EAA Announces Air Show Lineup for AirVenture 2004
The Experimental Aircraft Association will again welcome some of
the world's finest air show performers for the 2004 EAA AirVenture
fly-in, July 27-August 2, at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh
(WI).
The daily air shows have played a major role in the world's
largest aviation event, AirVenture Oshkosh, since the first EAA
AirVenture fly-in began in 1953. Top aerobatic competitors and
teams, precise formations of Warbirds, plus the Marine Corps
Harrier and many other EAA favorites, never cease to awe visitors
with their aerobatic routines.
"If you look at the lineup of air show performers who have flown
at AirVenture through the years, it is a list of the very best
aerobatic pilots in the world over the past three decades," said
Tom Poberezny, EAA President and AirVenture Chairman. "The mixed
audience of aviation enthusiasts who understand the skill and
dedication required by performers, as well as the general public
entertained by "breathtaking" acts in the sky, make AirVenture
Oshkosh a highly anticipated venue for these world-class air show
performers."
Featured aircraft and aviation representatives will kick off the
daily afternoon performances with their "Showcase Flights" before
popular returning pilots, long time favorites and exciting new
arrivals take to the skies at 3:30 p.m. (2:00 p.m. on Monday,
August 2).
Among the top performers at EAA AirVenture 2004 will be Patty
Wagstaff, Sean Tucker, Soucy/Stokes Wing Act, Liberty Parachute
Team, and the AeroShell Aerobatic Team. Warbird performances will
be featured on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
afternoons, with pyro added to the Saturday and Sunday
performances.
The current list of air show performers and their aircraft that
have confirmed participation at EAA AirVenture 2004 (subject to
change without notice) are as follows:
AeroShell Aerobatic Team, Kirby Chambliss (Edge), Matt Chapman
(CAP), Chandy Clanton (Edge), Mary Dilda (T-6), Liberty Parachute
Team, Mike Mancuso (Extra), Soucy/Stokes (Show Cat Wing Act), Sean
Tucker (Pitts), Bobby Younkin (Decathlon and Twin Beech) and
Warbirds of America.
"X" Team, Matt Chapman (CAP), Chandy Clanton (Edge), Bob Davis
(Sukhoi), Mary Dilda (T-6), Debbie Gary (Marchetti), Mike Goulian
(CAP), Randy Henderson (T-Craft), Jim LeRoy (Pitts), Liberty
Parachute Team, Mike Mancuso (Extra), Bobby Younkin (Decathlon) and
Warbirds of America.
"X" Team, AeroShell Team, Kirby Chambliss (Edge), Bob Davis
(Sukhoi), Mary Dilda (T-6), Debbie Gary (Marchetti), Mike Goulian
(CAP), Randy Henderson (T-Craft), Lauderback & Shipley (Dual
Mustangs), Liberty Parachute Team, Mike Mancuso (Extra), Soucy
& Stokes (Show Cat Wing Act), Sean Tucker (Pitts), Patty
Wagstaff (Extra) and Bobby Younkin (Twin Beech).
"X" Team, Chandy Clanton (Edge), Jim Franklin (Jet Waco Wing
Act), Lauderback & Shipley (Dual Mustangs), Jim LeRoy (Pitts),
Liberty Parachute Team, Greg Poe (Edge), Red Baron Squadron
(Stearmans), Bobby Younkin (Decathlon), Marine Corps Harrier and
Warbirds of America.
"X "Team, AeroShell Team, Mike Goulian (CAP), Lauderback &
Shipley (Dual Mustangs), Liberty Parachute Team, Mike Mancuso
(Extra), Sean Tucker (Pitts), Patty Wagstaff (Extra), Marine Corps
Harrier and Warbirds of America.
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Sunday, August 1- 1530
"X" Team, AeroShell Team, Eric Beard (Yak 24), Kirby Chambliss
(Edge), Jim Franklin (Jet Waco Wing Act), Ed Hamill (Pitts), Randy
Henderson (T-Craft), Liberty Parachute Team, Greg Poe (Edge), Soucy
& Stokes (Show Cat Wing Act), Marine Corps Harrier and Warbirds
of America.
AeroShell Team, Eric Beard (Yak 54), Debbie Gary (Marchetti), Ed
Hamill (Pitts), Jim LeRoy (Pitts), Liberty Parachute Team, Mike
Mancuso (Extra), Greg Poe (Edge) and Patty Wagstaff (Extra).
Other performers and special demonstrations in AirVenture's
daily Showcase Flights may be also added to the daily line-ups.