Monday, April 29, 2013

Thunder Over Louisville- 2013

Thunder Over Louisville, the annual kickoff event of the Kentucky Derby Festival, is an airshow and fireworks display held in mid April in Louisville,Kentucky. It is the largest annual fireworks display in North America and has been held since 1990.

Thunder lasts throughout the day, and the fireworks display last for around half an hour, along with a synchronized soundtrack through PA and radio. An average of 625,000 people attend it each year since 1997, lining the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville, and across the river in Jeffersonville and Clarksville, Indiana. Some also watch from the river on boats, docked in positions auctioned off for charity.

Eight 400-foot barges launch the fireworks, provided by Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, from both sides of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge(Second Street Bridge), and more fireworks are launched from the bridge itself.

The estimated attendance at Thunder is usually (first decade, 21st Century) approximately five times that of the main attraction, the Kentucky Derbyhorse race at Churchill Downs.So thus it is considered the best and worth watching!

This year it was held on 20 April 2013,-saturday....Kentucky Derby season was ushered in with Thunder Over Louisville, the largest fireworks show in America..... "ExtravaganZzza" 

It's upstaged by an air show of America's most fearsome fighter jets.... They were evil, terrible, and beautiful.....It really is something. You feel it in your chest just as well as you hear it. It's deafening, and ground-shaking, and sort of Sun-like. It's regal history with such panache!! —Let D Thunder Fever Begins !!!! 

So here is an video of fireworks for you all to watch...

Its indeed amazing ....


Also would like to share few snaps of air show with you all....






This was what we viewed this year...2013

Also would like to mention here that last year we thorougly enjoyed air show along with fireworks....airforce planes were amazing...here is one video worthwatching ...which tells how marvellous air show was!

F-22 Raptor- attraction of d air show.... best current fighter aircraft - on display... was treat to watch..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0_TelGZIZ_I

Also would like to inform you that thunder is just start of derby festival ...It is followed by ballon glow festival held at Kentucky exposition center which is brilliant...entry is based on pigases pins...this year got golden oppurtunity to visit the same on friday-26th april 2013....again we were excited and enjoyed a lot!

Here are few pics of it clicked during balloon glow festival....












Hope you all enjoyed watching these fantabulous pics.....and also got bit knowledge about what this kentucky derby festival is?.....