Thunderbirds to soar above Loveland this weekend ...Saudi Arabia

The Great Colorado Air Show returns to Loveland this weekend, and any locals interested in seeing some of the most skilled pilots in the country execute precisely choreographed aerial maneuvers can still get tickets.

The show, according to Major Tyler Clark, who pilots one of the Thunderbirds F-16 fighter jets, hopes to inspire young people to consider a career in aviation themselves.

He’s a living example that the concept can work.

“For me, it started when I was a little kid,” he said. “Three, four years old. I grew up around air shows. Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, you name it. That’s kind of what made the summer so exciting, was that I got to go do that with my family. That’s where the aviation bug was planted.”

He wasn’t initially interested in the military, simply holding a fascination with aircraft, but his father’s military service and other factors led him to enroll in the Air Force Academy.

He’s been flying fighter jets for the last 15 years, with around 11 and a half of those years spent in active duty.

After leaving duty, Clark joined the Air National Guard before being introduced to the Thunderbirds, one of the premiere air show units in the country.

“I met the people, and that’s when I knew I had to be a part of this organization,” he said. “A lot of Type A, hard-charging individuals, but also this team aspect. That was the perfect recipe for something amazing. Thank God the whole application process worked out, I’m fortunate to have been selected for this team. It’s been one surreal experience to be a part of this.”

Clark and his teammates will spend around half an hour executing extremely difficult, dangerous maneuvers in the skies not far above the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Saturday and Sunday, sometimes drifting as low as 150 feet above the ground

“It’s 36 minutes of high-octane, adrenaline-rush thrill ride, not just for the spectator, but for us flying in it,” he said.

He added that even when the planes aren’t in the air, the precision of the Thunderbirds can be seen with the work of the ground crew that gets the planes in the air in the first place.

“The crowd gets to see our maintenance ground team, and they do a really cool show before we take off,” he said. “I encourage the audience to approach the fenceline and see the choreography to get these jets airborne. These are some of the most highly trained professionals in the United States Air Force. They’re qualified not only to launch these jets but do so in a very non-standard way. It’s done not only efficiently and effectively but also very quickly, so the crowd doesn’t have to listen to screaming engines for four minutes.”

The content of the show, featuring diamond formations where planes are sometimes only 18 inches apart, jets charging one another like jousting knights with 1,000 mph closure and high altitude climbs to the point where the plane is nearly invisible, is a rare indulgence for the Thunderbirds as trained military professionals. Clark said that the unique opportunity was what made the Thunderbirds so appealing.

“It feels like a cheat code,” he said. “You don’t get to do this in a regular military setting.”

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