ABOVE: The Blue Angels fly in their famous diamond formation Saturday during their performance at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport. The Blue Angels performed to a sold-out crowd of 15,000 during their first appearance in Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)
Highlights from day 1 of the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow Saturday.
ABOVE: The Blue Angels fly in their famous diamond formation Saturday during their performance at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport. The Blue Angels performed to a sold-out crowd of 15,000 during their first appearance in Colorado Springs. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Bob Freeman does acrobatics in his Extra 330SX at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)People sit in the shade of a C-130 Hercules as temperatures reach the high-90s at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)Eric Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell and their son Briggs look up to the sky to watch the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)A Republic P-47D-40 Thunderbolt flies at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Three-year-old Hasham Ahmad plays with a Blue Angel and Thunderbird toys at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. The Blue Angels headlined this year’s show. The Blue Angels headlined this year’s show. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)An F-22 Raptor does a demonstration flight at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Pikes Peak Regional Airshow (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The Blue Angels perform for a sold out crowd at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A young spectator plugs his ears and takes shelter under a C-130 Hercules on display at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)The Wings of Blue perform at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The Wings of Blue perform at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The Wings of Blue perform at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Spectators use their hands to shade their faces as they watch the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Sandy McClure helps her grandson Nick Noble apply sunscreen at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)…at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A TBM-3E Avenger flies in the bomber parade at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The restored North American B-25J Mitchell “In the Mood” flies in the bomber parade at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless, front, and a Consolidated PBY/PBV-1A Catalina Patrol Bomber fly in the bomber parade at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A Douglas Skyraider at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Capt. Samuel Larson prepares to takeoff in the F-22 Raptor at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A Lockheed P-38F-5-LO Lightning flies the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A F-22 Raptor does a demo flight at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A F-22 Raptor does a demo flight at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A F-22 Raptor does a demo flight at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A F-22 Raptor and a P-38 do a heritage pass in honor of military members the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A F-22 Raptor and a P-38 do a heritage pass in honor of military members the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Eight-year-old Franklin Eckart sprawls on the ground and looks up at passing planes at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Cprings Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Three-year-old Hasham Ahmad plays with a Blue Angeltoy at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. The Blue Angels headlined this year’s show. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Scenes from the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Spectators watch as the Blue Angels perform at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)The Blue Angles fly above Pikes Peak at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)A spectator uses binoculars to watch the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)Nathan McCrary, 1, sits on his dad Patrick McCrary’s shoulders at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)Spectators watch Bob Freeman perform acrobatics in his Extra 330SX at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)Four-year-old Ellis Dismore points out details inside a C-130 Hercules on display at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)People shop for Blue Angels souvenirs at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)Kids find shade at the base of a table as temperatures reached the 90s at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold The Gazette)A spectator uses binoculars at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow at the Colorado Springs Airport on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, The Gazette)
