This was quite an interesting day for me. I woke up not feeling well, and was worried I might not be able to make it down to the beach to watch the show. That said, I pushed through and stuck it out for the whole day. The show started slow with some aerobatics and parachuters, and eventually started moving into some cooler performances. A Coast Guard SAR demo was flown directly in front of the crowd. I did not take photos of these demos just mentioned, as I wanted to just enjoy the show for the time being and not use up all my SD card storage.  My only complaint is that there was a lot of boring downtime between performances and it got quite annoying. 

After a while I caught a glimpse of the A400 out in the distance. This was a sign that the Patrouille De France were about to make their entrance. They flew in, smoke on, directly behind the A400, before circling out to the west to make room for the A400 to do a demo. It's quite impressive what the A400 can do while light. It can bank over 90 degrees and can do full loops at a high enough altitude. After exiting the show box, the Patrouille De France came roaring in from behind the crowd and began their performance. If you've never seen it before, I recommend seeing them fly before they head back overseas. They do a very unique and inspiring performance. Some of the maneuvers flown are not done by any other team in the world. Having 8 jets allows them to split into 2 diamonds, or a delta with 2 solos.

It took quite a long time after their exit for the next aircraft to arrive, that being the B25 "Panchito". Panchito flew a few passes for about 5-10 minutes, and then exited to the south back towards Ocean City Municipal airport. The F35 demo was supposed to be the next performance, and were expected to fly at 1:15, however they were very late, due to a sailboat floating too close to the airshow box. As mentioned before, I was not feeling well during the show. I was also very tired, as I had only gotten about 3 hours of sleep the night before. I knew the entrance for the F35 was going to be from behind the crowd, but they took so long that I actually was about to start dozing off on accident. That didn't happen though, because as my eyes were closing, Rambo soared in at almost 600 mph, immediately waking me back up.

This was the most aggressive f35 demonstration I have ever seen. It legitimately felt like he never let off of the afterburner. Multiple high speed passes and 9G pulls. Flares were also used during the demo, which I had never seen from an F35. One of my favorite things about this whole show was how close and low the jets got. Since they were over water and away from people entirely, the altitude limits were lower and you could tell. We were also only about 500-600 feet from the edge of the show box, so some of the maneuvers pulled the jets remarkably close to the crowd.

As always, The Thunderbirds flew last to close out the show. They also made their entrance from behind the crowd, with the solos splitting off from the diamond, and the diamond continuing straight ahead into a loop. I am fortunate enough to have seen the full Thunderbirds demo in person and online enough times to basically have the entire show memorized. The Thunderbirds do a lot of sneak passes. I believe there were 4 or 5 during this show.

The Thunderbirds fly a more entertaining show than the Blue Angels, plain and simple. The formations are almost as tight, while flying 100 knots faster. There is almost never a break in the action during a thunderbirds demo. They fly a cooler jet that can pull more G's. The only thing the Blues have on them is precision, as their formations are tighter. The pilots  can also land on a moving ship in 0 visibility. Now that's impressive