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United States Air Force Thunderbirds dress rehearsal
Date: 8/24/2012 Album ID: 1521303
Photos by Gordon Chibroski
United States Air Force Thunderbirds practice their flying over the Brunswick area to the delight of onlookers in the Fat Boy Drive-In on Bath Road.
Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: Thursday, August 23, 2012. Steve Levesque, Executive Director of Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, explains the importance of the air show to the redevelopment of the former Naval Air Station Brunswick and surrounding businesses.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: On Thursday, August 23, 2012 members of the Air Force communication team help the pilots and supporting staff get ready for a trial run of the air show. Three of the eight United States Airforce Thunderbirds are in the background. Six of the eight fly in the show to be held this weekend at the Brunswick Executive Airport, former site of the Naval Air Station Brunswick.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: On Thursday, August 23, 2012, pilots are ready to begin their dress rehearsal for the Great State of Maine Airshow as supporting staff make sure the United States Airforce Thurnderbirds are ready to taxi to the beginning of the runway at the Brunswick Executive Airport.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: Thursday, August 23, 2012. Many customers of local businesses like Fat Boy Drive-In, Vigues Furniture and Dairy Frost enjoy the dress rehearsal of the The Great State of Maine Air Show at the Brunswick Executive Airport. The airshow has a positive affect on surrounding local businesses according to Ken Burton, owner of Fatboys as well as Steve Levesque, Executive Director of Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: Thursday, August 23, 2012.  Ken Burton, owner of Fatboys, sits on the roof of his business like he has for the past 15-20 years to enjoy the dress rehearsal of the United States Air Force thunderbirds for the Great State of Maine Air Show at the Brunswick Executive Airport.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: Thursday, August 23, 2012.  Five of the six United States Air Force Thunderbirds fly over local businesses in a dress rehearsal of their part in the The Great State of Maine Air Show at the Brunswick Executive Airport.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: On Thursday, August 23, 2012, four of the six United States Air Force Thunderbirds fly by in a dress rehearsal of their part of The Great State of Maine Air Show being held at the Brunswick Executive Airport this weekend.
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Photo by Gordon  Chibroski / Staff Photographer: On Thursday, August 23, 2012, a seagull has a great view of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds from the Fat Boy Drive-In that is positioned across the Bath Road from the Brunswick Executive Airport's runway. The Great State of Maine Air Show at the Brunswick Executive Airport has a positive affect on surrounding local businesses, according to Ken Burton, owner of Fatboys, who has enjoyed the show for the past 15-20 years from the roof of his business.
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