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Mark Sorenson, creator of the Ringmasters and Tiger Air Shows, draws from the best "tricks" of the circus and aerobatics. Watch Mark in his YAK-55M airplane as he wows the crowd! |
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A local pilot, he grew
up in North Augusta, SC, and a
member of EAA Chapter 172, Greg performed his first airshow maneuvers at the
2006 Boshears Skyfest.
Greg's first flight
instructor was none other than
Al Patton
and also a protégé of Gary Ward,
In addition Greg serves part-time on the crew for the Ward Airshow
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Paratainment Parachute Team
Be amazed as the team leaves the jump plane, free falls, and then opens their chutes for a perfect landing in show central. The club is based in Barnwell, SC. |
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GASC Car Show - Chapter of AACA
Classic Car show will be held on Saturday, October 15th. Registration will be held the day of the show and cars must be at least 25 years old to register. |
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Annual EAA Fly-In
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 172 will be sponsoring a Fly-In. Pilots from sister chapters, as well as those not affiliated with a chapter are encouraged to fly in and display their aircraft. We'd love to have you join us for the show. For more information contact Allen Nodorft at nodorft@hotmail.com. |
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Trenton Radio Control Association
The TRACK flies radio control aircraft of varying sizes, shapes, and capabilities. Their expertise is amazing and fools even the trained aviation enthusiast into thinking “is that a real plane?”. Be sure to visit their booth and flying area. Vote for the “best of show” aircraft too. For more information contact Bill Hollingsworth at yak55@comcast.net.
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Team RV, the world's largest air show team, fills the sky with a remarkable display of precision formation and formation aerobatics. Twelve aircraft fill show center with nonstop action including opposing passes, smoking close trail, diamond loops, barrel rolls, and large formation photo passes. |
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Make sure you stop by and visit the aircraft static displays. Everyone will love seeing all of the beautiful and unusual aircraft. Some of these airplanes will not be around forever, this could be your opportunity to view them up close.
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Flash Fire II: Neal and Chris Darnell’s Flash Fire Jet Truck After retiring from the Motorsports Promotions Business, Neal began performing at airshows in his 12,000 hp fire-breathing jet truck. He races airplanes at 350 miles per hour.
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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! The MX2 is the
absolute latest in unlimited aerobatic aircraft. It is strong,
fast, and very agile! The entire airframe is constructed of
aerospace quality carbon fiber to provide maximum strength and
stiffness with minimum weight. The MX2 is powered by a Lycoming
engine modified by LYCON to produce more than 350 HP! Please
check out
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The Wing-walker: Ashley Battles
was raised as a Georgia peach
in Augusta, Georgia. Her passion for aviation led her back to Tulsa,
Oklahoma to pursue a career in flying. Ashley started flying at age
16 and wing walking at age 20. She has her grandfather to thank for
her passion and dedication to the aviation industry. She hopes she
will follow in his footsteps as a skilled and talented warbird
pilot. Ashley has been a pilot since 2000 and has so far obtained
her Commercial certificate, Multi-Engine,
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