THANK YOU

Deanna

Thank you so much for the fantastic opportunity of watching your practice run on Thursday!! So many people with disabilities young and fold, had a chance of a lifetime to enjoy the show!

Rebecca

Thus was an incredible show! Kids 15 & younger are free, golf cart rides to the gate, free water and an incredible show! This was a wonderful event! My family had the best time! We will be back! Thank you!

Mary

We are still in awe after yesterday. Couldn’t have asked for a better show. The USAF made is sooo proud.

Shirley

Absolutely awesome show!! Fireworks were amazing! The best I’ve ever seen! Thanks for the entertainment! Loved the music too!

Mary

From this lady that loves planes thought it was the best air show ever. The night flights were fabulous. But my heart is always with the F-16.

Catherine

Fantastic show all around! What an amazing experience!

Jed

Great show! Hope it comes back soon!

Donna

It was AMAZING

Mandi

It was incredible! And the fireworks show was one of the best I’ve seen! And it was perfect for all ages – thank you!

Stacey

This was seriously one of the best experience of my life. Nothing will keep me from coming back again!

Rachelle

What an AWESOME show! Thanks for the GREAT entertainment! We had a great time!

Holly

This show was phenomenal. Never seen anything like it! Every performance was incredible! I can’t wait for next year!

Wyatt

I had a long but excellent eight days working on the Thunder Over the Heartland Air Show at Forbes Field. Douglas Production Group was privileged to provide fantastic audio, lighting, truss, and video servies for the event. I cannot share how hard our Topeka and Wichita crews worked to make the production side of ths event happen. We had the opportunity again to work alongside the fantastic crews from Vaerus Aviation, Inc. and ACA Event Rental.

Sandi

I heard nothing but rave reviews of the show! Well done! 

Shelle

A great weekend for Topeka! Thank Brooks Petitt and team…we’re hoping for a repeat!

Cassie

The show was AMAZING! Our employees and guests enjoyed every second. Kudos to you and your team for such a wonderful and memorable event.

Julie

I attended tonight. It was great. The Thunderbirds are amazing but the aerobatics of the small planes, those pilots are crazy. The fireworks finale with the wall of fire was one of the best I’ve seen in some time.

Vonita

It was very impressive and well worth the $25 I spend on the early bird offer!

Laurie

It was worth it! The fireworks were fantastic. The best I have seen.

Jeannie

My grandson couldn’t stop talking about the GhostWriter – it was his absolute favorite! Awesome air show! Lots of kids will remember this for a lifetime!

Mary

This was amazing. The best show Topeka has seen! The whole day is a must see! 

Craig

I just wanted to let you know that I am really proud of what you did this last weekend. The production that you put on with the airshow was top notch. Kudos to you and your team for making the airshow a premiere event in Topeka. You are the best, congrats to you and I hope it turned out well.

Anonymous

This was one of, if not the coolest thing AE has done for employees and families since I have been here at AE! My kids had an absolute blast, my wife and I loved it and we are so thankful for AE putting together the special opportunity. Thank you for all the work you and the team put into these events and finding cools things for families to do together. The girls are still talking about it and we went on Friday. Also, now my eight year old wants to go flying in one of those little planes, so I need to figure that out!

Anonymous

I just wanted to reach out and let you know what a great time our family had on Saturday at Thunder Over the Heartland! We are hoping they bring it back again next year!

Anonymous

Just wanted to say thank you for providing the opportunity for us to bring our families and see the air show this past weekend. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I felt like a little kid in constant awe of what was happening. So cool! Appreciate all you guys do!

Alana

Round of applause to each of you! Such a phenomenal show, my boys and I had a blast! The firework display was everything!

Vicki

It was amazing! Spectacular!

Aaron

I heard nothing bad about it and could see the night fireworks while driving by and we were seriously impressed. Definitely going back next year if it comes back.

Marsha

It was absolutely fantastic! The narration at the show adds so much so being there in person is the best. The fireworks were the best I’ve ever seen.

Kyle

I wanted to reach out and personally thank you two for the air show tickets. My family and I had a great time and my seven- and four-year-old daughters loved it. They even asked me this morning when we’re going to go back to the air show again. As we were putting our daughters to bed on Saturday evening, my four year old said ‘thanks daddy, this was the best day of my life.

David

You guys out did yourselves! It was the best air show I have ever been to!

Duane

Awesome air show all the way around. The fireworks were also top notch!

Dustin

We attended Friday and Sunday, and I can’t explain how amazing it was. Thank you for bringing this to Topeka and taking a big risk again. First class event!

Tamra

The airshow was amazing! Thank you so much for bringing this to Topeka. The kids and I had a great time. We debated if we should stay for the firework show and we are so glad that we did. It was the best firework show ever! 

Dianna

I couldn’t go, but it was great seeing them practicing and flying low over my community. Nice to see things happening south of town.

Corkie

It was my first air show, and I was not disappointed. It was incredible!

Jeff

Air shows are great events to pull our city and country together. I enjoyed the show.

David

Kids 15 under were free with a paid adult. We loved it and highly recommend it! Great show!

Rob

Worth every penny!

Bev

Topeka should be extremely proud of the all the staff at Forbes Field, the businesses and vast amount of sponsors that made this event possible. It was well worth the ticket prices! Well done. – Bev

Doyle

I like air shows and have been to several. The show on Sat. Oct. 12th is now the one I will judge all others by. I came with a group of adults, all from Oklahoma. My wife and I helped chaperone a group of young Boy Scouts as we hoped to instill in love for aviation. Mission accomplished! The night time event including the fireworks were spectacular, good job to all. My $125 for parking and two adult tickets was certainly worth it.

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Thunder Over the Heartland Airshow Presented by CoreFirst Bank & Trust will feature three incredible days with two different types of experiences. Friday and Saturday will feature our signature night air show productions with gates opening at 12pm, flying beginning at 3pm (with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds first!), and concluding with nighttime aerobatic performances, pyrotechnics, and fireworks around 8pm. Sunday will be a traditional day show experience with gates opening at 9am, flying beginning at 12pm, and a finale performance by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

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