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Navy Blue Angels
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.
Army Golden Knights Parachute Team
In 1953 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 1stm 1961 the Army officially recognized, designated and activated the team as the U.S. Army Parachute Team.
Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team
The U.S. Navy Parachute Team is a fifteen-man team comprised entirely of U.S. Navy SEAL and SWCC commandos. The parachute team began in 1969 when Navy SEALs and Frogmen volunteered to perform at weekend air shows. A typical Leap Frogs performance consists of fourteen jumpers leaping out of an aircraft at an altitude of 12,500 feet. During free fall, jumpers reach speeds of 120 mph and can accelerate up to 180 mph by pulling their arms to their sides and straightening their legs into what is called a "track." After deploying their chutes, the Leap Frogs fly their canopies together to build dramatic canopy-relative work formations.
The Leap Frogs are renowned for exciting and complex formations such as downplanes, sideplanes, dragplanes, diamonds, big stacks, tri-by-sides, and T formations.
F-22 Raptor
A single seat, twin-engine fifth-generation fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but has additional capabilities that include ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence roles.
E-2 Hawkeye
With the VAW-125 Tigertails, stationed at NAS Norfolk Virginia. The E2C's mission is to provide on-scene, Carrier Airborne Early Warning and Command and Control of Joint and Combined forces in the battlespace. The command pilot is Lt. Dan Mahoney, and he is a graduate of Marquette University.
The Lima Lima Flight Team
The world's original six aircraft civilian formation aerobatic team! The Lima Lima Flight Team demonstration is flown with six airplanes, It includes several formation configurations, from the six ship wedge and double arrowhead, to the basic finger four and diamond formations. The team has developed a series of formation aerobatics maneuvers which demonstrate the full range of the T-34 performance envelope.
Firebird Aerobatics
Firebird Aerobatics is Britain's leading civilian aerobatic display company. We provide spectacular formation and solo aerobatic displays for all kinds of major events. The company has been operating for 22 years and has now flown more than 2,750 displays in front of some 90 million spectators.
AeroShell Aerobatic Team
This formation aerobatic team flying the World War II North American Advance Trainer known as the T-6 wil exhilarate the crowd with a series of precision formation aerobatic maneuvers. Four pilots fly four airplanes with such skill and flair - it is as if they are one. You won't want to miss the roar of the 600 HP Pratt and Whitney engines as the AeroShell Aerobatic Team takes to the skies.
ROB HOLLAND, ULTIMATE AIRSHOWS
In 2008 that Rob Holland became the 2008 World Advanced Aerobatic Champion and the 2008 National Unlimited Freestyle Champion. As a three time member of the United States Advanced Aerobatic team, helped pave the way for team USA to earn the Gold at the 8th World Advanced Aerobatic Championships.
Rob has received multiple first place and subsequent awards in aerobatic competitions both in the United States and Canada and was the New England Competitor of the Year for 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Chuck Aaron Red Bull Aerobatic Helicopter Pilot
The first and only civilian pilot to be licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to perform aerobatics in a helicopter, Chuck Aaron stuns crowds nationwide with back flips, 360-degree rolls, and a heart-stopping combination known as the Chuckcilvak-thanks to his modified BO-105, courtesy of Red Bull. After racking up 18,000 hours of flight time flying for NASA's Space Shuttle Air Rescue Program, in films like the Rock and television shows like NCIS, and as part of the U.S. Department of Defense, where he developed and tested night-vision systems, you'd think this daredevil no longer had a fear of flying. Not so, says Chuck. "I'm nervous every time I get in an aircraft for an air show. But risk is what it takes in life."
Dave Dacy Wing Walking Act
Veteran Airshow Pilot and ICAS ACE, Dave Dacy in the cockpit of the Super Stearman provides you with an incredible, show center, aggressive display of the very best in barnstorming aerobatics in his own self-styled solo routine. There are no parachutes, no safety cables, and no nets, as Wingwalker Tony Kazian boards the Super Stearman biplane for an unbelievable performance on and about the wings of the aircraft.
Bill Stein
Bill Stein has logged over 5,000 hours of aerobatic and formation flight. Bill began flying aerobatics when he was still a student pilot and has been dedicated to perfecting his skills ever since. Since 1995 Bill has performed at air shows all across the United States and has entertained millions air show fans.
Mike Wiskus / Lucas Oil Airshow Pilot
Like many of the show pilots, Mike's passion for aviation started when he was very young. Mike's Dad took him to his first air show at their home town in Iowa at the age of 10. The show made an everlasting impression so deep that at 14, Mike begged for a job at the Mason City Iowa airport washing airplanes and cleaning hangars just to be around airplanes. Later, he traded his work for flying lessons and received his Pilots License on his 17th birthday.
Herb Hunter
Airshow fans who have attended Midwest Airshows have learned to appreciate announcer Herb Hunter as probably the smoothest "microphone jockey" in the business. To those hearing Herb for the first time, his quintessential ability to keep an audience informed and entertained at the same time will be obvious from word one.
U.S. Coast Guard HH-65A Dolphin
The HH-65A Dolphin assists the Coast Guard missions of search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties, as well as maritime homeland security missions. Each year, the HH-65A Dolphin was estimated by the Coast Guard to be instrumental in saving 375 lives and with assists on over two thousand drug interdiction cases.
US NAVY C-130 - "Fat Albert"
An all-Marine Corps crew of three officers and five enlisted personnel operate the Lockheed-Martin C-130T Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert Airlines. Fat Albert joined the team in 1970 and flies more than 140,000 miles each season. It carries more than 40 maintenance and support personnel, their gear and enough spare parts and communication equipment to complete a successful air show.
C-17 Globemaster
The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases throughout the world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions.
USAF C-130 Hercules
During its years of service the Hercules family has participated in countless military, civilian and humanitarian aid operations. The family has the longest continuous production run of any military aircraft in history. In 2007, the C-130 became the fifth aircraft - after the English Electric Canberra, B-52 Stratofortress, Tupolev Tu-95, and KC-135 Stratotanker - to mark 50 years of continuous use with its original primary customer, in this case, the United States Air Force. The C-130 is also the only military aircraft to remain in continuous production for 50 years with its original customer, as the updated C-130J Super Hercules.
USAF KC-135 Stratotanker
The Boeing KC-135 was the first jet powered aerial refueling tanker of the US Air Force, replacing the KC-97. Similar in design to the later and enlarged Boeing 707 airliner, it was initially tasked to refuel strategic bombers, but was used extensively in the Vietnam war and later conflicts such as Desert Storm to extend the range and endurance of both Air Force and Navy tactical fighters and bombers.
