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The Blue Angels' mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and to represent the naval service to the United States, its elected leadership and foreign nations. The Blue Angels serve as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors for the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps. A Blue Angels flight demonstration exhibits choreographed refinements of skills possessed by all naval aviators. It includes the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the four-plane Diamond Formation, in concert with the fast-paced, high-performance maneuvers of its two Solo Pilots. Finally, the team illustrates the pinnacle of precision flying, performing maneuvers locked as a unit in the renowned, six-jet Delta Formation. The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly 66 air shows at 35 air show sites in the United States during the 2007 season, as the team celebrates 20 years of flying the F/A-18 Hornet. Last season, more than 15 million spectators watched the Blue Angels perform. Since its inception in 1946, the Blue Angels have performed for more than 427 million fans. |
| US Army Golden Knights | |
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In 1959, 13 men joined together
to form the Strategic Army Corps Sport Parachute Team, to compete in the then
communist dominated sport of skydiving. The team performed so well that on
June 1, 1961 the Army officially recognized, designated and activated the
team as the U.S. Army Parachute Team. For more than 44 years the "Golden
Knights" have been wowing audiences at air shows, competitions and
most recently, with high profile tandems. |
| Team Chaos |
The performing trio of Sergei Boriak, Neal Darnell and Randy Harris comprise Team Chaos 2007 – providing air show fans a continuous high level of excitement. Building on a tried and true formula borrowed from military
jet teams, the opposing solo routine is even more exciting with the addition
of smoke, fire and jet noise provided by Neal Darnell’s Flash Fire jet
powered Chevy truck. The big finale is a Jet Truck vs. Airplane race in which Neal accelerates the Flash Fire Chevy Truck to 350 mph after giving the planes an apparently unbeatable head start. Team Chaos is excited to bring this venture they call “an extreme air show act” to shows around the country. |
| Gary Ward |
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Gary began his airshow career
in 1998 in a Pitts S2-B. In 1999, he moved to the Giles 202 and in 2006, he
became the first pilot to begin flying airshows in the awesome new MX2! |
| Randy Harris |
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Randy is fast becoming one of the industries’ top air show performers. Noted for his invention of the HammerSlide and GroverOver maneuvers, he has thrilled millions of fans in the Skybolt 300. This former radio announcer, writer, and entertainer has a career rooted in aviation. Randy constructed the unique Skybolt 300 himself. With over 500 hours in the Skybolt, he demonstrates the art of precision aerobatics by forcing the big biplane to tumble out of control and then knowing precisely when to recover. Maneuvers that were once thought to be impossible in a Skybolt are now routine. The air show industry has also recognized Randy's Skybolt as, “Unquestionably the most eye-catching airplane on the show circuit today”. Originally from Virginia Beach, VA, Randy holds an Engineering Degree from North Carolina A&T State University. Along with wife Linda, Randy now based at Gundy’s Airpark near Tulsa, OK. 2002 is Randy's seventh year on the air show circuit. |
| Neal Darnell |
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After retiring from the Motorsport Promotions Business, Neal combined his love of motor home traveling and racing into something he’d always wanted to do: tour the US and perform at air shows in his new Jet Powered Truck – Flash Fire. With over 20 years in the promotion business as the producer of many events, Neal understands the definition of showmanship. He knows how to handle the media; to help the air show get that front page photo and the important coverage on the local news. Racing air planes at 350 mpg, the 12,000 horsepower fire breathing Jet Truck with Neal at the controls is a real crowd pleaser. Neal and his wife Marilyn both enjoy signing autographs and visiting with fans. Neal says he’s having the time of his life as “Pilot” of the “World’s Fastest Accelerating Jet Truck” – FLASH FIRE. |
| Greg Shelton & Wingwalker Ashley Battles | |
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Greg Shelton lives in Collinsville, Oklahoma. His interest in aviation began at an early age watching Borate Bombers in Northern California and listening to his Father's adventures of flying fighters in the U.S. Navy. In 1982, Greg started flying lessons in a J-3 Cub, that he acquired in a trade for a VW Rabbit, but before he finished his pilot's license, he traded it for a Starduster II so he could pursue aerobatics. Greg's next aircraft was an AT-6 project, which he finished in 1987 and has been performing on the air show circuit with it since 1990. Greg has also performed in the YAK-52 and from 1994 to 2003 in the YAK-55M. In 2003, Greg Shelton decided to add a wing walking act to his list of air show performances. He purchased a beautiful 450 Stearman painted in the patriotic colors of red, white, and blue and enlisted the talents of Ashley Battles to walk and ride the wings. Greg and Ashley's routine average 12-15 minutes with Ashley riding on the top wing and walking on the lower wing to ride the javelin while Greg performs heart stopping, low level aerobatics. Greg's solo Stearman act averages 10-12 minutes. The vivacious Ashley was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised as a Georgia Peach in Augusta. Her passion for flying led her back to Oklahoma to follow a career in aviation. She started flying in 2000 and has so far obtained her Commercial Multi Engine Certificate. With the full support of her mother, Ashley pursues a successful career in both flying and wing walking. You can e-mail Ashley at WingWalkingAshley@hotmail.com |
| Heritage Flight | |
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The USAF Heritage Flight program was established in 1997 in support of the Air Force’s 50th anniversary. It involves today’s state-of-the-art fighters flying in close formation with World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War vintage fighters such as the P-51 Mustang and the F-86 Sabre. Its mission is to safely and proudly display the evolution of United States Air Force Airpower and to support the Air Force’s recruiting and retention efforts. The Heritage Flight was voted the “Best Air Show Act” for 2001 by the International Council of Air Shows. |
| Rob Reider | |
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Rob Reider has announced some of the greatest aerial events in North America and loves to share the joy and freedom of flight with all who attend these shows. Rob is a multi-talented air show entertainer, pilot, Midwest television personality, singer, performer, writer, and winner of 5 Emmy awards. All of his experience makes Rob one of the best known announcers in the air show industry. "Narrating a show is a wonderful opportunity to try to put an audience into the cockpit," says Rob "Besides, when I’m announcing, I have the best seat in the house!" |
| F-15E Strike Eagle | |
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The F-15E
Strike Eagle Demo Team at Seymour Johnson AFB displays
the F-15E's capabilities as a dual-role fighter designed
to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.
crew members, a pilot and a weapons systems officer, performing
air- to-air and
air-to-ground missions. An array of avionics and electronics
systems
gives the F-15E the capability to fight at low altitude,
day or night, and in all weather, as well as the capability
to fight its way to a target over long ranges, destroy
enemy ground positions and fight its way out. |
| Patty Wagstaff | |
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To Patty Wagstaff the sky represents adventure, freedom and challenge. A six-time member of the US Aerobatic Team, Patty has won the gold, silver and bronze medals in Olympic-level international aerobatic competition and is the first woman to win the title of US National Aerobatic champion and one of the few people to win it three times. Patty flies one of the most thrilling, low-level aerobatic routines in the world. Flying before millions of Airshow spectators each year, her breathtaking performances give spectators a front-row seat view of the precision and complexity of modern, unlimited hard-core aerobatics. Her smooth aggressive style sets the standard for performers the world over. |
| Red Star and The Dragon | |
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RED STAR and THE DRAGON is arguably
the most intense civilian jet air show act on the circuit. The combination
of two totally different Jet Warbirds dueling it out in the skies above your
show with a complete story line will in trance and amaze your audience, both
young and old. |
| Dan Bucanan | |
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Dan was a New England home builder and flat-track motorcycle racer, and enjoyed the thrill of flying off mountain tops, when in 1981, he paralyzed his legs trying to land in stormy weather. Losing his ability to walk, he returned to college to pursue a career in mechanical engineering and worked in Silicon Valley, CA. Despite his handicap, Dan returned to flying within six months, and since then his tenacity and adventurous spirit has allowed him to accrue more than 2,800 hours of flight time in hang gliders and sailplanes. His recreational flights are typically 3-6 hours long thermal soaring as high as 18,000 feet over the western mountains. After his first air show performance at Medford, OR in 1989, his appearances
increased each year, and now he shares his thrill of flight |
| John Mohr |
With over 25,000 hours
of flying experience (that's more than two years of his life spent in the
air) John Mohr is one of the
most talented and exciting pilots on the air show circuit! He performs extremely
difficult maneuvers in a meticulously restored 1943 stock 220 Stearman bi-plane
which is not only an aircraft that not only weighs twice as much as today's
aerobatic planes but also uses only half the horsepower!! |
| Megasaurus | |
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Not so long ago on a peaceful island
lived a colony of people whose lives were disrupted by animal mutations in
the form of gigantic man eating creatures. These creatures stood 25 feet tall
and weighed over 10,000 pounds. They had evidently evolved from the Jurassic
Age and laid dormant for millions of years and were somehow revived. Researchers
theorized that this rebirth was triggered by early testing of atomic bombs
and radioactive fallout. This was a peace loving community so weapons allowed
on the island were no match against the gigantic carnivorous creatures. |