon. All aviation acts will perform both days.  Map to Columbus AFB.  It is a little over 3 hours drive from Huntsville.   Here is the link to the show fact sheet.

 

Club members, Rick & Collette Weaver's son is a part of the USAF Thunderbirds team.  They and he have kindly offered club members the opportunity for photos of the Thunderbirds and our vettes.  The photo session will be on Friday, April 4th in the afternoon after their morning practice session.  A big Thank You to Rick and Collette and Stan for this invitation.

 

For the Friday drive, plan on meeting at the Wal-Triana Cracker Barrel parking lot at 9:00am with a departure NLT 9:30 to cruise to Columbus.  For those wanting to take in the show but not the Friday photos, Sign up then used the Send Email to the others who have signed up to coordinate your lodging/drive plans.  Here is the link to the Event Calendar Page for sign up.