Went on Sunday. Kinda cloudy which helped in keeping the temps bearable, but airshows are more enjoyable in "severe clear". Got there about 1:00pm so I don't know what I missed prior, but I did see the B-1B, F-15, Coast Guard Falcon/Helo rescue, Coast Guard C-130, KC-10, AA 777, and of course T-bird demos. There were also a couple of really good civilian aerobatic acts in between.
Third time seeing the show, first time as a civilian. The first two times the ship I was stationed on, the Bataan, was actually a part of the show acting as a backdrop in the ocean to all the air activities going on and as the "mothership" to the LCAC and Marine amphib assault demo. I had heard that she was going to be in the show again this year, but I guess they had left after Fleet Week as I didn't see her anchored offshore.
Although the other two Lauderdale shows I saw before were better, all in all it was a good show. Its not often that you get to see a triple-7 fly low and slow by the beach
I would love to have had a transceiver, though, to listen in on Miami or FLL approach when some genius flew into the airshow "box" and interrupted the Thunderbird act for a couple of minutes.
