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The Yellowbird is on the aerobatic flightline right across from the Aerobatics tent.
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The Skybolt waits for the next chance to fly.
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This is the staging area for the flybys.
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Barrett starts the engine for takeoff.
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The climb rate on Yellowbird is rather high, to say the least.
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Our newly-installed smoke system works quite well!
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Barrett returns from a flight.
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Bruce Bohannon was here in the Exxon Flying Tiger, performing time-to-climb demonstrations... very impressive. This highly-modifed RV-4 has been to 49,000+ feet.
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David discusses airplanes with a visitor.
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Don Fairbanks came by the tent, and we had a nice chat. He is the builder/owner fo the first Knight Twister Imperial, the famous N5DF which is now on display in the Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
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We have both MT and Hoffmann props on display in the tent.
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Innodyn was showing off its small turbine engine. This has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year or two.
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The Legend Cub does a graceful flyby.
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Steen's Mike Jones tries to recover from a long day.
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You don't see a lot of Cessna 182s with a tailwheel. This is known as a "Texas Taildragger".
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The tent's been closed up, and most of the crew kicks back for a little while before putting some food on the grill.
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A Kitfox comes in for a landing on the grass strip.
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This Pitts Special S2 was giving rides.
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The New Standard D-25 was giving rides as well. (This is a great way to get the wife or girlfriend interested in flying, guys... hint, hint...)
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The Stearman never seems to look old.
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This gaggle of Nanchangs and Yaks obviously knows just which way to go!
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The Seawind amphibian did flybys as well.
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The Seawind was on display. It's now offered only as a certified aircraft.
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There are several Republic Seabees here as well.
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There are at least two or three Albatrosses in attendance.
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These Globe Swifts put on a graceful show.
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YIKES! This was pretty darn impressive.
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The Aeroshell team put on a great display, as always.
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Meanwhile, over at Paradise City, the ultralights and light planes were flying. This is a diesel-powered amphibian trike.
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The sky to the south of the airport is literally filled with ultralights whenever the airshow isn't going on, and the winds aren't extremely high.
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The Skyboy is a unique design.
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This Aventura II is produced just up the road from us in Rockledge. It's a really nice little plane that can land virtually anywhere.
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This is an ultralight version of the Breezy homebuilt. It appeared to fly quite well.
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This MIniMax was scratch-built by a gentleman from Miami. The workmanship looked really good.
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This is an 80% scale, single-seat, ultralight version of the Pietenpol Air Camper. Cute!
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Hummel Aviation has a new version of the UltraCruiser which goes a bit faster and has more horsepower.
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This is how you ground-test your PPC's engine.
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This is about as minimal as you can get... a back-mounted motor and a parachute. Here, the pilot is testing the thrust before takeoff.
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And he's off... up, up, and away!
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Anyone welding up a metal tube fuselage can appreciate the time and effort behind this Powered Parachute fuselage.
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