Performers
Don't forget our display aircraft on the air show grounds. Take a tour through aviation history by exploring the numerous planes and helicopters on display. Ask the pilot about his or her experience. Take a tour and see the inner workings of military and civilian aircraft.
Heavy Metal Jet Team is coming to the North American air show circuit for 2011. It will be a five-ship aerobatic civilian-owned jet team and will feature four L-39’s and one T-33 all in the Arctic camouflage paint scheme,
Heavy Metal Jet Team will be dedicating this season on the North American air show circuit to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The team’s members and United Bank Card representatives will be working with local Make-A-Wish® chapters at the air shows and other venues where the team will be appearing to raise awareness of the organization’s work and promote its efforts to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
Shaw Air Force Base is home to the Viper East Team, one of two F-16 aerial demonstration teams in Air Combat Command. The F-16 Fighting Falcon, more commonly known to military pilots as the Viper, is a compact, extremely maneuverable multi-role fighter aircraft. The F-16 has proven itself in air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attack. It provides a relatively low-cost, high-performance weapon system for the air forces of the United States and other allied nations.
World’s Only P-51 Mustang Formation Aerobatic Team
There is only one “Cadillac Of The Sky”, the iconic fighter of WWII, the legendary P-51 Mustang. Since that time no one has attempted to harness the grace and power of these wild stallions and ride them locked in step as a formation aerobatic team… until now.
The Horsemen pilots, Steve Hinton (Lead), Dan Friedkin (#2 right wing), and Ed Shipley (#3 left wing) are humbled and honored to showcase the historic heritage of the mighty Mustang with a locked tight surface level formation aerobatic display. Steve, Dan, and Ed, all share a passion to search the skies for fleeting moments of formation perfection. A place where time freezes, the earth rotates around them, and the team becomes one… a band of brothers.
The Horsemen’s heart pounding ride is choreographed to an original score from Oscar winning composer James Horner. James is the musical genius behind such legendary films as, Avatar, Titanic, Braveheart, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Field Of Dreams, Glory, and The Rocketeer… to name a few. The Horsemen believe James flawlessly captured the essence of flight and eloquently emotes the spirit of its soul. Horner’s magical masterpiece, mixed with the roar of three Merlin engines, truly makes The Horsemen’s aerial ballet a work of art.
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The Aeroshell team has been performing for over 20 years, amassing thousands of hours in front of air show fans all over North America.
This formation aerobatic team flying the World War II North American Advance Trainer known as the T-6 will exhilarate the crowd with a series of precision formation aerobatic maneuvers. Four pilots fly four airplanes with such skill and flair - 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 of Eastern North Carolina.
Like so many air show pilots, Greg Poe began flying at an early age, and has been doing it ever since. Greg has had an exciting a varied experience from towing banners and gliders to flying one of the most exciting and innovative aerobatic airplanes flying today.
His flying skills have landed him on multiple television shows and have provided him with the opportunity to fly a variety of airplanes from vintage warbirds to modern fighters.
His flying career has taken him to 25 countries, including a year in Saudi Arabia. He has been featured in a variety of television shows ranging from Ripley’s Believe It or Not to Discovery Channel and Fox Sports. He has been a test pilot for Ariat, Flying the Pitts and Husky airplanes.
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.
Thirty years later, Mike has accumulated more than 23,000 flight hours and has qualified in more than 30 aircraft. Today, Mike keeps busy by flying for Corporate America as well as keeping a full time air show schedule from April through November.
Mike’s plane is a Pitts S1, a light aerobatic biplane designed by Curtis Pitts. The Pitts biplane dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even today, remains a potent competition aircraft.
The Black Daggers are the official U.S. Army Special Operations
Command Parachute Demonstration Team. Their mission is to perform live aerial demonstrations in support of Army Special Operations community relations and recruiting. Comprised of volunteers from throughout Army Special Operations the Black Daggers have diverse backgrounds and are skilled in various military specialties including Special Forces, Rangers, civil affairs, psychological operations and signal and support. The team represents the professionalism and dedication of special operations forces
As it's escorted to the runway, it looks like a long, low toy, but that big Westinghouse J34-48 jet engine sticking out of the back visually says "Stand Back!" When driver Bill Braack cranks it, this JetCar can hit a speed of 400 mph in eight seconds. If it traveled any longer or faster, it would struggle to become airborne. Bill prefers that it stay on the ground and beat air show performers foolish enough to try to match their planes up against the Smoke-n-thunder JetCar. He even gives them a head start and the JetCar still wins.
Don't forget our display aircraft on the air show grounds
Aircraft appearing are subject to change due to many reasons beyond our control, to include but not limited to, maintenance, weather, or other circumstances. We appreciate your understanding.
The Horsemen Aerobatic Team
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Horsemen Aerobatic Team is the world's only P-51 Mustang aerobatic team, comprising of three warbird pilots who have a passion for showcasing the P-51 Mustang. The mission of The Horsemen is to, "bring greater interest to the world of historic aviation and to remind future generations of how these powerful machines helped the Allies change the outcome of World War II."
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