Portland Rose Festival Air Show - June 1988
1988 was the first year of the Portland Rose Festival Air Show. It has since had a name change to the Oregon International Air Show. It took place in Hillsboro OR just outside of Portland. I was lucky enough to be able to attend and take some pictures with my Canon AE-1 Program film camera. The following images are scans of the 35 year old prints I found while going through old family photos. I also used a little Adobe Lightroom to touch up some of the scans. Follow along and relive the memories with me!
F-18 Hornet
Since the Rose Festival had always been about the US Navy ships that would come to port each year, the logical choice for the main attraction for the inaugural Rose Festival Air Show was the Blue Angels. They definitely put on quite a show.
As you can see it was a pretty gray day. While some of these shots seem to be little more than silhouettes...
There were a few that came out pretty well and with the help of Lightroom I think I got some pretty good shots.
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Next was some head on action culminating in what looks like sure fiery death from the crowd angle. Not to worry though all was well. 😂
A tight formation
Coming in for a landing...
And hearty waves from the crowd for a job well done.
Of course there was more to see than just the Blue Angles. There were also plenty of WW2 warbirds along with some other more contemporary military aircraft. The following are a few of the aircraft I captured that day.
B-17 Flying Fortress
C-141B Starlifter
F-4U Corsair
B-25 Mitchell
P-40 Warhawk
F-14 Tomcat
P-51 Mustang
P-38 Lightning
B-23 Dragon
F-15 Eagle
B-52 Stratofortress
Hope you enjoyed the visual tour from the past! Please feel free to make comments or ask me any questions about this post.
Photos taken by me, 
Thanks for looking and enjoy your day!